title: Rapid reduction of methemoglobin in rat bone marrow erythroid cells.
abstract: Methemoglobin reduction was shown to proceed much more rapidly in erythroid cells from rat bone marrow than in rat erythrocytes. Methemoglobin reduction in suspensions of intact, nitrite-treated bone marrow cells does not depend on the presence of glucose in the incubation mixture, even after the cells have been stored in substrate-free medium. 2-Deoxyglucose and iodoacetate prevent the reduction from proceeding to completion. The results suggest that, relative to erythrocytes, immature erythroid cells more efficiently catalyze methemoglobin reduction and more effectively store metabolites which provide electrons for this reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Oita, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yubisui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Hultquist
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D008706:Methemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D008706:Methemoglobin; D005947:Glucose