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JBC, Vol. 251, Issue 18, 5703-5710, Sep, 1976

Nonuniform biosynthesis of multiple hemoglobins in the adult rat and guinea pig

E. Weiser, C. K. Yeh, W. Lin and A. Mazur

Separation of adult rat bone marrow cells by the method of thin layer countercurrent distribution permits the analyses of 59Fe-tagged erythroid cells for the various multiple hemoglobins and the assignment of such hemoglobins to erythroid cells at different stages of their development. Of the six adult red cell hemoglobins, hemoglobin 5 is synthesized most actively in the earliest erythroid cell whereas hemoglobin 4 (the major hemoglobin of the red cell) is synthesized most actively in the latest erythroid cells, e.g. the reticulocyte. Experimental evidence also indicates that maturation of the erythroid cell is accompanied by a decreased rate of synthesis of hemoglobin 5. The earliest erythroid cells of the marrow contain two hemoglobins, 7 and 8, which are absent in the adult red cell. Similar studies with the guinea pig confirm the nonuniform biosynthesis of its two hemoglobins and suggest that the phenomenon may be a general one among mammalian multiple hemoglobins.
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