Publications by authors named "A MURISASCO"

Changes in intra-erythrocytic pH values over time, during and after bicarbonate hemodialysis, were studied with 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Simultaneously, pH values of whole blood were obtained by a gazometric method. A two-compartment model appeared to be the simplest kinetic model to explain the shifts in proton concentrations in extra- and intra-cellular media.

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A kinetic model involving intraerythrocytic and whole blood H+ concentrations during and after bicarbonate and acetate hemodialysis is proposed to account for experimental data. A two-compartment model appeared to be the simplest kinetic model to explain the decrease in proton concentration during bicarbonate hemodialysis and its increase between two dialysis sessions, whether acetate or bicarbonate. This model takes into account the hemoglobin buffer power and the cellular metabolic acidosis.

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Before hemodialysis, patients have an intraerythrocytic pH (pHi) and an extracellular pH, measured in whole blood (pHo), which are lower than those of healthy controls. During bicarbonate hemodialysis, pHi values continuously increase, approaching a normal value at the end of the session. Concomitantly, pHo values follow similar variations.

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We measured the spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times (T1 and T2, respectively) and the nuclear Overhauser effect (NOE) of 31P nuclei of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) in living erythrocytes. The relaxation of water protons was also studied. Phosphorus relaxation is pH-dependent due to a modification of the binding of 2,3-DPG to hemoglobin.

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