• Title/Summary/Keyword: Erythrocyte deformability

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Effects of Brazilin on Blood Viscosity and Erythrocyte Deformability in Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rats

  • Moon, Chang-Kiu;Chung, Jin-Ho;Choi, Seong-Soo;Lee, Soo-Hwan;Hwang, Gwi-Seo;Park, Kwang-Sik;Mock, Myung-Soo;Kim, Seong-Gon;Kim, Ji-Young
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.145-148
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    • 1988
  • Effects of brazilin on the blood viscosity and erythrocyte deformability were investigated in alloxan induced diabetic rats. By the treatment to alloxan induced diabetic rats, enhancement of erythrocyte deformability was observed. In the in vitro study on the erythrocyte deformability, brazilin showed statistically significant improving effects on the erythrocyte deformability. At the concentrations of $10^3$ M of brazilin, erythrocyte deformability was compared with those of hematoxylin, pentoxifyline and prednisolone.

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Relationship between Blood Pressure Changes and Erythrocyte Deformability in Hypertensive Rats (고혈압 동물에서 혈압변동과 적혈구변형능의 상관성)

  • 고광호;이명걸;김낙두;조윤성;권석윤;윤재순
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.308-314
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    • 1987
  • In cardiovascular disease the flow adaptation of erythrocytes can be affected by reduced shear stresses and metabolic influences on red cell fluidity as a consequence of tissue hypoxia. In addition there are indications that risk factors of cardiovascular diseases are able to decrease the intrinsic red cell deformability. Erythrocyte deformability was studied by the filtration technique of Reid et al. to investigate the relationship between blood pressure chances and erythrocyte deformability. In this experiment normotensive rats, spontaneously and DOCA-salt treated hypertensive rats were used. Erythrocyte deformability was significantly reduced by blood pressure elevation in hypertensive rats but was not fully recovered by normalization of blood pressure after antihypertensive drug treatment. Therefore other factors than blood pressure may be involved in erythrocyte deformability reduction during blood pressure elevation.

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MULTI-SHAPE ERYTHROCYTE IMAGING AND THEIR DEFORMABILITY ANALYSIS IN A MICROFLUIDIC ENVIRONMENT

  • Jayavanth, Sanjay;Pak, Bock-Choon
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05b
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    • pp.2791-2796
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    • 2007
  • In their long journey through the cardiovascular circuit, erythrocytes are coerced to shape transform and assume different shapes on account of varying flow conditions in different blood vessels. The present work was aimed to visualize these erythrocyte shape transformations by an invitro microcirculatory model, and assess multi-shape erythrocyte deformability. The model uses an in-house fabricated, inexpensive disposable micro flow channel to mimic certain invivo conditions and a fast frame video microscopic system for imaging the shape changes in erythrocytes. Results show the multi-shape transformation of erythrocyte christened as discoidal shape, the asymmetrically deformed 'hat' and 'bullet-like' shapes, and the axially deformed 'slipper' and 'spindle-like' shapes. Specific erythrocyte showed the shape transition and transformation while passing through the observed window. The obtained erythrocyte shapes very analyzed for deformability index using image processing techniques that varied significantly (p <0.001) for different shapes as compared with the resting shape.

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Alteration in Erythrocyte Deformability in Diabetes Mellitus

  • Shin, Se-Hyun;Singh, Megha
    • International Journal of Vascular Biomedical Engineering
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.17-26
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    • 2006
  • Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder, characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia, which induces several changes in the erythrocyte membrane and its cytoplasm, leading to alteration in the deformability. Techniques applied to measure this are based on filtration of erythrocyte suspension through a membrane and to obtain diffraction pattern under sheared conditions. Ektacytometry requiring less quantity of blood with disposable flow chamber used to measure the deformability of erythrocytes obtained from patients with diabetes and also associated with nephropathy and retinopathy. A decreasing trend of deformability in these patients is observed. The shape parameter form factor, as determined by image processing procedure, increases with the increased of blood glucose levels and shows a pattern similar to filtration time of erythrocyte suspensions through cellulose membranes. Further work is suggested to detect micro-level changes in cell membrane in diabetic patients

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Effects of Brazilin on Erythrocyte Deformability and Its Related Biochemical Factors in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats

  • Moon, Chang-Kiu;Chung, Jin-Ho;Lee, You-Mie;Lee, Soo-Hwan;Hwang, Gwi-Seo;Park, Kwang-Sik;Mock, Myung-Soo;Kim, Seong-Gon;Ahn, Young-Soo;Ann, Jeong-Hee
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.149-154
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    • 1988
  • Impaired erythrocyte deformability was considered to paly an important role in microcirculatory disturbances. We recently confirmed that the brazilin, the main active principle of Caesalpinia sappan, enhanced activity of erythrocyte deformability and reduced blood viscosity. In this study, we examined the effects of brazilin on three biochemical parameters (ATP, 2, 3-diphosphoglycerate, and calcium) which influenced erythrocyte deformability. Treatment with barzilin increased erythrocyte deformability and ATP concentrations in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Concentrations of 2, 3-diphosphoglycerate and calcium in diabetic rats following brazilin administration were decreased significantly compared to those of diabetic control rats. The results suggest that brazilin have a potential effect to improve rheological abnormalities in diabetes.

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The Relationship between Coldness of Hands and Feet and the Erythrocyte Deformability in Stroke Patients (중풍환자에서 수족냉증과 적혈구변형능의 관련성 연구)

  • Park, Joo-Young;Leem, Jung-Tae;Park, Su-Kyung;Woo, Su-Kyung;Kwak, Seung-Hyuk;Jung, Woo-Sang;Moon, Sang-Kwan;Cho, Ki-Ho;Park, Sung-Wook;Ko, Chang-Nam
    • The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.578-585
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    • 2010
  • Objectives : Coldness of hands and feet has been regarded to be associated with blood circulation. This study was performed to assess the correlation between erythrocyte deformability and coldness of hands and feet. Methods : 145 patients who had taken an erythrocyte deformability test were selected for this study among hospitalized patients within 4 weeks after their cerebral infarction at the Internal Medical Department at Kyunghee Oriental Medical Center from August 2008 to August 2009. We divided the selected patients into two groups, with and without of coldness of hands and feet groups. The two groups were compared on risk factors for atherosclerosis and examined for variables including erythrocyte deformability. Results : 1. On demographic variables of the patients, only body mass index was significantly lower in the coldness of hands and feet group than the control group. There was no significant difference of the rate of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, ischemic heart disease, smoking, drinking and carotid artery stenosis between the two groups. 2. According to blood test, the coldness of hands and feet group showed significantly lower erythrocyte deformability index than the control group. 3. Body mass index and erythrocyte deformability index showed a close relationship with coldness of hands and feet in multivariate analysis. Conclusions : The correlation between the erythrocyte deformability and coldness of hands and feet in cerebral infarction patients were decreased erythrocyte deformability participated in the mechanism of coldness of hands and feet.

The Changes of Erythrocyte Feature and Ca Concentration in Rat Fed the Diet Containing Different Common Oils in Korea : Sesame Oil, Perilla Oil, Rice Bran Oil and Mixed Oil (급원이 다른 식이 지방이 흰쥐의 적혈구 성상 및 Ca 함량에 미치는 영향 -참깨유, 들깨유, 미강유 중심으로-)

  • 김숙희
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.524-531
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    • 1993
  • In this experiment, we investigated the changes of erythrocyte feature and Ca concentration in rat fed the diet containing different common oils in Korea for different feeding periods(4 weeks or 12 weeks), using Korea sesame oil, perilla oil, rice bran oil and mixed oil. W-3/w-6 ratio of each group was 0.001, 1.44, 0.03 and 0.112, respectively. P/S ratio of each group was 9.64, 10.49, 5.58 and 1.68, respectively. Perilla oil(w-3 rich) increased w-3/w-6 ratio of erythrocyte membrane, decreased the amount of trapped Ca and inhibited the decrease of cell volume. These results indicate that in maybe increase erythroyte fluidity and deformability, and affect erythrocyte function. In conclusion, w-3 rich perilla oil affects erythrocyte feature.

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Effect of Osmotic Stress on Human Red Cell Rheology: Cell Deformability, Aggregability and Blood Viscosity

  • Ku, Yun-Hee;Shin, Se-Hyun;Suh, Jang-Soo
    • International Journal of Vascular Biomedical Engineering
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.7-12
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    • 2006
  • The present study investigated the effects of the osmotic environment on the rheological properties of erythrocytes and their suspensions. In an iso-osmotic medium, erythrocytes forming a biconcave discocyte under resting conditions, exhibited high deformability. In a low-osmotic medium, the deformability of erythrocytes, which swelled and exhibited a spherical shape, significantly decreased at a high shear stress and the high-shear viscosity of the cell suspension was slightly higher than that of normal blood. Hyper-osmotic stress, however, which caused to form echinocytes, decreased cell deformability but exhibited smaller viscosity in low shear rates than iso-osmotic blood viscosity. These results showed a close relation with the aggregability measurements, in that hypertonic blood showed lower aggregability than the hypotonic and isotonic RBC suspensions. These findings indicate that the physicochemical environment has a strong influence on the rheological properties of the erythrocyte and its suspensions.

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Effects of Brazilin on Lipid and Phosphatidyl Fatty Acid Composition of Erythrocyte Membrane in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rats

  • Moon, Change-Kiu;Yoon, Eun-Yi;Lee, Soo-Hwan;Moon, Chang-hyun;Hwang, Daniel-H.
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.147-151
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    • 1993
  • In diabetes, the abnormal increase of the membrane cholesterol/phospholipid ratio (C/PL) is consdered to be the main reason for the decreased membrane fluidity, which then results in impaired erythrocyte deformability and subsequent microcirculatory disturbances. In this study, we examined the effects of brazilin on lipid and phosphatidyl fatty acid composition of erythrocyte membranes in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats. Treatment of brazilin (10mg/kg or 100 mg/kg for 2 weeks, i.p) altered and cholesterol contents in diabetic erythrocyte membranes. The C/PL ratio of brazilin treated groups decreased compared with that of diabetic control group while no change was observed in normal erythrocytes. In streptozotocin induced diabetic rats, alterations in phosphatidyl fatty acid compositioin of erythrocyte membranes were observed and brazilin could reverse these alterations. Arachidonic acid level reumed to a normal level while linoleic acid level remained unchanged by the treatment of brazilin. The results suggest that brazilin might increase erythrocyte membrane fluidity which plays a key role inregulating erythrocyte deformability, thereby it could exert positive effects on microdiculatory disturbances.

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Effects of Cardiotonic Pills® on Cerebrovascular CO2 Reactivity and Erythrocyte Deformability in Normal Subjects: A Pilot Study

  • Sang-Kwan Moon;Han-Gyul Lee;Seungwon Kwon;Seung-Yeon Cho;Seong-Uk Park;Woo-Sang Jung;Jung-Mi Park;Chang-Nam Ko;Ki-Ho Cho
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.87-103
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    • 2023
  • Backgrounds and objectives: Cardiotonic Pills® (CP) are used for vascular diseases such as coronary diseases, atherosclerosis, and cerebral infarction. This study aimed to determine the transient effects of CP on cerebrovascular CO2 reactivity (CVR) and erythrocyte deformability in normal subjects. Methods: This study had a crossover design and included 10 participants who were randomly allocated to 2 groups. The experimental group was given CP with water, while the control group was given only water. CVR was measured by hyperventilation-induced CVR of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) using transcranial Doppler (TCD). Erythrocyte deformability was measured using a Rheoscan-D microfluidic ektacytometer. All measurements were performed prior to and 1, 2, and 3 hours after CP or water administration. Blood pressure and heart rate were also measured before and after administration. Results: CP significantly improved CVR 3 hours after administration in the experimental group compared to the control group (p = 0.042). The corrected blood flow velocity at partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide (PETCO2) = 40mmHg (CV40) was also significantly improved 2 and 3 hours after administration in the CP group compared to the control group (p = 0.036 and p = 0.021, respectively). CP significantly improved erythrocyte deformability 3 hours after administration in the experimental group compared to the control group (p = 0.027). Mean heart rate and mean blood pressure showed no change. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that CP increases CVR and erythrocyte deformability. These results suggested that CP improves cerebral microcirculation which provide evidence for the future use of CP for prevention of ischemic stroke and neurodegenerative diseases.