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Mardanpour MM, Sudalaiyadum Perumal A, Mahmoodi Z, Baassiri K, Montiel-Rubies G, LeDez KM, Nicolau DV. Investigation of air bubble behaviour after gas embolism events induced in a microfluidic network mimicking microvasculature. LAB ON A CHIP 2024; 24:2518-2536. [PMID: 38623600 DOI: 10.1039/d4lc00087k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Gas embolism is a medical condition that occurs when gas bubbles are present in veins or arteries, decreasing blood flow and potentially reducing oxygen delivery to vital organs, such as the brain. Although usually reported as rare, gas embolism can lead to severe neurological damage or death. However, presently, only limited understanding exists regarding the microscale processes leading to the formation, persistence, movement, and resolution of gas emboli, as modulated by microvasculature geometrical features and blood properties. Because gas embolism is initially a physico-chemical-only process, with biological responses starting later, the opportunity exists to fully study the genesis and evolution of gas emboli using in vitro microfluidic networks mimicking small regions of microvasculature. The microfluidics networks used in this study, which aim to mimic microvasculature geometry, comprise linear channels with T-, or Y-junction air inlets, with 20, 40, and 60 μm widths (arterial or venous), and a 30 μm width honeycombed network (arterial) with three bifurcation angles (30°, 60°, and 90°). Synthetic blood, equivalent to 46% haematocrit concentrations, and water were used to study the modulation of gas embolism-like events by liquid viscosity. Our study shows that (i) longer bubbles with lower velocity occur in narrower channels, e.g., with 20 μm width; (ii) the resistance of air bubbles to the flow increases with the higher haematocrit concentration; and lastly (iii) the propensity of gas embolism-like events in honeycomb architectures increases for more acute, e.g., 30°, bifurcation angles. A dimensionless analysis using Euler, Weber, and capillary numbers demarcated the conditions conducive to gas embolism. This work suggests that in vitro experimentation using microfluidic devices with microvascular tissue-like structures could assist medical guidelines and management in preventing and mitigating the effects of gas embolism.
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- Mohammad Mahdi Mardanpour
- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3A 0E9, Canada.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3A 0E9, Canada.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3A 0E9, Canada.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3A 0E9, Canada.
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- Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 5S7, Canada
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, H3A 0E9, Canada.
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Quantification of shunt fraction using contrast ultrasound and indicator dilution in an in vitro model. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2023; 310:104013. [PMID: 36639005 DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2023.104013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Transthoracic saline contrast echocardiography is commonly used to assess intrathoracic shunt flow in vivo. Though the technique has many advantages (safe, simple, repeatable), the measurement technique lacks specificity, and the contrast agent has limited stability. This study sought to determine if the indicator dilution modeling technique could be applied to ultrasound contrast data to quantify shunt fraction and to determine if buoyant force has a significant effect on microbubble pathway determination at a "vascular" bifurcation. A model of the pulmonary circuit was perfused with blood at three distinct flow rates (low, medium and high) over shunt fractions ranging from ∼2-10 %. The buoyancy effect on contrast was quantified using a simplified in vitro model of a vascular bifurcation that had an upper and lower outflow tract where saline contrast formed from carbon monoxide (CO) gas passed through the bifurcation, was collected and quantified. The indicator dilution model was found to have a mean bias of - 3.2 % for the low flow stage, - 2.6 % for the medium flow stage and - 1.4 % for the high flow stage compared to volumetric measurements, suggesting agreement increases with increasing flow rate. Investigations of the buoyant effects revealed that at lower flow rates, contrast bubbles that encounter a bifurcation will favor the upper outflow tract over the lower. However, this effect is reduced by increasing the flow rate two-fold. These data identify that application of indicator dilution theory to contrast ultrasound data and the pathway ultrasound contrast travels in a network of tubules is flow dependent.
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Varying Oxygen Partial Pressure Elicits Blood-Borne Microparticles Expressing Different Cell-Specific Proteins-Toward a Targeted Use of Oxygen? Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147888. [PMID: 35887238 PMCID: PMC9322965 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Oxygen is a powerful trigger for cellular reactions, but there are few comparative investigations assessing the effects over a large range of partial pressures. We investigated a metabolic response to single exposures to either normobaric (10%, 15%, 30%, 100%) or hyperbaric (1.4 ATA, 2.5 ATA) oxygen. Forty-eight healthy subjects (32 males/16 females; age: 43.7 ± 13.4 years, height: 172.7 ± 10.07 cm; weight 68.4 ± 15.7 kg) were randomly assigned, and blood samples were taken before and 2 h after each exposure. Microparticles (MPs) expressing proteins specific to different cells were analyzed, including platelets (CD41), neutrophils (CD66b), endothelial cells (CD146), and microglia (TMEM). Phalloidin binding and thrombospondin-1 (TSP), which are related to neutrophil and platelet activation, respectively, were also analyzed. The responses were found to be different and sometimes opposite. Significant elevations were identified for MPs expressing CD41, CD66b, TMEM, and phalloidin binding in all conditions but for 1.4 ATA, which elicited significant decreases. Few changes were found for CD146 and TSP. Regarding OPB, further investigation is needed to fully understand the future applications of such findings.
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Fan CH, Lin YT, Ho YJ, Yeh CK. Spatial-Temporal Cellular Bioeffects from Acoustic Droplet Vaporization. Theranostics 2018; 8:5731-5743. [PMID: 30555577 PMCID: PMC6276289 DOI: 10.7150/thno.28782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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One of the major challenges in developing acoustic droplet vaporization (ADV)-associated therapy as an effective and safe strategy is the precise determination of the spatial cellular bioeffects after ADV (cell death or cell membrane permeabilization). In this study, we combined high-speed camera imaging and live-cell microscopic imaging to observe the transient dynamics of droplets during ADV and to evaluate the mechanical force on cells. Methods: C6 glioma cells were co-incubated with DiI-labeled droplets (radius: 1.5, 2.25, and 3.0 μm). We used an acousto-optical system for high-speed bright-field (500 kfps) and fluorescence (40 kfps) microscopic imaging in order to visualize the dynamics of droplets under ultrasound excitation (frequency = 5 MHz, pressure = 5-8 MPa, cycle number = 3, pulse number = 1). Live-cell microscopic imaging was used to monitor the cell morphology, cell membrane permeabilization, and cell viability by membrane-anchored Lyn-yellow fluorescence protein, propidium Iodide staining, and calcein blue AM staining, respectively. Results: We discovered that the spatial distribution of ADV-induced bioeffects could be mapped to the physical dynamics of droplet vaporization. For droplets with a 1.5 μm radius, the distance threshold for ADV-induced cell death (5.5±1.9 μm) and reversible membrane permeabilization (11.3±3.5 μm) was well correlated with the distance of ADV-bubble pressing downward to the floor (5.7±1.3 μm) and maximum distance of droplet expansion (11.5±2.6 μm), respectively. These distances were enlarged by increasing the droplet sizes and insonation acoustic pressures. The live-cell imaging results show that ADV-bubbles can directly disrupt the cell membrane layer and induce intensive intracellular substance leakage. Further, the droplets shed the payload onto nearby cells during ADV, suggesting ADV could directly induce adjacent cell death by physical force and enhancement of chemotherapy to distant cells. Conclusion: This study provide new insights into the ADV-mediated physicochemical synergic effect for medical applications.
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Bento D, Sousa L, Yaginuma T, Garcia V, Lima R, Miranda JM. Microbubble moving in blood flow in microchannels: effect on the cell-free layer and cell local concentration. Biomed Microdevices 2017; 19:6. [PMID: 28092011 DOI: 10.1007/s10544-016-0138-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gas embolisms can hinder blood flow and lead to occlusion of the vessels and ischemia. Bubbles in microvessels circulate as tubular bubbles (Taylor bubbles) and can be trapped, blocking the normal flow of blood. To understand how Taylor bubbles flow in microcirculation, in particular, how bubbles disturb the blood flow at the scale of blood cells, experiments were performed in microchannels at a low Capillary number. Bubbles moving with a stream of in vitro blood were filmed with the help of a high-speed camera. Cell-free layers (CFLs) were observed downstream of the bubble, near the microchannel walls and along the centerline, and their thicknesses were quantified. Upstream to the bubble, the cell concentration is higher and CFLs are less clear. While just upstream of the bubble the maximum RBC concentration happens at positions closest to the wall, downstream the maximum is in an intermediate region between the centerline and the wall. Bubbles within microchannels promote complex spatio-temporal variations of the CFL thickness along the microchannel with significant relevance for local rheology and transport processes. The phenomenon is explained by the flow pattern characteristic of low Capillary number flows. Spatio-temporal variations of blood rheology may have an important role in bubble trapping and dislodging.
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- David Bento
- School of Technology and Management (ESTiG), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal
- Transport Phenomena Research Center (CEFT), Department of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Faculty, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal
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- School of Technology and Management (ESTiG), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal
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- School of Technology and Management (ESTiG), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal
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- School of Technology and Management (ESTiG), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (IPB), Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-253, Bragança, Portugal
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- MEtRiS, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Minho University, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058, Guimarães, Portugal
- Transport Phenomena Research Center (CEFT), Department of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Faculty, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal
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- Transport Phenomena Research Center (CEFT), Department of Chemical Engineering, Engineering Faculty, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal.
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Mahon RT, Cronin WA, Bodo M, Tirumala S, Regis DP, Auker CR. Cardiovascular parameters in a mixed-sex swine study of severe decompression sickness treated with the emulsified perfluorocarbon Oxycyte. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2015; 118:71-9. [DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00727.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Intravenous perfluorocarbons (PFC) have reduced the effects of decompression sickness (DCS) and improved mortality rates in animal models. However, concerns for the physiological effects of DCS combined with PFC therapy have not been examined in a balanced mixed-sex population. Thirty-two (16 male, 16 female) instrumented and sedated juvenile Yorkshire swine were exposed to 200 feet of seawater (fsw) for 31 min of hyperbaric air. Pulmonary artery pressure (PAP), cardiac output (CO), and systemic arterial pressure (SAP) were monitored before (control) and after exposure. Animals were randomized to treatment with Oxycyte (5 ml/kg; Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc., Morrisville, NC) vs. saline (control) with 100% oxygen administered upon DCS onset; animals were observed for 90 min. Parameters recorded and analyzed included PAP, CO, and SAP. In all animals PAP began to rise prior to cutis marmorata (CM) onset, the first sign of clinical DCS, generally peaking after CM onset. Female swine, compared with castrated males, had a more rapid onset of CM (7.30 vs. 11.46 min postsurfacing) and earlier onset to maximal PAP (6.41 vs. 9.69 min post-CM onset). Oxycyte therapy was associated with a sustained PAP elevation above controls in both sexes (33.41 vs. 25.78 mmHg). Significant pattern differences in PAP, CO, and SAP were noted between sexes and between therapeutic groups. There were no statistically significant differences in survival or paralysis between the PFC and control groups during the 48-h observation period. In conclusion, Oxycyte therapy for DCS is associated with a prolonged PAP increase in swine. These species and sex differences warrant further exploration.
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- R. T. Mahon
- Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Operational and Undersea Medicine Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
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Klinger AL, Kandel J, Pichette B, Eckmann DM. Pefluorocarbon inhibition of bubble induced Ca2+ transients in an in vitro model of vascular gas embolism. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2013; 239:116-22. [PMID: 24131543 DOI: 10.1177/1535370213506434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Endothelial injury resulting from deleterious interaction of gas microbubbles occurs in many surgical procedures and other medical interventions. The symptoms of vascular air embolism (VAE), while serious, are often difficult to detect, and there are essentially no pharmaceutical preventative or post-event treatments currently available. Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), however, have shown particular promise as a therapeutic option in reducing endothelial injury both in- and ex-vivo. Recently, we demonstrated the effectiveness of Oxycyte, a third-generation PFC formulated in a phosphotidylcholine emulsion, using an in vitro model of VAE developed in our laboratory. This apparatus allows live cell imaging concurrent with precise manipulation of physiologically sized microbubbles so that they may be brought into individual contact with human umbilical vein endothelial cells dye-loaded with the Ca(2+) sensitive Fluo-4. Herein, we expand use of this fluorescence microscopy-based cell culture model. Specifically, we examined the concentration dependence of Oxycyte in reducing both the amplitude and frequency of large intracellular Ca(2+) currents that are both a hallmark of bubble contact and a quantifiable indication that abnormal intracellular signaling has been triggered. We measured dose dependence curves and fit the resultant data using a modified Black and Leff operational model of agonism. The half maximal inhibitory concentrations of Oxycyte for (i) inhibition of occurrence and (ii) amplitude reduction were 229 ± 49 µM and 226 ± 167 µM, respectively. This investigation shows the preferential gas/liquid interface occupancy of the PFC component of Oxycyte over that of mechanosensing glycocalyx components and validates Oxycyte's specific surfactant mechanism of action. Further, no lethality was observed for any concentration of this bioinert PFC, as it acts as a competitive allosteric inhibitor of syndecan activation to ameliorate cell response to bubble contact.
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- Alexandra L Klinger
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Sobolewski P, Kandel J, Eckmann DM. Air bubble contact with endothelial cells causes a calcium-independent loss in mitochondrial membrane potential. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47254. [PMID: 23091614 PMCID: PMC3473031 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Gas microembolism remains a serious risk associated with surgical procedures and decompression. Despite this, the signaling consequences of air bubbles in the vasculature are poorly understood and there is a lack of pharmacological therapies available. Here, we investigate the mitochondrial consequences of air bubble contact with endothelial cells. METHODS AND RESULTS Human umbilical vein endothelial cells were loaded with an intracellular calcium indicator (Fluo-4) and either a mitochondrial calcium indicator (X-Rhod-1) or mitochondrial membrane potential indicator (TMRM). Contact with 50-150 µm air bubbles induced concurrent rises in intracellular and mitochondrial calcium, followed by a loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. Pre-treating cells with 1 µmol/L ruthenium red, a TRPV family calcium channel blocker, did not protect cells from the mitochondrial depolarization, despite blocking the intracellular calcium response. Mitigating the interactions between the air-liquid interface and the endothelial surface layer with 5% BSA or 0.1% Pluronic F-127 prevented the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. Finally, inhibiting protein kinase C-α (PKCα), with 5 µmol/L Gö6976, protected cells from mitochondrial depolarization, but did not affect the intracellular calcium response. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that air bubble contact with endothelial cells activates a novel, calcium-independent, PKCα-dependent signaling pathway, which results in mitochondrial depolarization. As a result, mitochondrial dysfunction is likely to be a key contributor to the pathophysiology of gas embolism injury. Further, this connection between the endothelial surface layer and endothelial mitochondria may also play an important role in vascular homeostasis and disease.
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- Peter Sobolewski
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Liao Z, Lampe JW, Ayyaswamy PS, Eckmann DM, Dmochowski IJ. Protein assembly at the air-water interface studied by fluorescence microscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:12775-81. [PMID: 21942221 PMCID: PMC3212854 DOI: 10.1021/la203053g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Protein assembly at the air-water interface (AWI) occurs naturally in many biological processes and provides a method for creating biomaterials. However, the factors that control protein self-assembly at the AWI and the dynamic processes that occur during adsorption are still underexplored. Using fluorescence microscopy, we investigated assembly at the AWI of a model protein, human serum albumin minimally labeled with Texas Red fluorophore. Static and dynamic information was obtained under low subphase concentrations. By varying the solution protein concentration, ionic strength, and redox state, we changed the microstructure of protein assembly at the AWI accordingly. The addition of pluronic surfactant caused phase segregation to occur at the AWI, with fluid surfactant domains and more rigid protein domains revealed by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching experiments. Protein domains were observed to coalesce during this competitive adsorption process.
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- Zhengzheng Liao
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Center for Resuscitation Science, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Sobolewski P, Kandel J, Klinger AL, Eckmann DM. Air bubble contact with endothelial cells in vitro induces calcium influx and IP3-dependent release of calcium stores. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2011; 301:C679-86. [PMID: 21633077 PMCID: PMC3273994 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00046.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Accepted: 05/31/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Gas embolism is a serious complication of decompression events and clinical procedures, but the mechanism of resulting injury remains unclear. Previous work has demonstrated that contact between air microbubbles and endothelial cells causes a rapid intracellular calcium transient and can lead to cell death. Here we examined the mechanism responsible for the calcium rise. Single air microbubbles (50-150 μm), trapped at the tip of a micropipette, were micromanipulated into contact with individual human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) loaded with Fluo-4 (a fluorescent calcium indicator). Changes in intracellular calcium were then recorded via epifluorescence microscopy. First, we confirmed that HUVECs rapidly respond to air bubble contact with a calcium transient. Next, we examined the involvement of extracellular calcium influx by conducting experiments in low calcium buffer, which markedly attenuated the response, or by pretreating cells with stretch-activated channel blockers (gadolinium chloride or ruthenium red), which abolished the response. Finally, we tested the role of intracellular calcium release by pretreating cells with an inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptor blocker (xestospongin C) or phospholipase C inhibitor (neomycin sulfate), which eliminated the response in 64% and 67% of cases, respectively. Collectively, our results lead us to conclude that air bubble contact with endothelial cells causes an influx of calcium through a stretch-activated channel, such as a transient receptor potential vanilloid family member, triggering the release of calcium from intracellular stores via the IP3 pathway.
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- Peter Sobolewski
- Dept. of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104-4283, USA
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dos Ramos MC, Blas FJ. Theoretical investigation of the phase behaviour of mixtures of a novel family of perfluoroalkyl–polyoxyethylene ether diblock surfactants in aqueous solutions of carbon dioxide. J Supercrit Fluids 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Swaminathan TN, Mukundakrishnan K, Ayyaswamy PS, Eckmann DM. Effect of a soluble surfactant on a finite sized bubble motion in a blood vessel. JOURNAL OF FLUID MECHANICS 2010; 642:509-539. [PMID: 20305744 PMCID: PMC2841450 DOI: 10.1017/s0022112009992692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We present detailed results for the motion of a finite sized gas bubble in a blood vessel. The bubble (dispersed phase) size is taken to be such as to nearly occlude the vessel. The bulk medium is treated as a shear thinning Casson fluid and contains a soluble surfactant that adsorbs and desorbs from the interface. Three different vessel sizes, corresponding to a small artery, a large arteriole, and a small arteriole, in normal humans, are considered. The hematocrit (volume fraction of RBCs) has been taken to be 0.45. For arteriolar flow, where relevant, the Fahraeus-Lindqvist effect is taken into account. Bubble motion cause temporal and spatial gradients of shear stress at the cell surface lining the vessel wall as the bubble approaches the cell, moves over it and passes it by. Rapid reversals occur in the sign of the shear stress imparted to the cell surface during this motion. Shear stress gradients together with sign reversals are associated with a recirculation vortex at the rear of the moving bubble. The presence of the surfactant reduces the level of the shear stress gradients imparted to the cell surface as compared to an equivalent surfactant-free system. Our numerical results for bubble shapes and wall shear stresses may help explain phenomena observed in experimental studies related to gas embolism, a significant problem in cardiac surgery and decompression sickness.
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- T. N. Swaminathan
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania
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