Ensayo inmunoenzimático para la determinación de anticuerpos naturales anti banda 3 / Immunoenzimatic assay to determine the natural anti-band 3 antibodies

Se estandarizó un método inmunoenzimático (ELISA) para la determinación de anticuerpos naturales anti banda 3 acoplando a placas Chemobond la proteína banda 3 obtenida a partir de la membrana de eritrocitos humanos mediante una combinación de cromatografía de intercambio aniónico y afinidad. Se emplearon 3 mg de la proteína banda 3 por pozo, lográndose un nivel de detección de 1 mg/mL de anticuerpo anti banda 3. Los resultados indican la utilidad del método para su empleo en la medición de los niveles de anticuerpos naturales anti banda 3 en pacientes con drepanocitosis, tanto en estado basal como en las crisis vasooclusivas dolorosas.

An immunoenzimatic assay (ELISA) was standardized to determine the natural anti-band 3 antibodies by coupling with Chemobond plates the band 3 protein obtained from the membrane of human erythrocytes by a combination of affinity and anion exchange chromatography. 3 g of band 3 protein per well were used. A level of detection of 1 g/mL of anti-band 3 antibody was achieved. The results showed the usefulness of the method to measure the levels of natural anti-band 3 antibodies in patients with drepanocytes, both in basal state and in the painful vasocclusive crises.

Chronic myelogenous leukemia: alterations in red cell membrane band 3 and increased IgG binding.

Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a hematologic malignancy arising from an abnormal hemopoietic stem cell. Our earlier studies have identified defects in spectrin tetramer formation and organization of cytoskeletal proteins (Basu et al., Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1988, 121-126); and decreased ankyrin binding to ankyrin-depleted vesicles in CML patients. These may lead to clustering of band 3 and increased binding of autologous IgG. This has now been explored by studying the binding of 125I-protein A to normal and CML erythrocytes. There is increased binding of 125I-protein A in CML erythrocytes compared to normal erythrocytes. Since binding of autologous IgG is responsible for removal of erythrocytes from the circulation, the above findings suggest that CML erythrocytes are likely to be prematurely removed from the circulation, accounting for anemia.