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  • Title: Oxygen equilibrium properties of blood and hemoglobin of fetal and adult Weddell seals.
    Author: Qvist J, Weber RE, Zapol WM.
    Journal: J Appl Physiol Respir Environ Exerc Physiol; 1981 May; 50(5):999-1005. PubMed ID: 7228773.
    Abstract:
    Oxygen equilibria of whole blood and hemoglobins from adult and fetal Weddell seals are reported. The maternal blood shows a lower O2 affinity than the fetal blood (halfsaturation O2 tension P50 = 26.9 +/- 1.18 and 21.4 +/- 1.25 Torr, respectively, at 37 degrees C and pH 7.4), and a greater Bohr effect (delta log P50/delta pH = -0.49 and -0.31, respectively, at pH 7.4-6.8), correlated with higher red cell 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) concentrations (6.45 +/- 0.81 mmol.1-1, compared to 2.65 +/- 0-42 mmol.1-1 in the fetus). Both the maternal and fetal erythrocytes contain two major and two minor hemoglobin components occurring in the same ratio and the 2,3-DPG-free whole hemolysates, as well as the isolated major components from each stage, show the same oxygenation properties, ascribing the whole-blood differences to the higher adult DPG levels. A 2,3-DPG effect also appears to account for the disparity in the Bohr effects, which will favor unloading of O2 from the maternal circulation during diving as maternal and fetal blood pH decrease in parallel.
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