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Hemoglobin biosynthesis in individual bursts from human adult peripheral and umbilical cord blood: Analysis of the relative rates of synthesis of Gγ and Aγ globin chains
Author(s) -
Terasawa Takashi,
Ogawa Makio
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.1041050312
Subject(s) - globin , hemoglobin , umbilical cord , population , isoelectric point , beta (programming language) , chemistry , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , biochemistry , immunology , in vitro , enzyme , medicine , environmental health , computer science , programming language
We cultured human adult peripheral and umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells in methylcellulose and measured the synthetic rates of globin chains in individual erythropoietic bursts. Globin chains were labeled with 14 C‐amino acids in culture, separated by isoelectric focusing in slab gels containing 8 M urea and 3% Nonidet P‐40, and quantitated by fluorographic methods. All bursts exhibited Gγ, Aγ, and β chains in varying ratios. Cumulative frequency distributions of individual bursts differing in the ratios of Gγ/(Gγ + Aγ) and γ/(γ + γ) approached normal distributions. These results indicated that perinatal hemoglobin switching and the hemoglobin switching of cultured adult erythropoietic precursors do not involve population changes in the precursors. Further, a positive correlation between γ/(γ + γ) and Gγ/(Gγ + Aγ) ratios of individual bursts existed in all of the samples. Switching between γ and β chains and switching of Gγ:Aγ ratios may share common regulatory mechanisms.