| Title | Activated leukocytes and endothelial cells enhance retention of ultrasound contrast microspheres containing perfluoropropane in inflamed venules. | | Author(s) | Yasu T, Greener Y, Jablonski E, Killam AL, Fukuda S, Suematsu M, Tojo SJ, Schmid-Schönbein GW | | Institution | Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0412, USA. tyasu@omiya.jichi.ac.jp | | Source | Int J Cardiol 2005 Feb 15; 98(2):245-52. | | MeSH | Animals
Blood Pressure
Endothelial Cells
Erythrocytes
Fluorocarbons
Heart Rate
Inflammation
Kinetics
Leukocytes
Male
Microcirculation
Microscopy, Fluorescence
Microspheres
Platelet Activating Factor
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Ultrasonography
Venules
| | Abstract | PURPOSE: To characterize the flow dynamics of albumin ultrasound contrast microspheres containing perfluoropropane (PFP) in normal and inflamed microvasculature.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Mesenteric microvessels of rats were examined after an intravenous injection of fluorocein-labeled erythrocytes or PFP microspheres by fluorescence intravital microscopy with and without local application of 10(-8) M platelet activating factor (PAF) as an experimental form of inflammation.
RESULTS: All the microspheres passed freely through arterioles and capillaries. Mean velocities of the microspheres in each vessel were closely correlated with those of erythrocytes. Only a minor fraction of the microspheres was retained in the venules (> or =0.1 s stoppage) by attachment to endothelial cells. The frequency of microsphere retention in venules was significantly enhanced by PAF (2.6+/-2.1%, P<0.01 vs. control), especially in regions with leukocyte adhesion. Treatment with a monoclonal antibody to intercellular adhesion molecule-1, P-selectin or the common leukocyte antigen inhibited PAF-induced microsphere retention in venules (P<0.05). In the inflamed microcirculation, a small subgroup of microspheres becomes attached to venular endothelial cells in regions with leukocyte adhesion via interaction among microspheres, activated leukocytes and endothelial cells via adhesion molecules.
CONCLUSION: In inflamed microcirculation, a small subgroup of microspheres becomes attached to venular endothelial cells in regions with leukocyte adhesion via interaction among microspheres, activated leukocytes and endothelial cells via adhesion molecules. These results suggest that ultrasonography with microspheres has the potential to evaluate inflammatory site distribution as well as tissue perfusion. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 15686774 |
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