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Phytomenadione improves red cell deformability in laboratory animals.

A Sabo1, M Stanulović, V Jakovljević

  • 1Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia.

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Therapy, and Toxicology
|December 1, 1992
PubMed
Summary

Phytomenadione enhances red blood cell (RBC) deformability in rats and rabbits, improving blood flow. Other vitamin K derivatives and ethylbiscumacetate showed no significant effect on RBC deformability.

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Area of Science:

  • Hematology
  • Pharmacology
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Red blood cell (RBC) deformability is crucial for whole blood rheology.
  • Vitamin K derivatives, such as phytomenadione, menadione, and menadione bisulfite, function as electron-transporting substances.
  • Understanding factors affecting RBC deformability is important for rheological studies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the in vivo effect of vitamin K derivatives on erythrocyte deformability in rats and rabbits.
  • To assess the impact of a vitamin K antagonist (ethylbiscumacetate) on RBC deformability.
  • To compare the effects with pentoxifylline, a known modulator of RBC deformability.

Main Methods:

  • In vivo study conducted on white laboratory rats and domestic rabbits.

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  • Administration of single and multiple doses of vitamin K derivatives and ethylbiscumacetate.
  • Assay of RBC filterability using a gravity-driven filtration technique on collected blood samples.

    • Main Results:

    • Phytomenadione significantly increased RBC filterability (deformability) after both single and multiple administrations.
    • Menadione and menadione bisulfite did not alter RBC deformability.
    • Pentoxifylline improved RBC deformability only after multiple applications, not after a single dose.
    • Ethylbiscumacetate did not affect RBC deformability in rats after a single dose.

    Conclusions:

    • Phytomenadione demonstrates a positive influence on erythrocyte deformability in vivo.
    • Menadione and its bisulfite derivative do not appear to affect RBC deformability.
    • The study highlights phytomenadione as a potential agent for modulating blood rheology through enhanced RBC deformability.