Effect of metal ions on binding of bilirubin to erythrocyte membranes
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Effect of metal ions on binding of bilirubin to erythrocyte membranes
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Creator |
Ali, Mohammad K
Tayyab, Saad |
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Description |
230-234
Binding of bilirubin to different erythrocyte membranes, namely, human, buffalo, sheep and goat, pre-incubated with different concentrations of metal ions was studied. The results showed that among the different metal ions used, Ca2+ had the highest potential in increasing the amount of bound bilirubin followed by Sr2+ and Mg2+, whereas Ba2+ had the lowest potential. Treatment of these membranes with Ca2+ led to an increase in the amount of bound bilirubin in all membranes. However, human erythrocyte membranes pretreated with Ca2+, bound the highest amount of bilirubin compared to other erythrocyte membranes. Increase in bilirubin binding upon Ca2+ -treatment can be ascribed to shielding effect, redistribution of phospholipids as well as increase in surface hydrophobicity induced by Ca2+ . |
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2012-12-25T18:18:59Z
2012-12-25T18:18:59Z 2001-08 |
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Article
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0975-0959 (Online); 0301-1208 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/15298 |
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en_US
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Rights |
CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
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NISCAIR-CSIR, India
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Source |
IJBB Vol.38(4) [August 2001]
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