{"title":"In vitro measurement of platelet adhesion to intact endothelial cells under low shear conditions.","authors":"Yuki Ogawa, Takuma Nakahara, Yuma Nishida, Chihiro Kobayashi, Takamichi Hirata, Hideaki Nagano, Suguru Shiratori, Kenjiro Shimano","doi":"10.3233/BIR-17139","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Prediction of thrombus formation at intact arterial walls under low shear flow conditions is clinically important particularly for better prognoses of embolisation in cerebral aneurysms. Although a new mathematical model for this purpose is necessary, little quantitative information has been known about platelet adhesion to intact endothelial cells.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of this study is to measure the number of platelets adhering to intact endothelial cells with a focus upon the influence of the shear rate.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Endothelial cells disseminated in μ-slides were exposed to swine whole blood at different shear rates. Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) was used as an agonist. Adherent platelets were counted by means of scanning electron microscopy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At an ADP concentration of 1 µM, 20.8 ± 3.1 platelets per 900 µm2 were observed after 30-minute perfusion at a shear rate of 0.8 s-1 whereas only 3.0 ± 1.4 per 900 µm2 at 16.8 s-1.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The number of adherent platelets is determined by a balance between the shear and the degree of stimulation by the agonist. At an ADP concentration of 1 µM, a limit to the shear rate at which platelets can adhere to intact endothelial cells is considered to be slightly higher than 16.8 s-1.</p>","PeriodicalId":9167,"journal":{"name":"Biorheology","volume":"54 2-4","pages":"51-65"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3233/BIR-17139","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biorheology","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3233/BIR-17139","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"BIOPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Background: Prediction of thrombus formation at intact arterial walls under low shear flow conditions is clinically important particularly for better prognoses of embolisation in cerebral aneurysms. Although a new mathematical model for this purpose is necessary, little quantitative information has been known about platelet adhesion to intact endothelial cells.
Objective: The objective of this study is to measure the number of platelets adhering to intact endothelial cells with a focus upon the influence of the shear rate.
Methods: Endothelial cells disseminated in μ-slides were exposed to swine whole blood at different shear rates. Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) was used as an agonist. Adherent platelets were counted by means of scanning electron microscopy.
Results: At an ADP concentration of 1 µM, 20.8 ± 3.1 platelets per 900 µm2 were observed after 30-minute perfusion at a shear rate of 0.8 s-1 whereas only 3.0 ± 1.4 per 900 µm2 at 16.8 s-1.
Conclusions: The number of adherent platelets is determined by a balance between the shear and the degree of stimulation by the agonist. At an ADP concentration of 1 µM, a limit to the shear rate at which platelets can adhere to intact endothelial cells is considered to be slightly higher than 16.8 s-1.
期刊介绍:
Biorheology is an international interdisciplinary journal that publishes research on the deformation and flow properties of biological systems or materials. It is the aim of the editors and publishers of Biorheology to bring together contributions from those working in various fields of biorheological research from all over the world. A diverse editorial board with broad international representation provides guidance and expertise in wide-ranging applications of rheological methods to biological systems and materials.
The scope of papers solicited by Biorheology extends to systems at different levels of organization that have never been studied before, or, if studied previously, have either never been analyzed in terms of their rheological properties or have not been studied from the point of view of the rheological matching between their structural and functional properties. This biorheological approach applies in particular to molecular studies where changes of physical properties and conformation are investigated without reference to how the process actually takes place, how the forces generated are matched to the properties of the structures and environment concerned, proper time scales, or what structures or strength of structures are required.