title: Preparation, properties, and plasma retention of human hemoglobin derivatives: comparison of uncrosslinked carboxymethylated hemoglobin with crosslinked tetrameric hemoglobin.
abstract: Human hemoglobin A has been crosslinked by diisothiocyanatobenzenesulfonate to give a limited number of products in a yield of approximately 70%. The predominant product was crosslinked between subunits within a tetramer and had a Mr of 64,000; no higher Mr species were formed. This product had one crosslink per tetramer located between the NH2 termini of its alpha chains, as established by HPLC analysis, amino acid analysis, Edman degradation, and mass spectrometry. This crosslinked derivative had a slightly increased oxygen affinity [P50 = 9 mmHg (1 mmHg = 133 Pa); P50 for unmodified hemoglobin = 11 mmHg], and the retention time of this derivative in the circulation of rats was 2.9 and 3.3 hr at two hemoglobin concentrations (7 g/dl and 14 g/dl, respectively). The half-life of an uncrosslinked carboxymethylated derivative, which has a low oxygen affinity (P50 = 28 mmHg), was 0.6 and 0.7 hr under the same conditions. Therefore, prolongation of the plasma-retention time of infused hemoglobin is dependent on the crosslinking of the tetramer but independent of the oxygen affinity of the derivative.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Beavis
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Chait
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Currell
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Marini
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Winslow
mesh_terms: D000494:Allosteric Regulation; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001557:Benzenesulfonates / Q000737:chemistry; D001802:Blood Substitutes; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D017879:Isothiocyanates; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013861:Thiocyanates / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D001802:Blood Substitutes; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D006454:Hemoglobins; D017879:Isothiocyanates; D013861:Thiocyanates; C068272:2,5-diisothiocyanatobenzenesulfonate; D010100:Oxygen