title: Studies in red blood cell preservation. 6. Red cell membrane remodeling during rejuvenation.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine whether vesiculation of RBC plays a significant role in their rejuvenation. Outdated units of Adsol blood, were divided into two aliquots and incubated with equal volumes of a solution of 100 mM pyruvate and inosine, 103 mM phosphate and 5 mM adenine (PIPA) or 0.9% saline. Following 1 h incubation, vesicles were isolated from the supernatants and quantitated for hemoglobin content. Restoration of RBC ATP, 2,3-DPG, morphology, and osmotic fragility after rejuvenation was satisfactory. The postrejuvenation mean corpuscular volumes (88.2 +/- 6.9 fl) were significantly lower (p less than 0.001) than the prerejuvenation (94.6 +/- 6.8 fl) and control (104.0 +/- 7.3 fl) volumes. The hemoglobin shed in vesicles during rejuvenation was significantly greater than in the saline controls (0.44 +/- 0.31 vs. 0.18 +/- 0.10 mg/dl RBCs; p = 0.026). These data suggest that the decreased MCV following rejuvenation is in part due to membrane loss in exocytic vesiculation.
authors.affiliation: Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Ohio 45267-0055.
authors.forename: U J
authors.initials: UJ
authors.lastname: Dumaswala
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Petrosky
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Greenwalt
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000494:pharmacology; D001793:Blood Preservation; D004909:Erythrocyte Indices; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009996:Osmotic Fragility
chemical_list: D000241:Adenosine