title: Effect of some nickel compounds on red blood cell characteristics.
abstract: The effect of certain inorganic and coordinated nickel compounds on the resistance to different destructive substances, rheological properties, and functional activity of healthy human red blood cells (RBC), was investigated. It is shown that nickel compounds affect the erythrocyte membrane lipid bilayer, as well as membrane proteins to various extents, depending on the type of compounds used. In general, the acceleration of erythrocyte aging was observed to be more pronounced in young erythrocytes. The observed results suggest that nickel compounds decrease water permeability across erythrocyte membranes. Almost all the investigated nickel compounds decrease erythrocyte thermostability, deformability, and the rate of O2 release by erythrocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, State Medical Institute, Tbilisi, USSR.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Tkeshelashvili
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Tsakadze
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Khulusauri
mesh_terms: D003902:Detergents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004907:Erythrocyte Deformability / Q000187:drug effects; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000187:drug effects; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D006461:Hemolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009532:Nickel / Q000633:toxicity*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003902:Detergents; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; D012972:Sodium Hydroxide; D009532:Nickel; D010100:Oxygen