Changes in the intracellular Ca2+ content in human red blood cells in the presence of glycerol

Bioelectrochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-154

  Kofanova, Olga A ^a,b   Zemlyanskikh, Nina G ^b   Ivanova, Lyubomira ^a   Bernhardt, Ingolf ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND CRYOMEDICINE   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Fluo 4; Freeze thawing; Glycerol; Intracellular Ca2+; Red blood cells

Indexed keywords

FLUO-4; FREEZE-THAWING; GLYCEROL; INTRACELLULAR CA2+; RED BLOOD CELLS;

CALCIUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); BUFFER; CALCIUM; GLYCEROL; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; MANNITOL; VANADIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FREEZING; INCUBATOR; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CALCIUM; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCENT DYES; FREEZING; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; INCUBATORS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MANNITOL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANADATES;

EID: 48949105136     PISSN: 15675394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2008.04.025     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Valeri C.R., Ragno G., Pivacek L.E., Cassidy G.P., Srey R., Hansson-Wicher M., and Leavy M.E. An experiment with glycerol-frozen red blood cells stored at - 80 degrees C for up to 37 years. Vox. Sang. 79 (2000) 168-174
2. Gekko K., and Timasheff S.N. Mechanism of protein stabilization by glycerol: Preferential hydration in glycerol-water mixtures. Biochem. 20 (1981) 4667-4676
3. Bakaltcheva I.B., Odeyale C.O., and Spargo B.J. Effects of alkanols, alkanediols and glycerol on red blood cell shape and hemolysis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1280 (1996) 73-80
4. 2+-ATPase activity under glycerol and freezing effect and in media with different ionic strength. Probl. Cryobiol. 15 (2005) 173-183
5. Romero P.J., and Romero E.A. The role of calcium metabolism in human red blood cell ageing: a proposal. Blood Cell Mol. Diseases 25 (1999) 9-19
6. Patton C., Thompson S., and Epel D. Some precautions in using chelators to buffer metals in biological solutions. Cell Calcium 35 (2004) 427-431
7. Rowe A.W., Eyster E., and Kellner A. Liquid nitrogen preservation of red blood cells for transfusion; a lowglycerol-rapid freeze procedure. Cryobiol. 5 (1968) 119-128
8. Kaestner L., Tabellion W., Weiss E., Bernhardt I., and Lipp P. Calcium imaging of individual erythrocytes: problems and approaches. Cell Calcium 39 (2006) 13-19
9. Mazur P. The role of intracellular freezing in the death of cells cooled at supraoptimal rates. Cryobiol. 14 (1977) 251-272
10. Mazur P., Leibo S.P., and Chu E.H.Y. A two-factor hypothesis of freezing injury. Exp. Cell Res. 71 (1972) 345-355
11. Muldrew K., and McGann L.E. Mechanisms of intracellular ice formation. Biophys. J. 57 (1990) 525-532
12. Mazur P., and Rigopoulos N. Contribution of unfrozen fraction and of salt concentration to the survival of slowly frozen human erythrocytes: influence of warming rate. Cryobiol. 20 (1983) 274-289
13. Meryman H.T., Williams R.J., and Dougas M. Freezing injury from "solution effects" and its prevention by natural or artificial cryoprotection. Cryobiol. 14 (1977) 287-302
14. Muldrew K., and McGann L.E. The osmotic rupture hypothesis of intracellular freezing. Cryobiol. 30 (1993) 620
15. Crowe J.H., and Crowe L.M. Effects of dehydration on membranes and membrane stabilization at low water activity. In: Chaptman D. (Ed). Biological Membranes (1984), Academic Press, London 57-103
16. Crowe L.M., Mouradian R., Crowe J.H., Jackson S.A., and Womersley C. Effects of carbohydrates on membrane stabilization at low water activity. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 779 (1984) 141-150
17. Valeri C.R., and Ragno G. The survival and function of baboon red blood cells, platelets, and plasma proteins: a review of the experience from 1972 to 2002 at the Naval Blood Research Laboratory, Boston, Massachusetts. Transfusion 46 (2006) 1-42