Bradley A Herbig1, Scott L Diamond1. 1. Institute for Medicine and Engineering Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 1024 Vagelos Research Laboratory University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: In regions of flow separation/reattachment within diseased arteries, the local hemodynamics can result in stagnation point flow that provides an atypical environment in atherosclerosis. Impinging flows occur with recirculation eddies distal of coronary stenosis or diseased carotid bifurcations. METHODS: By perfusing whole blood directly perpendicular to a fibrillar collagen thrombotic surface, a microfluidic device produced a stagnation point flow. Side view visualization of thrombosis in this assay allowed for observation of clot structure and composition at various flow rates and blood biochemistry conditions. RESULTS: For clotting over collagen/tissue factor surfaces, platelet thrombi formed in this device displayed a core-shell architecture with a fibrin-rich, platelet P-selectin-positive core and an outer platelet P-selectin-negative shell. VWF was detected in clots at low and high shear, but when N-acetylcysteine was added to the whole blood, both platelet and VWF deposition were markedly decreased at either low or high flow. To further examine the source of clot stability, 1 mM GPRP was added to prevent fibrin formation while allowing the PAR1/4-cleaving activity of thrombin to progress. The inhibition of fibrin polymerization did not change the overall structure of the clots, demonstrating the stability of these clots without fibrin. CONCLUSION: Impinging flow microfluidics generate thrombi with a core-shell structure.
INTRODUCTION: In regions of flow separation/reattachment within diseased arteries, the local hemodynamics can result in stagnation point flow that provides an atypical environment in atherosclerosis. Impinging flows occur with recirculation eddies distal of coronary stenosis or diseased carotid bifurcations. METHODS: By perfusing whole blood directly perpendicular to a fibrillar collagen thrombotic surface, a microfluidic device produced a stagnation point flow. Side view visualization of thrombosis in this assay allowed for observation of clot structure and composition at various flow rates and blood biochemistry conditions. RESULTS: For clotting over collagen/tissue factor surfaces, platelet thrombi formed in this device displayed a core-shell architecture with a fibrin-rich, platelet P-selectin-positive core and an outer platelet P-selectin-negative shell. VWF was detected in clots at low and high shear, but when N-acetylcysteine was added to the whole blood, both platelet and VWF deposition were markedly decreased at either low or high flow. To further examine the source of clot stability, 1 mM GPRP was added to prevent fibrin formation while allowing the PAR1/4-cleaving activity of thrombin to progress. The inhibition of fibrin polymerization did not change the overall structure of the clots, demonstrating the stability of these clots without fibrin. CONCLUSION: Impinging flow microfluidics generate thrombi with a core-shell structure.
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platelet; shear stress; von Willebrand factor
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