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PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ALDEHYDES ON THE HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE
The effects of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and glutaraldehyde on human red blood cells were investigated. It was found that (a) The surface negative charge of the erythrocytes at pH 7 was increased 10% by glutaraldehyde, but not by the other two aldehydes. (b) The effect of incomplete fixation of th...
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author | Vassar, P. S. Hards, J. M. Brooks, D. E. Hagenberger, B. Seaman, G. V. F. |
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description | The effects of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and glutaraldehyde on human red blood cells were investigated. It was found that (a) The surface negative charge of the erythrocytes at pH 7 was increased 10% by glutaraldehyde, but not by the other two aldehydes. (b) The effect of incomplete fixation of the red blood cells was demonstrated by hemoglobin leakage studies The leakage of hemoglobin subsequent to formaldehyde treatment was especially pronounced Acetaldehyde-fixed cells showed some leakage of hemoglobin after an hour of exposure to the fixative, whereas glutaraldehyde-fixed cells showed no hemoglobin leakage. (c) All three aldehydes caused K(+) leakage during fixation. The concentrations of K(+) in the fixing solutions all reached the same level, but whereas the leakage with glutaraldehyde was immediate, that with formaldehyde was more gradual and that with acetaldehyde reached a steady state only after 24 hr. (d) The effects of the aldehydes on red cell deformability and swelling revealed that glutaraldehyde hardened the cells within 15 min, formaldehyde within 5 hr, while acetaldehyde required at least 24 hr to produce appreciable fixation. (e) The hematocrit changes accompanying the fixation process depended upon cell volume changes and loss of deformability. |
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spelling | pubmed-21087772008-05-01 PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ALDEHYDES ON THE HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE Vassar, P. S. Hards, J. M. Brooks, D. E. Hagenberger, B. Seaman, G. V. F. J Cell Biol Article The effects of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and glutaraldehyde on human red blood cells were investigated. It was found that (a) The surface negative charge of the erythrocytes at pH 7 was increased 10% by glutaraldehyde, but not by the other two aldehydes. (b) The effect of incomplete fixation of the red blood cells was demonstrated by hemoglobin leakage studies The leakage of hemoglobin subsequent to formaldehyde treatment was especially pronounced Acetaldehyde-fixed cells showed some leakage of hemoglobin after an hour of exposure to the fixative, whereas glutaraldehyde-fixed cells showed no hemoglobin leakage. (c) All three aldehydes caused K(+) leakage during fixation. The concentrations of K(+) in the fixing solutions all reached the same level, but whereas the leakage with glutaraldehyde was immediate, that with formaldehyde was more gradual and that with acetaldehyde reached a steady state only after 24 hr. (d) The effects of the aldehydes on red cell deformability and swelling revealed that glutaraldehyde hardened the cells within 15 min, formaldehyde within 5 hr, while acetaldehyde required at least 24 hr to produce appreciable fixation. (e) The hematocrit changes accompanying the fixation process depended upon cell volume changes and loss of deformability. The Rockefeller University Press 1972-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2108777/ /pubmed/5028261 Text en Copyright © 1972 by The Rockefeller University Press This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vassar, P. S. Hards, J. M. Brooks, D. E. Hagenberger, B. Seaman, G. V. F. PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ALDEHYDES ON THE HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE |
title | PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ALDEHYDES ON THE HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE |
title_full | PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ALDEHYDES ON THE HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE |
title_fullStr | PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ALDEHYDES ON THE HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE |
title_full_unstemmed | PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ALDEHYDES ON THE HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE |
title_short | PHYSICOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF ALDEHYDES ON THE HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE |
title_sort | physicochemical effects of aldehydes on the human erythrocyte |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2108777/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5028261 |
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