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BLOOD CELLS MOLECULES AND DISEASES
Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 349-352Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2004.01.005
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red cells; mechanosensitive channels; calcium influx; hemoglobin AC red cells; malaria protection
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Red cells exposed to glycophorin A reactive antibodies and lectins develop a non-specific cation permeability. To determine if this might be due to the activation of a non-selective mechanosensitive channel we have subjected red cells, loaded with a calcium responsive fluorescent probe, to filtration through 5 and 3 mum pores. Calcium entered 28% of normal red cells at the moment of deformation when 3 mum filtered, a finding consistent with the transient activation of a mechanosensitive channel. Red cells containing hemoglobin AC and AS had enhanced calcium responses to filtration. An increased influx of calcium in hemoglobin disorders might play a role in providing protection against Falciparum malaria. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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