Concentration of NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase in erythrocytes of normal and methemoglobinemic individuals measured with a quantitative radioimmunoblotting assay.

AUTOR(ES)

Borgese, N

RESUMO

The activity of NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase (NADH-methemoglobin reductase) is generally reduced in red cells of patients with recessive hereditary methemoglobinemia. To determine whether this lower activity is due to reduced concentration of an enzyme with normal catalytic properties or to reduced activity of an enzyme present at normal concentration, we measured erythrocyte reductase concentrations with a quantitative radioimmunoblotting method, using affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies against rat liver microsomal reductase as probe. In five patients with the "mild" form of recessive hereditary methemoglobinemia, in which the activity of erythrocyte reductase was 4-13% of controls, concentrations of the enzyme, measured as antigen, were also reduced to 7-20% of the control values. The concentration of membrane-bound reductase antigen, measured in the ghost fraction, was similarly reduced. Thus, in these patients, the reductase deficit is caused mainly by a reduction in NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase concentration, although altered catalytic properties of the enzyme may also contribute to the reduced enzyme activity.

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