Exploring how plasma- and muscle-related parameters affect trout hemolysis as a route to prevent hemoglobin-mediated lipid oxidation of fish muscle
Journal article, 2022

Hemoglobin (Hb) is a powerful promoter of lipid oxidation, particularly in muscle of small pelagic fish species and fish by-products, both having high Hb-levels and highly unsaturated lipids. As Hb is located within the red blood cells (RBCs) it is here hypothesized that the perishable polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) can be protected from oxidation by limiting hemolysis during early fish processing. Using a model system consisting of washed-resuspended trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) RBCs (wr-RBCs), the aim of this study was to evaluate how RBC lysis under cold storage was affected by selected parameters linked to blood or muscle: bacterial growth, energy status, pH, RBC membrane lipid oxidation and colloidal osmotic pressure (COP). The results indicated that bacterial growth had a modest effect on hemolysis while pH-values typical for post mortem fish muscle (6.4–6.8), and absence of glucose or albumin stimulated hemolysis. The rapid hemolysis observed at pH 6.4–6.8 correlated with lipid oxidation of the RBC membrane, while the lower hemolysis at pH 7.2–8.0 occurred with low, or without any RBC membrane lipid oxidation. When hemin was added to the RBCs at pH 6.8 hemolysis was induced without parallel RBC membrane oxidation, pointing at Hb-autoxidation and hemin-release per se as important events triggering lysis in fish muscle. Altogether, the study provided valuable findings which ultimately can aid development of new tools to combat lipid oxidation in post mortem fish muscle by limiting hemolysis.

Author

Semhar Ghirmai

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Food and Nutrition Science

Haizhou Wu

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Food and Nutrition Science

Michael Axelsson

University of Gothenburg

Takashi Matsuhira

Nara Medical University

Hiromi Sakai

Nara Medical University

Ingrid Undeland

Chalmers, Biology and Biological Engineering, Food and Nutrition Science

Scientific Reports

2045-2322 (ISSN) 20452322 (eISSN)

Vol. 12 1 13446

Nya strategier som kan stoppa blodets negativa roll för kvaliteten hos fisk

Formas (2016-01181), 2017-01-01 -- 2020-12-31.

Subject Categories

Cell Biology

Physiology

Microbiology

DOI

10.1038/s41598-022-16363-4

PubMed

35927386

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11/17/2022