EXCHANGE OF HEME AMONG HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULES
EXCHANGE OF HEME AMONG HEMOGLOBIN MOLECULES
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.56.3.974
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
JANDL, JH
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作者:
BUNN, HF;JANDL, JH
Methods. Two easily separable normal human hemoglobins, F and A, were used. Hemoglobin Awas prepared from a water hemolysate of washed red cells, and then purified by cation-exchange chromatography by the method of Allen and co-workers. 1 The buffer employedwas identical in pH and ionic strength to their" developer# 2," but lacked cyanide. In like manner, hemoglobin F was prepared from red cells of normal umbilical cord blood. Fe59 hemoglobin F was prepared after incubating reticulocyte-rich cord blood cells with Fe59 bound to plasma transferrin. Fe59 hemoglobin A was prepared similarly from the red cells of adult patients with elevated reticulocyte levels. In parallel experiments, C'4-2-glycine was used for labeling both the porphyrin and globin moieties, and C'4-leucine for labeling globin alone. Ferrihemoglobin was prepared bythe addition to oxyhemoglobin, at pH 6.8, of 1.2 moles potassium ferricyanide per heme, followed by dialysis against the incubation buffer. Unless stated otherwise, labeled hemoglobin F was incubated with an equal quantity ofunlabeled hemoglobin A at 370C in phosphate buffer, pH 7.18, ionic strength 0.09. It was found that the reaction to be described could be terminated by immersion in ice water or by adding an excess of neutral cyanide. After dialysis in the cold against" developer# 2" containing 0.01 M cyanide, the hemoglobin mixtures were separated by cation-exchange chromatography.'The hemoglobin concentration of each fraction was determined as cyanmethemoglobin. Fe59 activity of each fraction was measured with a welltype scintillation counter. C14 activity was measured with a" low-background" gas flow counter on planchet-dried aliquots of hemoglobin, heme, I and globin. 3 The heme and globin were isolated from each fraction after the addition of unlabeled cyanmethemoglobin as" carrier." Suitable corrections for recovery and self-absorption were made. The specific activity was calculated from the activity and concentration of each fraction, and was expressed as cpm/mg of hemoglobin. A weighted mean of the specific activities of neighboring hemoglobin-rich fractions was calculated. If hemes exchanged freely among hemoglobin molecules, then at equilibrium, the specific activity of the newly labeled hemoglobin would be 50 per cent of the initial specific activity of the originally labeled hemoglobin. The quotient of the specific activity of the newly labeled hemoglobin, at time t over one half the specific activity of the originally labeled hemoglobin, at time 0, is a measure of the per cent of heme exchange. Thus, if hemoglobin F labeled in the hemes is incubated with an equal amount of unlabeled hemoglobin A, the per cent heme exchange= 2 spec. act. A,/spec. act. Fo.