Elsevier

Microvascular Research

Volume 44, Issue 2, September 1992, Pages 127-142
Microvascular Research

Effects of hydrodynamics and leukocyte-endothelium specificity on leukocyte-endothelium interactions

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Abstract

In vivo microscopy was used to assess the relative contribution of hydrodynamic forces (network topography and shear rate) and the specificity for leukocytes to interact with venular endothelium as determinants of leukocyte-endothelium interactions. To ascertian this, microvascular networks in the rat and rabbit mesentery were examined under normograde and mechanically induced retrograde flows to determine the effect of reversed flow on leukocyte-endothelium interactions in arterioles and venules. The data indicate that retrograde perfusion under hemodynamic (red blood cell velocity and shear rate) states equivalent to normograde flow significantly increased leukocyte marginating flux in arterioles (from 0 to 0.5 cells/5 sec) and decreased flux significantly in venules (from 1.0 to 0.2 cells/5 sec). The increased flux in arterioles under retrograde conditions, however, was significantly lower than the flux in venules under normograde conditions and the decreased flux in venules during retrograde flow was significantly greater than the flux in arterioles during normograde flow. This apparent discrepancy appears to be the result of a heterogeneous distribution of adhesive receptors on vascular endothelium. Furthermore, marginating leukocytes in arterioles made only brief contact with the endothelium before being swept away while marginating leukocytes in venules during normal and retrograde perfusion rolled along the vascular wall, with similar velocities in both directions. In conclusion, although hydrodynamic forces are important in facilitating leukocyte margination through mechanisms of radial migration, it is leukocyte-endothelium specificity in venules that ultimately determines leukocyte-endothelium interactions.

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