SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF HEMOLYSIS BY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF HEMOLYSIS BY ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT
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DOI:
10.1002/jcp.1030470105
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发表时间:
1956-01-01
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COOK, JS
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COOK, JS
Hemolysis of mammalian red blood cells following brief exposure to ultraviolet radiation has been studied by counts of microphotographic fields. Ultraviolet hemolysis is an "all-or-none" phenomenon in that, upon hemolysis, each red cell releases all of its hemoglobin to diffusion equilibrium with the environment After correction for the distribution of the cells'' resistances to osmotic pressure, the rate of hemolysis appears to be a linear function of time. The rate of hemolysis is independent of the intensity of the incident radiation, i.e., the Reciprocity Law is obeyed, and is proportional to the square of the total dose of radiation. This exponent is independent of the temperature over the range studied (5[degree] to 37[degree]C). Under the conditions employed, the reaction, once initiated, is irreversible. Radiation of wavelength .1850 [mu]. is of much greater effectiveness than radiation of wavelength .2537 [mu]. The Q10 for ultraviolet hemolysis is approximately 2. Hemolysis is accelerated in solutions of decreased osmotic pressure and is inhibited by the presence of sucrose in the external environment. These factors are interpreted as indicating that ultraviolet hemolysis is colloid osmotic in nature. Over the pH range 5.8 to 7.8 ultraviolet hemolysis is accelerated in solutions of increasing pH. This behavior, which at first appears inconsistent with the theory of colloid osmotic hemolysis, is interpreted as a characteristic of the initial photochemical reaction in the cell membrane. By analogy with certain other photochemical reactions, the wavelength data and pH data are consistent with the hypothesis that the light absorber is protein in nature.