Hemoglobin senses body temperature
Hemoglobin senses body temperature
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DOI:
10.1007/s00249-009-0410-8
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发表时间:
2009-06-01
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通讯作者:
Artmann, A. Temiz
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作者:
Artmann, G. M.;Digel, Ilya;Artmann, A. Temiz
When aspirating human red blood cells (RBCs) into 1.3 mu m pipettes (Delta P = -2.3 kPa), a transition from blocking the pipette below a critical temperature T (c) = 36.3 +/- A 0.3A degrees C to passing it above the T (c) occurred (micropipette passage transition). With a 1.1 mu m pipette no passage was seen which enabled RBC volume measurements also above T (c). With increasing temperature RBCs lost volume significantly faster below than above a T (c) = 36.4 +/- A 0.7 (volume transition). Colloid osmotic pressure (COP) measurements of RBCs in autologous plasma (25A degrees C a parts per thousand currency sign T a parts per thousand currency sign 39.5A degrees C) showed a T (c) at 37.1 +/- A 0.2A degrees C above which the COP rapidly decreased (COP transition). In NMR T(1)-relaxation time measurements, the T(1) of RBCs in autologous plasma changed from a linear (r = 0.99) increment below T (c) = 37 +/- A 1A degrees C at a rate of 0.023 s/K into zero slope above T (c) (RBC T(1) transition). In conclusion: An amorphous hemoglobin-water gel formed in the spherical trail, the residual partial sphere of the aspirated RBC. At T (c), a sudden fluidization of the gel occurs. All changes mentioned above happen at a distinct T (c) close to body temperature. The T (c) is moved +0.8A degrees C to higher temperatures when a D(2)O buffer is used. We suggest a mechanism similar to a "glass transition" or a "colloidal phase transition". At T (c), the stabilizing Hb bound water molecules reach a threshold number enabling a partial Hb unfolding. Thus, Hb senses body temperature which must be inscribed in the primary structure of hemoglobin and possibly other proteins.