Selective increase of potassium permeability in red blood cells exposed to acetylphenylhydrazine.
Normal human red blood cells, when exposed briefly to acetylphenylhydrazine (APH), acquire Heinz bodies and a propensity for net ion and water loss upon subsequent incubation in an APH-free medium of physiologic sodium and potassium (K) content. The cells can be protected from APH damage by previous deoxygenation. The ion and water loss depend on the presence of a K gradient from cell to medium. In contradistinction to some other types of membrane perturbation in which K permeability is increased, the APH effect is not dependent on calcium. The meaning of these observations is discussed in relation to the vulnerability of the K permeability barrier.
D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D001692:Biological Transport; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009996:Osmotic Fragility; D010659:Phenylhydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
D010659:Phenylhydrazines; D014867:Water; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D012964:Sodium; D011188:Potassium