4) RBC metabolism Flashcards
4 things an RBC must do during its lifespan that require energy
- keep hgb in reduced form (Fe2+)
- operate Na-K pump to maintain volume
- keep membrane deformable
- produce NADPH
prinicipal, almost exclusive source of RBC energy
glucose
4 RBC metabolic pathways
- Embden-Meyerhoff pathway (glycolysis)
- Luebering-Rapaport pathway (2,3-DPG pathway)
- Hexose monophosphate shunt (PPP)
- Methemoglobin reductase pathway
90% of glucose metabolism occurs via the…
produces what?
EM pathway
pyruvate or lactate, ATP, and NADH
ATP needed in RBC for…
- maintaining shape and deformability
- operate Na/K pumps
NADH is needed in RBC for…
reduction of methemoglobin to hemoglobin
no net energy produced from glycolysis
if LR pathway is used
accounts fo 2/3 of RBC phosphorus
chief regulator of O2 transport and delivery
2,3-diphosphoglycerate
10% of RBC glucose is metabolized through the…
HMS/PPP
2 ways of reducing methemoglobin
- nonenzymatically via glutathione
- enzymatically via methemoglobin reductase
sequence of events when RBC is exposed to oxidant drugs
- GSH is oxidized to GSSG
- Fe3+ is oxidized to Fe2+
- sulfhydryl groups of hgb are oxidized
if oxidative stress continues, ———– attach themselves to the cell membrane and are removed by spleen, which can cause…
Heinz bodies (aggregates of oxidated globin chains)
hemolytic anemia
2 ways oxidation can affect RBC, and the pathway that responds
- oxidation of Fe2+ to Fe3+ (methemoglobin)—MRP
- oxidation of globin chains (Heinz bodies)—HMS/PPP
cause accumulation of H2O2
oxidant drugs
infection
Hexose monophosphate shunt
H2O2 oxidizes ——- to ——- via ——-
——- is oxidized to ——-, giving GSH, via ——-
——- combines with ——- to form NADPH, via ——-
H2O2 oxidizes GSH to GSSG via glutathione peroxidase
NADPH is oxidized to NADP, giving GSH, via glutathione reductase
NADP combines with G6P to form NADPH, via G6PD
if the HMS is deficient, the amount of reduced ——– will be insufficient, and oxidants within the cell will…
glutathione
oxidize hgb sulfhydryl groups, leading to globin denaturation (Heinz bodies)
Methemoglobin reductase pathway
——- and methemoglobin give ——- and hemoglobin, via ——-
NADH and methemoglobin give NAD and hemoglobin, via methemoglobin reductase