Acridine orange induces translocation of phosphatidylserine to red blood cell surface.
Clustering of band-3 on red blood cell (RBC) surface has been assumed to catalyze RBC phagocytosis. In studying this subject, acridine orange (AO) has commonly been employed on the assumption that it specifically induces band-3 clustering. In the present study, we show that AO strongly induces translocation of phosphatidylserine (PS) to RBC surface. Because surface PS is well known to induce RBC intercellular interaction, these findings suggest that the use of AO as a specific inducer of band-3 clustering is questionable. It is possible that band-3 clustering and PS translocation are interdependent, and this interrelationship has yet to be explored.
Department of Biochemistry, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel 91120.
Alexander
A
Koshkaryev
Saul
S
Yedgar
Hanna
H
Relevy
Eithan
E
Fibach
Gregory
G
Barshtein
D000165:Acridine Orange / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001457:Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009153:Mutagens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010718:Phosphatidylserines / Q000378:metabolism*
D001457:Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte; D009153:Mutagens; D010718:Phosphatidylserines; D000165:Acridine Orange