[Nitric Oxide in Modulation of Crystallogenic Propeties of Biological Fluid]

The aim of this work was a comparative analysis of the influence of different NO forms on dehydration structurization of human blood serum. Blood specimens from 15 healthy people were treated by NO-containing gas flow (800 and 80 ppm) generated with the "Plazon" unit, experimental NO-generator (20, 50, 75 and 100 ppm) and by water solution of thiol-containing dinitrosyl iron complexes (3 mM/L). The influence of blood sodium on blood serum crystallization in original and NO-treated blood specimens was estimated. It was found, that the effect of NO on crystallogenic properties of blood serum depends directly on its concentration and form (free or bound), as well as on the presence of reactive oxygen species in gas flow. The most pronounced stimulating effect was observed for the bound form of NO--dinitrosyl iron complexes with glutathione ligands. Low NO concentrations modulated crystallogenic properties of blood serum and the most optimal stimulating action was demonstrated in gas flow containing 20 ppm nitric oxide. In contrast, high NO concentration (800 ppm) inhibited the crystallogenic activity of biological fluid with multiply increasing of structural elements destruction leading to the formation of an additional belt in marginal zone of dehydrated specimens.