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Determine whether the hemolytic dapsone metabolite dapsone hydroxylamine stimulates potassium efflux and volume loss in rat red blood cells via a potassium-chloride cotransport mechanism.

February 1, 1989AJP Cell Physiology

Stimulation of K-C1 cotransport in rat red cells by a hemolytic anemia-producing metabolite of dapsone

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MHMelanie HaasLeibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich JHJ. Hartwell HarrisonUniversity of Virginia

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In vitro study reveals that dapsone hydroxylamine stimulates potassium-chloride cotransport in rat red blood cells, indicating cell shrinkage drives splenic clearance in hemolytic anemia.

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Determine whether the hemolytic dapsone metabolite dapsone hydroxylamine stimulates potassium efflux and volume loss in rat red blood cells via a potassium-chloride cotransport mechanism.
Incubated isolated rat red blood cells in vitro with 100 µM dapsone hydroxylamine (DDS-NOH) under physiological and modified ionic media (elevated extracellular potassium or chloride replaced with methylsulfate).
Quantified potassium and sodium efflux rates across varying DDS-NOH concentrations to calculate the half-maximal stimulatory concentration for chloride-dependent potassium transport.
Evaluated the role of membrane sulfhydryl groups by measuring the reversal of DDS-NOH-induced potassium efflux following treatment with the reducing agent dithiothreitol.
Exposure to 100 µM DDS-NOH caused red cell shrinkage and a 4- to 5-fold increase in potassium efflux in chloride-containing media, compared to less than a 2-fold increase when chloride was replaced with methylsulfate.
DDS-NOH stimulated chloride-dependent potassium efflux with a half-maximal concentration of 53 µM (matching its in vivo half-maximal hemolytic concentration of approximately 100 µM), whereas sodium efflux was slightly inhibited.
Treatment with dithiothreitol reversed the DDS-NOH-stimulated chloride-dependent potassium efflux by greater than 80%, demonstrating sulfhydryl group dependence.

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Haas et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a751d9b01b447f0dadc024f https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpcell.1989.256.2.c265

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In vitro study reveals that dapsone hydroxylamine stimulates potassium-chloride cotransport in rat red blood cells, indicating cell shrinkage drives splenic clearance in hemolytic anemia.

Stimulation of K-C1 cotransport in rat red cells by a hemolytic anemia-producing metabolite of dapsone

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