scholarly journals Altered band 3 structure and function in glycophorin A- and B-deficient (MkMk) red blood cells

Blood ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 916-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
LJ Bruce ◽  
JD Groves ◽  
Y Okubo ◽  
B Thilaganathan ◽  
MJ Tanner

The anion transport activity of the human erythrocyte anion transporter (band 3; AE1) has been examined in both normal and glycophorin A (GPA)- deficient (MkMk) human red blood cells (RBCs). The sulfate transport activity of MkMk cells (from two ethnically diverse sources) was approximately 60% that of normal erythrocytes under the transport assay conditions used. However, MkMk and normal RBCs contained similar amounts of band 3. The reduction in sulfate transport activity was shown to be caused by an increase in the apparent Km for sulfate in MkMk RBCs, suggesting the band 3 in the MkMk RBCs has a lowered binding affinity for sulfate anions. The size of the N-glycan chain on band 3 of the MkMk cells was larger than that on band 3 from normal RBCs. In contrast, the size of the N-glycan chain on the glucose transporter (GLUT1) from MkMk cells was smaller than that on GLUT1 from normal cells. The possible role of GPA in the biosynthesis and anion transport activity of band 3 in normal RBCs is discussed.

Blood ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 916-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
LJ Bruce ◽  
JD Groves ◽  
Y Okubo ◽  
B Thilaganathan ◽  
MJ Tanner

Abstract The anion transport activity of the human erythrocyte anion transporter (band 3; AE1) has been examined in both normal and glycophorin A (GPA)- deficient (MkMk) human red blood cells (RBCs). The sulfate transport activity of MkMk cells (from two ethnically diverse sources) was approximately 60% that of normal erythrocytes under the transport assay conditions used. However, MkMk and normal RBCs contained similar amounts of band 3. The reduction in sulfate transport activity was shown to be caused by an increase in the apparent Km for sulfate in MkMk RBCs, suggesting the band 3 in the MkMk RBCs has a lowered binding affinity for sulfate anions. The size of the N-glycan chain on band 3 of the MkMk cells was larger than that on band 3 from normal RBCs. In contrast, the size of the N-glycan chain on the glucose transporter (GLUT1) from MkMk cells was smaller than that on GLUT1 from normal cells. The possible role of GPA in the biosynthesis and anion transport activity of band 3 in normal RBCs is discussed.


Nature ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 355 (6363) ◽  
pp. 836-838 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann E. Schofield ◽  
David M. Reardon ◽  
Michael J. A. Tanner

Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 2146-2151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani Hassoun ◽  
Toshihiko Hanada ◽  
Mohini Lutchman ◽  
Kenneth E. Sahr ◽  
Jiri Palek ◽  
...  

Abstract Glycophorin A is the major transmembrane sialoglycoprotein of red blood cells. It has been shown to contribute to the expression of the MN and Wright blood group antigens, to act as a receptor for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and Sendai virus, and along with the anion transporter, band 3, may contribute to the mechanical properties of the red blood cell membrane. Several lines of evidence suggest a close interaction between glycophorin A and band 3 during their biosynthesis. Recently, we have generated mice where the band 3 expression was completely eliminated by selective inactivation of the AE1 anion exchanger gene, thus allowing us to study the effect of band 3 on the expression of red blood cell membrane proteins. In this report, we show that the band 3 −/− red blood cells contain protein 4.1, adducin, dematin, p55, and glycophorin C. In contrast, the band 3 −/− red blood cells are completely devoid of glycophorin A (GPA), as assessed by Western blot and immunocytochemistry techniques, whereas the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed the presence of GPA mRNA. Pulse-label and pulse-chase experiments show that GPA is not incorporated in the membrane and is rapidly degraded in the cytoplasm. Based on these findings and other published evidence, we propose that band 3 plays a chaperone-like role, which is necessary for the recruitment of GPA to the red blood cell plasma membrane.


2008 ◽  
pp. 621-629
Author(s):  
E Tellone ◽  
S Ficarra ◽  
R Scatena ◽  
B Giardina ◽  
A Kotyk ◽  
...  

The effects of gemfibrozil (GFZ), an antihyperlipidemic agent, on the anionic transport of the human red blood cells (RBC) during the oxygenation-deoxygenation cycle were examined. Gemfibrozil clearly plays a role in the modulation of the anionic flux in erythrocytes; in fact it causes a strong increment of anions transport when the RBCs are in the high-oxygenation state (HOS). Such an effect is remarkably reduced in the lowoxygenation state (LOS). With the aim of identifying the dynamics of fibrate action, this effect has been investigated also in human ghost and chicken erythrocytes. These latter, in fact, are known to possess a B3 (anion transporter or Band 3) modified at the cytoplasmic domain (cdb3) which plays a significant role in the metabolic modulation of red blood cells. The results were analyzed taking into account the well-known interactions between fibrates and both conformational states of hemoglobin i.e. the T state (deoxy-conformation) and the R state (oxy-conformation). The effect of gemfibrozil on anionic influx appears to be due to a wide interaction involving a “multimeric” Hb-GFZ-cdb3 macromolecular complex.


Blood ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 2146-2151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani Hassoun ◽  
Toshihiko Hanada ◽  
Mohini Lutchman ◽  
Kenneth E. Sahr ◽  
Jiri Palek ◽  
...  

Glycophorin A is the major transmembrane sialoglycoprotein of red blood cells. It has been shown to contribute to the expression of the MN and Wright blood group antigens, to act as a receptor for the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and Sendai virus, and along with the anion transporter, band 3, may contribute to the mechanical properties of the red blood cell membrane. Several lines of evidence suggest a close interaction between glycophorin A and band 3 during their biosynthesis. Recently, we have generated mice where the band 3 expression was completely eliminated by selective inactivation of the AE1 anion exchanger gene, thus allowing us to study the effect of band 3 on the expression of red blood cell membrane proteins. In this report, we show that the band 3 −/− red blood cells contain protein 4.1, adducin, dematin, p55, and glycophorin C. In contrast, the band 3 −/− red blood cells are completely devoid of glycophorin A (GPA), as assessed by Western blot and immunocytochemistry techniques, whereas the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) confirmed the presence of GPA mRNA. Pulse-label and pulse-chase experiments show that GPA is not incorporated in the membrane and is rapidly degraded in the cytoplasm. Based on these findings and other published evidence, we propose that band 3 plays a chaperone-like role, which is necessary for the recruitment of GPA to the red blood cell plasma membrane.


1983 ◽  
Vol 244 (1) ◽  
pp. C68-C74 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Y. Law ◽  
R. Steinfeld ◽  
P. A. Knauf

Human K562 leukemic cells exhibit several erythroid properties, including synthesis and expression of the major red blood cell sialoglycoprotein, glycophorin. This has led us to ask if these cells express a functional anion transport system analogous to that which is associated with the other major erythrocyte glycoprotein, band 3. The chloride-36 exchange flux in K562 cells is less than 0.6% of that which would be expected in mature erythrocytes under similar conditions. Unlike red blood cells, K562 cells do not exhibit a high chloride-sulfate selectivity, and various agents that inhibit red blood cell chloride exchange are all much less effective in K562 cells. On the basis of these flux measurements, K562 cells probably contain less than 600 fully functional red blood cell-like band 3 molecules per cell, in contrast to about a million molecules in the mature red blood cell. The possible-existence of greatly altered band 3 molecules with a reduced turnover rate and/or a reduced affinity for chloride and for various inhibitors is unlikely but cannot be completely excluded. Anion transport was also measured in K562 cells that had been induced to increase hemoglobin synthesis by various chemical agents. Even under these conditions, chloride fluxes indicated no substantial increase in the number of functional anion transport sites or their chloride transport rate.


1993 ◽  
Vol 293 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
L J Bruce ◽  
M M Kay ◽  
C Lawrence ◽  
M J Tanner

1. We have studied band 3 HT, a human red-cell band 3 variant with increased M(r), which is associated with abnormal red-cell shape (acanthocytosis) and increased anion-transport activity. 2. We have shown that the increased M(r) does not result from the presence of the band 3 Memphis mutation, and that the variant band 3 is covalently labelled by 4,4′-di-isothiocyanato-1,2-diphenylethane-2,2′-disulphonic acid (H2DIDS) less readily than normal. 3. cDNA cloning studies show that band 3 HT results from the mutation Pro-868-->Leu, and the possible significance of the mutation in the altered anion-transport activity and cytoskeleton binding properties of band 3 HT is discussed.


1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 265-277
Author(s):  
Hong Xu ◽  
Xujia Zhang ◽  
Fu Yu Yang

Human erythrocyte band 3 is purified and reconstituted into vesicles, forming right-side-out proteoliposomes. Zn2+ entrapped inside the proteoliposomes inhibits the anion transport activity of band 3, and removal of the cytoplasmic domain of band 3 is able to diminish Zn2+ inhibition. Thus, the inhibition of activity of band 3 results from the Zn2+ induced conformational change of the cytoplasmic domain, which in turn is transmitted to the membrane domain. The results of intrinsic fluorescence and its quenching by HB and the 35Cl NMR study indicate that the cytoplasmic domain is essential for the conformational change induced by Zn2+.SH-blocking reagents, CH3I and GSSG, are used to modify the cytoplasmic domain, where they specifically bind to Cys201 and Cys317. It is observed that the Zn2+ induced inhibition of anion transport activity is blocked. This demonstrates that Cys201 and Cys317 are required in Zn2+-mediated domain–domain communication.


2010 ◽  
Vol 391 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Galtieri ◽  
Ester Tellone ◽  
Silvana Ficarra ◽  
Annamaria Russo ◽  
Ersilia Bellocco ◽  
...  

AbstractResveratrol, an important phytoalexine found in many plants, has been shown to be significantly effective in the treatment of several pathological conditions such as cancer, coronary heart disease and osteoarthritis. This study focuses on the effects of this drug on human red blood cells. In particular, we have examined the influence of resveratrol on Band 3, the anion exchanger protein, and hemoglobin as a function of the oxygenation-deoxygenation cycle. Moreover, special attention has been given to the metabolic changes imposed by caspase 3 activation. Resveratrol has proved to lower superoxide production, thereby decreasing heme-iron oxidation and saving the reducing power required for met-hemoglobin reduction. Oxygen binding experiments showed that resveratrol interacts with hemoglobin, shifting the T→R conformational transition towards the higher-affinity R state. This might contribute to altering the metabolic balance of the cell through an intensification of the pentose phosphate pathway. Moreover, at high oxygenation levels of the erythrocytic hemoglobin, resveratrol induces a significant activation of caspase 3, the action of which on Band 3 has a strong impact on cellular metabolism and anion transport.


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