Abstract
The current study is devoted to the investigation of the biophysical properties of the cell surface and the functional activity of granulocytes in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia when simulating the ATP load in vitro. The experiment was performed on the peripheral blood of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who underwent a standard course of chemotherapy. In experimental tests, exogenous loading with ATP was simulated in vitro by adding 100.0 μM adenosine-5-triphosphate disodium salt trihydrate to the granulocyte suspension. Incubation with the drug was carried out for 15 min at 370 C. As a control, a suspension of granulocytes in RPMI 1640 medium from the same patient, but without the addition of the drug, was used, this was incubated for 15 min at a temperature of 370 C. After the incubation time, the biophysical properties (rigidity, charge of the cell surface, the strength of intercellular adhesion) of granulocytes in experimental and control samples were studied using atomic force microscopy, and the migration activity of cells was also assessed in a direct capillary test under agarose. A model with exogenous ATP in ALL patients showed a decrease in the rigidity and potential of the plasma membrane surface, an increase in the adhesive properties and migration activity of granulocytes. The revealed effects point to the key role of the ATP molecule in the mechanisms of intercellular signaling in the microvasculature.
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