Red Blood Cell Membrane — Composition and Aging

Brosche, Thorolf

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-74996-4_5

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“…How RBC-MFs affect CVDs can be explained by the lipid composition of RBC membranes. The RBC membrane is composed of 43% lipid molecules and a quarter of them are cholesterol, which is 1.5 to 2.0 times richer than in other cells 21 , 22 . Focusing on the positive correlation of RBC-MF values with HDL-c concentration, this molecule might influence the RBC membrane with antiapoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects and help improve the environment of blood vessels particularly for endothelial cells 23 , 24 .…”

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Correlation of dynamic membrane fluctuations in red blood cells with diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular risks

Sohn

Lee

Ahn

et al. 2021

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The rheological and physiological properties of red blood cells (RBCs) are affected by many factors in the vascular environment. Among them, membrane fluctuations (MFs), particularly dynamic fluctuations in RBC cell membrane thickness (RBC-MFs), are likely to be altered by the level of glycation of haemoglobin in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). We investigated the associations of RBC-MFs with physiological variables associated with DM and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Forty-one healthy control subjects and 59 patients with DM were enrolled. Five-microliter samples of blood were collected and diluted 400 times. To measure the RBC-MFs, holotomography was used, which non-invasively and precisely analyses the optical characteristics of RBCs. Associations between the RBC-MFs and biochemical parameters related to glucose homeostasis and lipid profiles were investigated. Independent associations of the RBC-MFs with the presence of CVDs were also analysed. RBC-MFs were lower in patients with DM than in healthy participants (61.64 ± 7.49 nm vs 70.65 ± 6.65 nm, P = 1.4 × 10−8). RBC-MFs correlated modestly with glycated haemoglobin level (ρ = − 0.47) and weakly with age (ρ = − 0.36), duration of diabetes (ρ = − 0.36), fasting plasma glucose level (ρ = − 0.37), and the 10-year Framingham risk score (ρ = − 0.38) (all P < 0.05). Low RBC-MFs were independently associated with the presence of CVDs after adjusting for CVD risk factors. The weak but significant associations of RBC-MFs with cardiometabolic risk factors and CVDs suggest that such deformity of circulating RBCs may be a useful marker of vascular complications of DM.

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