title: Factors influencing erythrocyte choline concentrations.
abstract: Choline concentrations in human erythrocytes increase after freezing and thawing, during incubation in Krebs-phosphate for 30 min or on storage at 0 degrees C for 3-24 hr. The increase is prevented by protein precipitation by 10% perchloric acid, 10% zinc hydroxide, 10% sodium tungstate or boiling in water. It is not prevented by EDTA (10 mM) and is increased by oleate (5 mM). We suggest that the increase is due to the action of phospholipase D on erythrocyte phospholipids.
authors.affiliation: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Torrance 90509.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jenden
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Read
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002794:Choline / Q000097:blood*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis*; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D010739:Phospholipase D / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D010739:Phospholipase D; D002794:Choline; D002118:Calcium