Comparative study of oxygen linked changes in blood pH of several mammalian species

Autor: Myron B. Laver, S. Bert Litwin, F. Taketa, William F Skogen
Rok vydání: 1977
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Zdroj: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology. 56:499-502
ISSN: 0300-9629
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(77)90275-4
Popis: 1. 1. Whole blood pH was monitored continuously during the generation of oxyhemoglobin dissociation curves with pH electrodes attached to a dissociation curve analyzer. 2. 2. Samples of whole blood drawn from non-smoking human adults showed a non-linear release of protons with a decrease in pH of 0.129 ± 0.008 in going from zero to 100% oxygen saturation. 3. 3. Oxygenation of human blood previously incubated with sodium cyanate produced a decrease in pH only 21.7% that of untreated cells in agreement with the known decrease in the Bohr effect caused by carbamylation of the α chain amino terminals of hemoglobin. 4. 4. The blood of various other mammalian species including pigs, rabbits, dogs and cats was also studied. Cat and rabbit samples demonstrated a significantly lower decrease in pH upon oxygenation than human, dog and pig blood.
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