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  • Title: Penetration and entrapment of large particles in erythrocytes by electrical breakdown techniques.
    Author: Vienken J, Jeltsch E, Zimmermann U.
    Journal: Cytobiologie; 1978 Jun; 17(1):182-96. PubMed ID: 689250.
    Abstract:
    Human erythrocytes suspended in isotonic solutions were subjected to haemolysis by application of an electric field pulse to the cell suspension. The field strengths used were 12 and 16kV/cm, respectively; the pulse duration 40 microseconds. The lysed cells showed resealing properties. The permeability change of the membrane generated by the field pulse and by the subsequent osmotic processes were large enough to facilitate the penetration and entrapment of ferritin and Latex particles (diameter: 0.091 and 0.176 micron, respectively) as revealed by electron microscopy. Correct identification of the Latex particles in the electron-micrographs indicated that LOYTER et al. [J. Cell Biol. 66, 292 (1975)], who recently demonstrated the entrapment of Latex spheres in erythrocytes prepared by osmotic haemolysis mistook electron-dense bodies probably consisting of denaturated protein for Latex particles. Under conditions of osmotic haemolysis, carried out according to BODEMANN and PASSOW, particles could only occasionally be detected within the membrane itself and never within the cell interior, suggesting that the electrical haemolysis method is much more effective in the generation of large holes in the membrane.
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