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Metabolic Stress of Red Blood Cells Induces Hemoglobin Glutathionylation

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Abstract—Metabolic stress caused by a lack of glucose significantly affects the state of red blood cells, where glycolysis is the main pathway for the production of ATP. Hypoglycemia can be both physiological (occurring during fasting and heavy physical exertion) and pathological (accompanying a number of diseases, such as diabetes mellitus). In this study, we have characterized the state of isolated erythrocytes under metabolic stress caused by the absence of glucose. It was established that 24 h of incubation of the erythrocytes in a glucose-free medium to simulate blood plasma led to a two-fold decrease in the ATP level into them. The cell size, as well as intracellular sodium concentration increased. These findings could be the result of a disruption in ion transporter functioning because of a decrease in the ATP level. The calcium level remained unchanged. With a lack of glucose in the medium of isolated erythrocytes, there was no increase in ROS and a significant change in the level of nitric oxide, while the level of the main low-molecular weight thiol of cells, glutathione (GSH) decreased by almost 2 times. It was found that the metabolic stress of isolated red blood cells induced hemoglobin glutathionylation despite the absence of ROS growth. The cause was the lack of ATP, which led to a decrease in the level of GSH because of the inhibition of its synthesis and, probably, due to a decrease in the NADPH level required for glutathione (GSSG) reduction and protein deglutathionylation. Thus, erythrocyte metabolic stress induced hemoglobin glutathionylation, which is not associated with an increase in ROS. This may have an important physiological significance, since glutathionylation of hemoglobin changes its affinity for oxygen.

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    P. I. Zaripov, Yu. D. Kuleshova, Yu. M. Poluektov, V. A. Mitkevich, A. A. Makarov & I. Yu. Petrushanko

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    P. I. Zaripov, S. V. Sidorenko & G. V. Maksimov

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Zaripov, P.I., Kuleshova, Y.D., Poluektov, Y.M. et al. Metabolic Stress of Red Blood Cells Induces Hemoglobin Glutathionylation. Mol Biol 57, 1176–1185 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026893323060225

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