Influence of Na+ disorder on cytoplasmic conductivity and cellular electromagnetic (EM) energy absorption of human erythrocytes (PONE-D-21-36089)

ABSTRACT: Cytoplasmic conductivity of human erythrocytes may be significantly disturbed by the composition of the external suspending media. Effects of external NaCl on cytoplasmic conductivity of human erythrocyte (Human Red Blood Cells, HRBC) were investigated in a simple NaCl system. Using thermodynamic theory cytoplasmic conductivities could be calculated from internal [K+], [Na+], [Cl-] and [HCO3-]. Effect of cell volume and cell water changes were introduced and allowed for using the Debye-Hückel-Onsager relation and Walden’s rule of viscosity. Cell volume and cell water change of HRBCs were measured in suspending isotonic solutions with conductivities from 0.50 S m-1 up to hypertonic solutions of conductivity of 2.02 S m-1 at selected temperatures of 25°C (standard benchmark temperature) and

SUBMITTER: Sudsiri C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9949639 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature