Electrical properties of the red blood cell membrane and immunohematological investigation

Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia

Heloise Pöckel Fernandes¹  Carlos Lenz Cesar²  Maria De Lourdes Barjas-castro² 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Campinas Faculdade de Ciências Médicas Pharmacology DepartmentCampinas SP ,Brazil

关键词: Zeta potential;    Erythrocytes;    Optical tweezers;    Agglutination;   

DOI  :  10.5581/1516-8484.20110080

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Hemagglutination is widely used in transfusion medicine and depends on several factors including antigens, antibodies, electrical properties of red blood cells and the environment of the reaction. Intermolecular forces are involved in agglutination with cell clumping occurring when the aggregation force is greater than the force of repulsion. Repulsive force is generated by negative charges on the red blood cell surface that occur due to the presence of the carboxyl group of sialic acids in the cell membrane; these charges create a repulsive electric zeta potential between cells. In transfusion services, specific solutions are used to improve hemagglutination, including enzymes that reduce the negative charge of red blood cells, LISS which improves the binding of antibodies to antigens and macromolecules that decrease the distance between erythrocytes. The specificity and sensitivity of immunohematological reactions depend directly on the appropriate use of these solutions. Knowledge of the electrical properties of red blood cells and of the action of enhancement solutions can contribute to the immunohematology practice in transfusion services.

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