Grigoriev AI, Maksimov GV, Morukov BV, Ivanova SM, Yarlikova YV, Luneva OG, Ulyanova NA, Parshina EY, Rubin AB. Investigation of erythrocyte shape, plasma membrane fluidity and conformation of haemoglobin haemoporphyrin under the influence of long-term space flight.
J Gravit Physiol 2004;
11:P79-80. [PMID:
16235423]
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Abstract
The investigation of long-term space flight (SF) effect on the blood cells function is of great importance for modern space biology and medicine. We established that the number of discocytes decreased in the period of early rehabilitation after long-term SF. After SF plasma membrane fluidity and phospholipid content decreased and cholesterol content increased. After SF the amount of haemoglobin decreased and the parameters characterizing haemoglobin haemoporyphyrin (HH) conformation changed. We suppose that erythrocyte shape, membrane fluidity and HH conformation are among factors affecting oxygen transfer during and after space flight.
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