Influence of hemoglobin precipitation on erythrocyte metabolism in alpha and beta thalassemia

AUTOR(ES)

Nathan, David G.

RESUMO

Certain aspects of the metabolism of centrifuged young and old erythrocytes in hemoglobin H disease have been examined and compared with similar studies of beta thalassemia and normal cells. Glycolysis, hexose monophosphate shunt activity (HMPS), potassium flux, and glutathione (GSH) content were measured. The distributions of hemoglobins H and F, as well as the activities of erythrocyte glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) and glutamic oxalacetic transaminase (GOT), were utilized for estimations of the relative ages of the cell samples. The young erythrocytes in hemoglobin H disease differed in several respects from older hemoglobin H cells. They contained more soluble hemoglobin H and GSH and, after splenectomy, fewer inclusions. HMPS activity was subnormal in hemoglobin H young cells and rose to normal activity in old cells. Potassium flux tended to increase in old cells when inclusions were present.

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