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Quercetin Mitigates Red Blood Cell Membrane Bound Na +, K +-ATPase Transporter During Human Aging. J Membr Biol 2021; 254:459-462. [PMID: 34480589 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-021-00200-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Increasing interest has recently focused on determining whether quercetin may exert anti-aging properties or not? The objective of this study was determination of Na+, K+ -ATPase activity in quercetin-treated red blood cells during human aging. The study was carried out on human blood samples. The subjects were divided into different age groups, young, middle, and old. The effects of quercetin were evaluated by determining Na+, K+ -ATPase activity by co-incubating the red blood cells in presence of quercetin (10-6 M to 10-3 M final concentration). Quercetin causes 15% increase in Na+, K+ -ATPase activity at 10-4 M and 17% at 10-3 M as compared to the young control age group. The effect was insignificant at 10-5 M (7%) and 10-6 M (5%) in the young age group. Quercetin showed significant increase at 10-6 M to 10-3 M in Na+, K+ -ATPase activity as compared to the middle control age group. A significant increase in Na+, K+ -ATPase activity was observed at all concentrations [10-6 M (31%), 10-5 M (39%), 10-4 M (51%), and 10-3 M (61%)] in elderly population. We believe that these findings will help in further research against oxidative stress in red blood cells.
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Nubi T, Adewole TS, Agunbiade TO, Osukoya OA, Kuku A. Purification and erythrocyte-membrane perturbing activity of a ketose-specific lectin from Moringa oleifera seeds. BIOTECHNOLOGY REPORTS (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2021; 31:e00650. [PMID: 34258240 PMCID: PMC8253949 DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This study purified a hemagglutinating protein (MoL) from Moringa oleifera seed, and investigated its hemolytic activity. Molecular weight and stability of MoL were also determined. Modification of some amino acid residues was carried out and the effect on MoL hemagglutinating activity determined. Other investigated parameters are the effects of temperature, concentration, incubation period, pH, and sugars on the protein's hemagglutinating and hemolytic activities. The native and subunit molecular weights were estimated as 30 and 27.5 kDa respectively. Hemagglutinating activity of MoL was slightly inhibited by fructose and sucrose, stable at temperature up to 90°C and within pH range of 2-4. Modification of tryptophan and arginine residues resulted in partial loss of hemagglutinating activity. The hemolytic activity of MoL was concentration, temperature, pH, and time-dependent. The study concluded that MoL showed hemolytic (membrane-perturbing) activity in moderate acidic conditions. This suggests its potential exploitation in improved intracellular delivery of bioactive compounds.
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- Tolulope Nubi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, PMB 13, Nigeria
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, PMB 13, Nigeria
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Red blood cells as an efficient in vitro model for evaluating the efficacy of metallic nanoparticles. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:279. [PMID: 31245243 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1807-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/11/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Blood and the linings of blood vessels may be regarded as a fifth tissue type. The human body contains 5 × 109 red blood cells (RBCs) per ml, a total of 2.5 × 1013 cells in the 5 l of blood present in the body. With an average lifetime of 125 days, human RBCs are destroyed by leukocytes in the spleen and liver. Nowadays red blood cells are extensively used to study various metabolic functions. Nanoparticles (NP) are being widely accepted for drug delivery system. This review summarizes the red blood cells, NPs and their characteristics on the basis of the RBC components along with drug delivery systems through RBCs. Further, we also discussed that how erythrocytes can be used as an efficient in vitro model for evaluating the efficacy of various nanocomposite materials.
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Radosinska J, Jasenovec T, Puzserova A, Krajcir J, Lacekova J, Kucerova K, Kalnovicova T, Tothova L, Kovacicova I, Vrbjar N. Promotion of whole blood rheology after vitamin C supplementation: focus on red blood cells 1. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2019; 97:837-843. [PMID: 30983394 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2018-0735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hemorheological properties represent significant contributors in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. As plasma vitamin C is inversely associated with blood viscosity in humans, we aimed to characterize the effect of vitamin C supplementation on hemorheology with an emphasis on erythrocyte functions. Twenty young healthy volunteers were asked to take vitamin C (1000 mg per day) for 3 weeks. We observed beneficial effect of intervention on multiple hemorheological parameters: whole blood viscosity in the range of medium to high shear rates, Casson yield stress, complex viscosity, and storage and loss moduli. As erythrocyte properties play a significant role in hemorheology, we characterized their deformability, nitric oxide production, and sodium pump activity in erythrocyte membranes. We can conclude that observed promotion in whole blood rheology may be consequence of improved erythrocyte functionality as concerns their ability to pass through narrow capillaries of the microcirculation, nitric oxide production, and sodium pump activity. Parameters reflecting oxidative stress and antioxidant status in plasma were not affected by our intervention. As improvement in hemorheology may play an important role in cardioprotection, it would be challenging to investigate the vitamin C supplementation to patients suffering from microcirculatory disturbances and worsened organ perfusion in the case of cardiovascular diseases.
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- Jana Radosinska
- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sasinkova 2, Bratislava 813 72, Slovak Republic.,Center of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, Bratislava 840 05, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sasinkova 2, Bratislava 813 72, Slovak Republic
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- Center of Experimental Medicine, Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Sienkiewiczova 1, Bratislava 813 71, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sasinkova 2, Bratislava 813 72, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sasinkova 2, Bratislava 813 72, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sasinkova 2, Bratislava 813 72, Slovak Republic
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- 1st Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University and University Hospital in Bratislava, Mickiewiczova 13, Bratislava 813 69, Slovak Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Sasinkova 4, Bratislava 811 08, Slovak Republic
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- Center of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, Bratislava 840 05, Slovak Republic
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- Center of Experimental Medicine, Institute for Heart Research, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, Bratislava 840 05, Slovak Republic
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Kumar P, Wadhwa R, Gupta R, Chandra P, Maurya PK. Spectroscopic determination of intracellular quercetin uptake using erythrocyte model and its implications in human aging. 3 Biotech 2018; 8:498. [PMID: 30498671 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-018-1524-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The present study was carried out to detect intracellular quercetin uptake by RBCs during human aging. The study was carried out on 95 normal healthy subjects of both the sexes. Intracellular quercetin uptake was estimated by performing ethyl acetate extraction. A significant (p < 0.001) decline in intracellular quercetin uptake by human RBCs was observed in elderly as compared to young population, while plasma membrane redox system (PMRS) activity was significantly decreasing as a function of human age. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to present quercetin uptake by erythrocytes during aging in humans with this study. It is hypothesized that intracellular uptake of quercetin may serve as an intracellular electron donor for plasma membrane redox system in red blood cells during cellular aging which plays an important role in extracellular dehydroascorbate reduction and ascorbate recycling.
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- Prabhanshu Kumar
- 1Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 201303 India
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- 1Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 201303 India
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- 1Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 201303 India
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- 2Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781 039 India
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- 1Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, 201303 India
- 3Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendergarh District, Haryana 123031 India
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