Changes In Red Blood Cell Osmotic Fragility Induced By Total Plasma And Plasma Fractions Obtained From Rats Bearing Progressive And Regressive Variants Of The Walker 256 Tumor.

dc.creatorCavalcanti, T C
dc.creatorGregorini, C C
dc.creatorGuimarães, F
dc.creatorRettori, O
dc.creatorVieira-Matos, A N
dc.date2003-Jul
dc.date2015-11-27T12:52:14Z
dc.date2015-11-27T12:52:14Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:57:38Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:57:38Z
dc.identifierBrazilian Journal Of Medical And Biological Research = Revista Brasileira De Pesquisas Médicas E Biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira De Biofísica ... [et Al.]. v. 36, n. 7, p. 887-95, 2003-Jul.
dc.identifier0100-879X
dc.identifier
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12845375
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/195432
dc.identifier12845375
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1295665
dc.descriptionTwo variants (A and B) of the widely employed Walker 256 rat tumor cells are known. When inoculated sc, the A variant produces solid, invasive, highly metastasizing tumors that cause severe systemic effects and death. We have obtained a regressive variant (AR) whose sc growth is slower, resulting in 70-80% regression followed by development of immunity against A and AR variants. Simultaneously with the beginning of tumor regression, a temporary anemia developed (approximately 8 days duration), accompanied by marked splenomegaly (approximately 300%) and changes in red blood cell osmotic fragility, with mean corpuscular fragility increasing from 4.1 to 6.5 g/l NaCl. The possibility was raised that plasma factors associated with the immune response induced these changes. In the present study, we identify and compare the osmotic fragility increasing activity of plasma fractions obtained from A and AR tumor bearers at different stages of tumor development. The results showed that by day 4 compounds precipitating in 60% (NH4)2SO4 and able to increase red blood cell osmotic fragility appeared in the plasma of A and AR tumor bearers. Later, these compounds disappeared from the plasma of A tumor bearers but slightly increased in the plasma of AR tumor bearers. Furthermore, by day 10, compounds precipitating between 60 and 80% (NH4)2SO4 and with similar effects appeared only in plasma of AR tumor bearers. The salt solubility, production kinetics and hemolytic activity of these compounds resemble those of the immunoglobulins. This, together with their preferential increase in rats bearing the AR variant, suggest their association with an immune response against this tumor.
dc.description36
dc.description887-95
dc.languageeng
dc.relationBrazilian Journal Of Medical And Biological Research = Revista Brasileira De Pesquisas Médicas E Biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira De Biofísica ... [et Al.]
dc.relationBraz. J. Med. Biol. Res.
dc.rightsaberto
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAnemia
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectCarcinoma 256, Walker
dc.subjectOsmotic Fragility
dc.subjectPlasma
dc.subjectRats
dc.subjectTime Factors
dc.titleChanges In Red Blood Cell Osmotic Fragility Induced By Total Plasma And Plasma Fractions Obtained From Rats Bearing Progressive And Regressive Variants Of The Walker 256 Tumor.
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