Comparison of red blood cell membrane microstructure after different physicochemical influences: Atomic force microscope research

Abstract Purpose After the influence of different actions on the blood, the erythrocytes may change their macrostructure. At the same time, the microstructure of cell membrane will be changed as well. This study provides the results of comparison of red blood cell membrane microstructure after they...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of critical care 2010-09, Vol.25 (3), p.539.e1-539.e12
Hauptverfasser: Moroz, Victor V, Chernysh, Alexander M, Kozlova, Elena K, Borshegovskaya, Polina Yu., PhD, Bliznjuk, Ulyana A., PhD, Rysaeva, Regina M, Gudkova, Olga Ye., PhD
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Purpose After the influence of different actions on the blood, the erythrocytes may change their macrostructure. At the same time, the microstructure of cell membrane will be changed as well. This study provides the results of comparison of red blood cell membrane microstructure after they have been affected by different factors. Materials and Methods Images and spatial profiles of the cell surface were obtained by atomic force microscope. It was proposed to use spatial Fourier transform to decompose the initial complex profile into series of simple ones. This made it possible to compare surface parameters after exposure of red blood cells to different external actions. Results Quantitative differences between membrane profile harmonic composition parameters (amplitude and spatial period) after physical impact (impulse electrical field, osmotic swelling) and after chemical impact (the fixing fluid glutaraldehyde and the drug Esmeron) were experimentally confirmed. Conclusions Such experimental and theoretical approach may lay down the foundations of mechanisms of different factors' effect on red blood cells both in research and in clinics.
ISSN:0883-9441
1557-8615
DOI:10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.02.007