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Biophys J, May 2000, p. 2470-2474, Vol. 78, No. 5

Kinetics of Linear Rouleaux Formation Studied by Visual Monitoring of Red Cell Dynamic Organization

G. Barshtein, D. Wajnblum, and S. Yedgar

Department of Biochemistry, Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel 91120

Red blood cells (RBCs) in the presence of plasma proteins or other macromolecules may form aggregates, normally in rouleaux formations, which are dispersed with increasing blood flow. Experimental observations have suggested that the spontaneous aggregation process involves the formation of linear rouleaux (FLR) followed by formation of branched rouleaux networks. Theoretical models for the spontaneous rouleaux formation were formulated, taking into consideration that FLR may involve both "polymerization," i.e., interaction between two single RBCs (e + e) and the addition of a single RBC to the end of an existing rouleau (e + r), as well as "condensation" between two rouleaux by end-to-end addition (r + r). The present study was undertaken to experimentally examine the theoretical models and their assumptions, by visual monitoring of the spontaneous FLR (from singly dispersed RBC) in plasma, in a narrow gap flow chamber. The results validate the theoretical model, showing that FLR involves both polymerization and condensation, and that the kinetic constants for the above three types of intercellular interactions are the same, i.e., kee = ker = krr = k, and for all tested hematocrits (0.625-6%) k < 0.13 ± 0.03 s-1.

Biophys J, May 2000, p. 2470-2474, Vol. 78, No. 5
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