Effect of Exogenous Glutathione,Glutathione Reductase,Chlorine Dioxide,and Chlorite on Osmotic Fragility of Rat Blood In Vitro

Abstract

Chlorine dioxide (CIO₂), chlorite (CIO^- ₂), and chlorate (CIO^- ₃) in drinking water decreased blood glutathione and RBC osmotic fragility in vivo. The osmotic fragility and glutathione content were also studied in rat blood treated with CIO₂, CIO^- ₂, CIO^- ₃ in vitro. RBC hemolysis was decreased in rat blood after 30, 60, and 120 minutes by all treatments. The glutathione content expressed as percentage of controls was decreased with incubation time. When CIO₂ was added with reduced glutathione (GSH) to the blood, no effect on hemolysis was observed compared to control or to GSH alone at 2 hours, but decreased hemolysis was observed with CIO₂ treatment alone. Addition of NADPH alone prevented CIO₂ and CIO^- ₂ and CIO^- ₃ from exhibiting hemolysis resistance, while glutathione reductase (GR) and its cofactor (NADPH) increased hemolysis about 1.5–2 fold. Removing GR only resulted in increased resistance to hemolysis with CIO₂ or CIO^- ₂. The formation of disulfide bonds between sulfhydryl groups in erythrocytic membranes and hemoglobin, causing precipitation of hemoglobin (yielding apparent resistance to hemolysis) can account for the difference between the hemolysis before and after the addition of GR.

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