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Red cell membrane changes during storage
Authors:R T Card
Affiliation:Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Saskatoon Centre, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Abstract:
A great deal is known about the red cell membrane and its abnormalities in various pathologic states. During red cell storage there is a progressive development of spheroechniocytosis with eventual production of irreversibly nondeformable red cells. The loss of membrane function is most likely related to some abnormality in maintenance of the cytoskeleton of the red cell. These changes appear to occur independent of ATP levels. Despite the increasing knowledge of the structure and function of the red cell membrane very little as yet is known about the specific abnormality in the red cell membrane that occurs during storage in the blood bank. Recent evidence for abnormal spectrin-actin interaction and abnormal spectrin oxidation has been the most promising. Areas of interest for research include studies of the specific mechanisms by which the plasticizer DEHP interacts with the membrane, specific definition of the molecular defect in membrane proteins that occurs during storage, and means to prevent these. If such deterioration and membrane stiffening could be prevented then the quality of the red cells that are transfused would be improved both in their function and ability to survive in the microcirculation. A final need, while not of specific value to the red cell itself, is the development of media and additives that will allow for increased plasma and Factor VIII yields, one of the driving forces in the blood transfusion system.
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