An in vitro traumatic injury model to examine the response of neurons to a hydrodynamically-induced deformation
An in vitro traumatic injury model to examine the response of neurons to a hydrodynamically-induced deformation
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02684844
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发表时间:
1997-07-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Thibault, LE
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作者:
LaPlaca, MC;Thibault, LE
A novel in vitro system was developed to examine the effects of traumatic mechanical loading on individual cells. The cell shearing injury device (CSID) is a parallel disk viscometer that applies fluid shear stress with variable onset rate. The CSID was used in conjunction with microscopy and biochemical techniques to obtain a quantitative expression of the deformation and functional response of neurons to injury. Analytical and numerical approximations of the shear stress at the bottom disk were compared to determine the contribution of secondary flows. A significant portion of the shear stress was directed in the r-direction during start-up, and therefore the full Navier-Stokes equation was necessary to accurately describe the transient shear stress. When shear stress was applied at a high rate (800 dyne cm(-2) sec(-1)) to cultured neurons, a range of cell membrane strains (0.01 to 0.53) was obtained, suggesting inhomogeneity in cellular response. Functionally, cytosolic calcium and extracellular lactate dehydrogenase levels increased in response to high strain rate (>1 sec(-1)) loading, compared with quasistatic (