Peripheral blood mononuclear cell membrane fluidity and disease outcome in patients with multiple sclerosis

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dc.contributor.authorHon, G. M.
dc.contributor.authorHassan, M. S.
dc.contributor.authorVan Rensburg, S. J.
dc.contributor.authorAbel, S.
dc.contributor.authorErasmus, R. T.
dc.contributor.authorMatsha, T.
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-20T07:09:22Z
dc.date.available2012-04-20T07:09:22Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractImmune cell membrane lipids are important determinants of membrane fluidity, eicosanoid production and phagocytosis and fatty acid metabolic abnormalities have been reported in immune cells from patients with multiple sclerosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between peripheral blood mononuclear cell membrane fluidity, permeability status, and disease outcome as measured by the Kurtzke expanded disability status scale. Phospholipids, fatty acids and cholesterol composition in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 26 patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and 25 healthy control subjects were determined by colorimetric assay, gas chromatography and enzymatic assays, respectively. Membrane fluidity was calculated according to previously established formulae and correlated with C-reactive protein and the Kurtzke expanded disability status scale. There were no significant differences in membrane lipids in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients and controls. However, correlation studies showed lipid metabolic abnormalities, which were reflected in significant correlations between membrane fluidity as measured by both its fatty acid and phospholipid compositions, and the functional system scores. C-reactive protein showed positive correlations with phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylinositol and total phospholipids in membranes from control subjects. Metabolic abnormalities, as well as correlations between membrane fluidity and the functional system scores, suggested the involvement of these immune cell membranes in the disease progression. Furthermore, the changed relationship between membrane phospholipids and C-reactive protein, which has been shown to correlate with infectious episodes and clinical relapse, could be an indication of immune cell dysfunction in patients with multiple sclerosis. © 2011 Indian Society of Haematology & Transfusion Medicine.
dc.identifier.citationIndian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion
dc.identifier.citation28
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dc.identifier.issn9714502
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s12288-011-0087-x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20795
dc.subjectFatty acids
dc.subjectMembrane fluidity
dc.subjectMultiple sclerosis
dc.subjectPhospholipids
dc.titlePeripheral blood mononuclear cell membrane fluidity and disease outcome in patients with multiple sclerosis
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