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ELECTROPHORESIS OF ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE AND HEMOLYTIC DISEA-
SES CAUSED BY MEMBRANE ABNORMALITIES
The erythrocyte membrane contains a net of proteins, forming the cell backbone, and the
integral proteins, immerging in the lipid bilayer, both important for the integrity mainte-
nance and for the cellular activity. We studied 14 patient carriers of hemolytic diseases,
assisted in the Centro de Hematologia e Hemoterapia do Paraná (HEMEPAR) in relation to
control group of 20 healthy volunteers. Samples of venous blood were collected in citrate-
phosphate-dextrose (CPD). The membranes were isolated [Dodge et al., Arch. Biochem.
Biophys. 100:199, 1963], the protein concentration was determined [Lowry et al.,
J.Biol.Chem. 193: 265, 1951] and were submitted to the vertical electrophoresis (SDS-Page)
[Laemmli, Nature 227: 680, 1970]. The values obtained in the control group (%; n = 10)
were: spectrins = 29.67 ± 4.14; ankyrins = 3.97 ± 1.84; band 3 = 38.70 ± 4.96; band 4.1 =
6.79 ± 1.60; band 4.2 = 5.00 ± 1.43; band 4.5 = 1.89 ± 0.96; band 4.9 = 1.83 ± 1.22;
band 5 = 6.54 ± 3.13; band 6.0 = 2.70 ± 1.24; band 7.0 = 2.36 ± 1.33. The mean value
for the spherocytosis carriers was 24.4% for spectrin and 35.8% for band 3, (t tests; p
<.0.05). The observation of blood spherocytes or elliptocytes, associated to an elec-
trophoretic profile with deficiency of spectrin or band 3 suggests spherocytosis or hereditary
elliptocytosis, respectively. Assimptomatic carriers of erythrocyte membrane molecular
abnormalities can also be detected through SDS-Page.
Key words: Red blood cell membrane proteins * hereditary elliptocytosis * hereditary sphe-
rocytosis * red blood cell morphology * hemolytic diseases.
Frações protéicas
1.0 2.1 3.0 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.9 5.0 6.0 7.0
1 + + – + 0 + 0 – – –
2 + + – + + + + – – –
3 0 + – – + + – 0 +
4 0 + + + 0 – – – – –
5 – 0 – – + + + + + +
6 – + – + + + + + + +
7 – – – – – – 0 0 + +
8 – 0 0 + + + + – + +
9 – + 0 + 0 0 + – – –
10 – + – 0 – + + 0 + +
11 – + – + – + + 0 – 0
12 + + 0 + 0 – – – – –
13 – + – + 0 + + 0 + +
14 – + – + – + + 0 + +
0 igual ao controle, + superior ao controle, – inferior ao controle (teste t; significância estatística a nível de 5%); HS –
portadores 1 a 12; HE – portadores 13–14.
316 Favero PR y col.
Fig. 2. Eliptócitos - Eritrócitos de portadora de eliptocitose Fig. 3. Dacriócitos e esferócitos - Eritrócitos de portador de
hereditária (MEV 2000 X). esferocitose (MEV 2000 X).
e) portadores assintomáticos podem ser detecta- 9. Jarolim, P.; Rubin, H. L.; Liu, S. C.; Cho, M. R.; Bra-
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ENDEREÇO PARA CORRESPONDÊNCIA 130, 1994.
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Profª MARIA SUELY SOARES LEONART
Laboratório de Citologia e Hematologia do Curso
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