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Lipid peroxidation of erythrocytes during anemia of the hamsters infected withLeishmania donovani

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Visceral leishmaniasis has been found to be associated with severe anemia and premature lysis of erythrocytes. Peroxidative damage of red cells has been noted in several hemolytic anemias. Present study shows enhanced formation of methemoglobin in hamsters infected withLeishmania donovani. Increased formation of malonyldialdehyde and diene conjugate has been noted in the erythrocytes of the infected animals with the progress of anemia. Results showed decreased activities of protective enzymes like superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione reductase against peroxidative attack. An increase in the membrane cholesterol/phospholipid ratio and a decrease in membrane fluidity of erythrocytes were observed under the diseased condition. Densitometric scan after SDS-PAGE of red cell membrane of the infected animals revealed significant degradation of band 3 and band 4.1 proteins. The results suggest that alteration in the membrane may lead to reduced life span of the red cells in experimental visceral leishmaniasis.

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    Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Poona, 411 007, Pune, India

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    Tuli Biswas, Jayanta K. Pal, Khudiram Naskar, Dilip Kumar Ghosh & Jharna Ghosal

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Presented in part: 61st AGB Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists (India), Hyderabad, December, 1992

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Biswas, T., Pal, J.K., Naskar, K. et al. Lipid peroxidation of erythrocytes during anemia of the hamsters infected withLeishmania donovani . Mol Cell Biochem 146, 99–105 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00944601

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