title: Influence of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate on the deformability of human erythrocytes.
abstract: Effect of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) on the deformability of human erythrocytes was examined with a rheoscope under shear stress of 8-82 dyn/cm2. With increasing 2,3-DPG in erythrocytes (from 5 to 15 mM/l cells) by incubating with inosine and pyruvate in isotonic 50 mM phosphate-buffered saline, erythrocyte deformability under uniform shear stress was remarkably impaired. But reduction of 2,3-DPG (from 5 to 2.2 mM/l cells) did not affect the deformability. In 2,3-DPG-enriched erythrocytes, increased intracellular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), decreased intracellular pH, and increased contents of ATP and IMP (and ITP) were observed. (1) When the MCHC (i.e., the internal viscosity) was normalized by suspending in hypotonic medium, the deformability of 2,3-DPG-enriched erythrocytes was greatly improved, but still decreased. (2) The change of intracellular pH between 6.5 and 7.5 (as compared adjusting to same MCHC) did not alter the deformability. (3) The changes of purine nucleotides, ATP (0.6-2.1 mM/l cells), IMP (0-0.9 mM/l cells) and ITP (0-0.5 mM/l cells) did not alter the erythrocyte deformability. In conclusion, decreased deformability of erythrocytes induced by augmentation of 2,3-DPG is due mainly to the increased internal viscosity and due partly to the increased membrane viscoelasticity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiga
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D019794:2,3-Diphosphoglycerate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability / Q000187:drug effects*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000187:drug effects; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007291:Inosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D007293:Inosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D004163:Diphosphoglyceric Acids; D006454:Hemoglobins; D007291:Inosine Monophosphate; D007293:Inosine Triphosphate; D019794:2,3-Diphosphoglycerate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate