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PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 469, Issue 2, Pages 235-250Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-016-1927-1
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Erythrocytes; SO4= uptake; Band 3 protein; Preconditioning; Oxidative stress; Catalase
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Preconditioning (PC) is an adaptive response to a mild and transient oxidative stress, shown for the first time in myocardial cells and not described in erythrocytes so far. The possible adaptation of human erythrocytes to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-induced oxidative stress has been here verified by monitoring one of band 3 protein functions, i.e., Cl-/HCO3- exchange, through rate constant for SO4= uptake measurement. With this aim, erythrocytes were exposed to a mild and transient oxidative stress (30 min to either 10 or 100 mu MH2O2), followed by a stronger oxidant condition (300-or, alternatively, 600-mu M H2O2 treatment). SO4= uptake was measured by a turbidimetric method, and the possible role of catalase (CAT, significantly contributing to the anti-oxidant system in erythrocytes) in PC response has been verified by measuring the rate of H2O2 degradation. The preventive exposure of erythrocytes to 10 mu M H2O2, and then to 300 mu M H2O2, significantly ameliorated the rate constant for SO4= uptake with respect to 300 mu M H2O2 alone, showing thus an adaptive response to oxidative stress. Our results show that (i) SO4= uptake measurement is a suitable model to monitor the effects of a mild and transient oxidative stress in human erythrocytes, (ii) band 3 protein anion exchange capability is retained after 10 mu M H2O2 treatment, (iii) PC response induced by the 10 mu M H2O2 pretreatment is clearly detected, and (iv) PC response, elicited by low-concentrated H2O2, is mediated by CAT enzyme and does not involve band 3 protein tyrosine phosphorylation pathways. Erythrocyte adaptation to a short-term oxidative stress may serve as a basis for future studies about the impact of more prolonged oxidative events, often associated to aging, drug consumption, chronic alcoholism, hyperglycemia, or neurodegenerative diseases.
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