CHAPTER 4 Flashcards
HEMOGLOBIN
RBC
vit and minerals
35%
65%
Molecular weight:
64,000 Daltons
Respiratory pigment: gives the red color to the blood
HEMOGLOBIN
1 gm Hb can carry (?) O2
1gm Hb can carry (?) Fe
1.34 ml
3.47 mg
Represents (?) of the total body weight
> 1%
It occupies (?) of the red cell mass ([?]O2)
28%
72%
HB BIOSYNTHESIS Regulated by
oxygen tension in the kidneys
Hormones
Enzymes in the heme synthesis pathway
FUNCTION
Lungs –
Tissues –
100 mmHg
20 mmHg
– imp for gas exchange
Ca and CO2
COMPONENTS
Globin chain
Heme group
2, 3 BPG
Globin chains
2 Alpha Chains
2 Beta Chains
Dimer
Globin chain
Determines the type of Hb
Globin chain
The difference in the globin chain relates both to the
(?) in the chain.
sequence and to the number of amino acids
Heme =
Protoporphyrin IX + Fe+2
141
A
Z
Unknown
E
146
B
D
G
Portland
ZG
Gower 1
ZE
Gower 2
AE
HbF
AG
HbA1
AB
HbA2
AD
Occurs in the mitochondria and cytoplasm of bone marrow erythrocyte precursors
HEME SYNTHESIS
Organ for removing:
spleen + macrophages
STAGES
Iron is delivered to reticulocyte by transferrin
Iron Delivery and Supply
Inside the mitochondria
Synthesis of Protoporphyrins
Mediated by erythropoietin and vit B6
Synthesis of Protoporphyrins
Recycling
Hb Degradation
Separation of globin (transported) and heme (further processing)
Hb Degradation
Cellular respiration; alters O2 carrying capability
2, 3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE (DPG)
90% of tot energy needed by rbcs
2, 3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE (DPG)
Major pathway
2, 3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE (DPG)
2, 3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE (DPG) PATHWAY
Rapoport-Luebering Shunt
Regulates Hemoglobin affinity to O2
2, 3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE (DPG)
Facilitate the unloading oxygen from Hb in the tissues
2, 3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERATE (DPG)
Breakdown of the RBC (splenic culling, phagocytosis)
ERYTHROCYTE DESTRUCTION
Toward the end of 120 day life span of the RBC, it begins to break down.
ERYTHROCYTE DESTRUCTION
The membrane becomes
less flexible
The concentration of cellular hemoglobin
increases