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Crompton D, Gudla S, Waters JH, Sundd P, Kameneva MV. Hemorheological Approach to Improve Perfusion of Red Blood Cells with Reduced Deformability Using Drag-Reducing Polymer (In Vitro Study). ASAIO J 2022; 68:707-713. [PMID: 34406139 PMCID: PMC8847539 DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000001559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Drag-reducing polymers (DRPs) are nontoxic water-soluble blood additives that have been shown to beneficially alter hemodynamics when delivered intravenously in nanomolar concentrations. This study examines the ability of DRPs to alter the traffic of mixtures of normal and less-deformable red blood cells (RBCs) through branched microchannels and is intended to support and expand upon previous experiments within straight capillary tubes to promote DRPs for future clinical use. Branched polydimethylsiloxane microchannels were perfused with a mixture of normal bovine RBCs also containing heat-treated less-deformable RBCs at a hematocrit of 30% with 10 ppm of the DRP poly(ethylene oxide) (MW 4M Da). Suspensions were driven by syringe pump, collected at outlets, and RBC dimensions measured while subject to shear stress to determine the proportion of healthy RBCs in each sample. DRPs eliminated evidence of the plasma skimming phenomena and significantly increased the pressure drop across microchannels. Further, DRPs were found to cause an increase in the proportion of healthy RBCs exiting the branch outlet from -8.5 ± 2.5% (control groups) to +12.1 ± 5.4% (n = 6, p = 0.02). These results suggest DRP additives may be used to improve the perfusion of less-deformable RBCs in vivo and indicates their potential for future clinical use.
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Affiliation(s)
- Dan Crompton
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Hu F, Wang Y, Gong K, Ge G, Cao M, Zhao P, Sun X, Zhang Z. Protective effects of drag-reducing polymers on ischemic reperfusion injury of isolated rat heart. Clin Hemorheol Microcirc 2016; 62:1-11. [PMID: 25633566 DOI: 10.3233/ch-151925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Drag-reducing polymers (DRPs) are blood-soluble macromolecules that can increase blood flow and reduce vascular resistance. The purpose of the present study was to observe the effect of DRPs on ischemic reperfusion (I/R) injury of isolated rat hearts. Experiments were performed on isolated rat hearts subjected to 30 min of ischemia followed by 90 min of reperfusion in Langendorff preparations. Adult Wistar rats were divided into the following five groups: control group, I/R group, group III (I/R and 2×10(-7) g/ml PEO reperfusion), group IV (I/R and 1×10(-6) g/ml PEO reperfusion), and group V (I/R and 5×10(-6) g/ml PEO reperfusion). Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP), maximum rate of ventricular pressure increase and decrease ( ± dp/dtmax), heart rate (HR) and coronary flow were measured. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and creatine kinase (CK) activity and coronary flow, myocardial infarction size and cardiomyocytes apoptosis were also assayed. Our results showed that PEO decreased LVEDP and increased LVSP, ± dP/dtmax in group IV and group V compared with the I/R group (all P < 0.05). The coronary flow significantly increased and the activities of LDH and CK in the coronary flow significantly decreased in group IV and group V compared with those in the I/R group (all P < 0.05). Cell apoptosis and myocardial infarction size were reduced in group IV and group V compared with the I/R group (all P < 0.05). Collectively, these results suggested that DRPs had a protective effect on cardiac I/R injury of isolated rat hearts and it may offer a new potential approach for the treatment of acute ischemic heart diseases.
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Wang Y, Hu F, Mu X, Wu F, Yang D, Zheng G, Sun X, Gong K, Zhang Z. Protective effects of drag-reducing polymers in a rat model of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension. Biorheology 2016; 53:13-22. [PMID: 26889655 DOI: 10.3233/bir-15062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Drag-reducing polymers (DRPs) are blood-soluble macromolecules which may increase blood flow and reduce vascular resistance. The purpose of the present study was to observe the effect of DRPs on monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension (PH) in the rat model. METHODS A total of 64 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups: Group I (pulmonary hypertension model + DRP treatment); Group II (pulmonary hypertension model + saline treatment); Group III (control + DRP treatment); Group IV (control + saline treatment). After five weeks, comparisons were made of the following indices: survival rate, body weight, blood pressure, right ventricular systolic pressure, right ventricular hypertrophy, wall thickness of pulmonary arteries, the internal diameter of small pulmonary arteries, plasma IL-1β and IL-6. RESULTS The survival rate after 5 weeks varied significantly across all groups (P=0.013), but the survival rates of Groups I and II were not statistically significantly different. Administration of DRP (intravenous injection twice weekly) attenuated the PH-induced increase in right ventricular systolic pressure and suppressed the increases in right ventricular (RV) weight and the ratio of right ventricular weight to left ventricle plus septum weight (RV/LV + S). DRP treatment also significantly decreased the wall thickness of pulmonary arteries, augmented the internal diameter of small pulmonary arteries, and suppressed increases in the plasma levels of IL-1β and IL-6. CONCLUSIONS DRP treatment with intravenous injection effectively inhibited the development of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in the rat model. DRPs may have potential application for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
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- Yali Wang
- Department of Respiratory Diseases, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Respiratory Diseases, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Bragin DE, Thomson S, Bragina O, Statom G, Kameneva MV, Nemoto EM. Drag-Reducing Polymer Enhances Microvascular Perfusion in the Traumatized Brain with Intracranial Hypertension. ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA. SUPPLEMENT 2016; 122:25-9. [PMID: 27165871 PMCID: PMC4959442 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-22533-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Current treatments for traumatic brain injury (TBI) have not focused on improving microvascular perfusion. Drag-reducing polymers (DRP), linear, long-chain, blood-soluble, nontoxic macromolecules, may offer a new approach to improving cerebral perfusion by primary alteration of the fluid dynamic properties of blood. Nanomolar concentrations of DRP have been shown to improve hemodynamics in animal models of ischemic myocardium and ischemic limb, but have not yet been studied in the brain. We recently demonstrated that DRP improved microvascular perfusion and tissue oxygenation in a normal rat brain. We hypothesized that DRP could restore microvascular perfusion in hypertensive brain after TBI. Using in vivo two-photon laser scanning microscopy we examined the effect of DRP on microvascular blood flow and tissue oxygenation in hypertensive rat brains with and without TBI. DRP enhanced and restored capillary flow, decreased microvascular shunt flow, and, as a result, reduced tissue hypoxia in both nontraumatized and traumatized rat brains at high intracranial pressure. Our study suggests that DRP could constitute an effective treatment for improving microvascular flow in brain ischemia caused by high intracranial pressure after TBI.
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- Denis E. Bragin
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA,BRAIN Imaging Center, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA
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New insights into the microvascular mechanisms of drag reducing polymers: effect on the cell-free layer. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77252. [PMID: 24124610 PMCID: PMC3790673 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Drag-reducing polymers (DRPs) significantly increase blood flow, tissue perfusion, and tissue oxygenation in various animal models. In rectangular channel microfluidic systems, DRPs were found to significantly reduce the near-wall cell-free layer (CFL) as well as modify traffic of red blood cells (RBC) into microchannel branches. In the current study we further investigated the mechanism by which DRP enhances microvascular perfusion. We studied the effect of various concentrations of DRP on RBC distribution in more relevant round microchannels and the effect of DRP on CFL in the rat cremaster muscle in vivo. In round microchannels hematocrit was measured in parent and daughter branch at baseline and after addition of DRP. At DRP concentrations of 5 and 10 ppm, the plasma skimming effect in the daughter branch was eliminated, as parent and daughter branch hematocrit were equivalent, compared to a significantly lowered hematocrit in the daughter branch without DRPs. In anesthetized rats (N=11) CFL was measured in the cremaster muscle tissue in arterioles with a diameter of 32.6 ± 1.7 µm. In the control group (saline, N=6) there was a significant increase in CFL in time compared to corresponding baseline. Addition of DRP at 1 ppm (N=5) reduced CFL significantly compared to corresponding baseline and the control group. After DRP administration the CFL reduced to about 85% of baseline at 5, 15, 25 and 35 minutes after DRP infusion was complete. These in vivo and in vitro findings demonstrate that DRPs induce a reduction in CFL width and plasma skimming in the microvasculature. This may lead to an increase of RBC flux into the capillary bed, and thus explain previous observations of a DRP mediated enhancement of capillary perfusion.
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Zhao R, Marhefka JN, Antaki JF, Kameneva MV. Drag-reducing polymers diminish near-wall concentration of platelets in microchannel blood flow. Biorheology 2011; 47:193-203. [PMID: 21084744 DOI: 10.3233/bir-2010-0570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The accumulation of platelets near the blood vessel wall or artificial surface is an important factor in the cascade of events responsible for coagulation and/or thrombosis. In small blood vessels and flow channels this phenomenon has been attributed to the blood phase separation that creates a red blood cell (RBC)-poor layer near the wall. We hypothesized that blood soluble drag-reducing polymers (DRP), which were previously shown to lessen the near-wall RBC depletion layer in small channels, may consequently reduce the near-wall platelet excess. This study investigated the effects of DRP on the lateral distribution of platelet-sized fluorescent particles (diam. = 2 μm, 2.5 × 10⁸/ml) in a glass square microchannel (width and depth = 100 μm). RBC suspensions in PBS were mixed with particles and driven through the microchannel at flow rates of 6-18 ml/h with and without added DRP (10 ppm of PEO, MW = 4500 kDa). Microscopic flow visualization revealed an elevated concentration of particles in the near-wall region for the control samples at all tested flow rates (between 2.4 ± 0.8 times at 6 ml/h and 3.3 ± 0.3 times at 18 ml/h). The addition of a minute concentration of DRP virtually eliminated the near-wall particle excess, effectively resulting in their even distribution across the channel, suggesting a potentially significant role of DRP in managing and mitigating thrombosis.
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- R Zhao
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Kaliviotis E, Dusting J, Balabani S. Spatial variation of blood viscosity: modelling using shear fields measured by a μPIV based technique. Med Eng Phys 2010; 33:824-31. [PMID: 20943426 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2010] [Revised: 08/11/2010] [Accepted: 09/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The spatial characteristics of blood viscosity were investigated by combining a newly developed constitutive equation with shear deformation fields calculated from velocity measurements obtained by a μPIV based technique. Blood at physiological hematocrit levels and in the presence of aggregation was sheared in a narrow gap plate-plate geometry and the velocity and aggregation characteristics were determined from images captured using a high resolution camera. Changes in the microstructure of blood caused by aggregation were observed to affect the flow characteristics. At low shear rates, high aggregation and network formation caused the RBC motion to become essentially two-dimensional. The measured velocity fields were used to estimate the magnitude of shear which was subsequently used in conjunction with the new model to assess the spatial variation of viscosity across the flow domain. It was found that the non-uniform microstructural characteristics of blood influence its viscosity distribution accordingly. The viscosity of blood estimated in the core of the examined flow, using a zero-gradient core velocity profile assumption, was found to be significantly higher than the overall effective viscosity determined using other velocity profile assumptions.
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- Efstathios Kaliviotis
- Experimental and Computational Laboratory for the Analysis of Turbulence (ECLAT), King's College London, Strand, London, United Kingdom.
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