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. 2002 Oct;83(4):1934–1952. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)73956-8

Estimating the efficiency of cell capture and arrest in flow chambers: study of neutrophil binding via E-selectin and ICAM-1.

Yi Zhang 1, Sriram Neelamegham 1
PMCID: PMC1302284  PMID: 12324413

Abstract

A mathematical model was developed to quantify the efficiency of cell-substrate attachment in the parallel-plate flow chamber. The model decouples the physical features of the system that affect cell-substrate collision rates from the biological features that influence cellular adhesivity. Thus, experimental data on cell rolling and adhesion density are converted into "frequency" parameters that quantify the "efficiency" with which cells in the flow chamber progress from the free stream to rolling, and transition from rolling to firm arrest. The model was partially validated by comparing simulation results with experiments where neutrophils rolled and adhered onto substrates composed of cotransfected cells bearing E-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1). Results suggest that: 1) Neutrophils contact the E-selectin substrate on average for 4-8.5s before tethering. This contact duration is insensitive to applied shear stress. 2) At 2 dyn/cm(2), approximately 28% of the collisions between the cells and substrate result in primary capture. Also, approximately 5-7% of collisions between neutrophils in the free stream and previously recruited neutrophils bound on the substrate result in secondary capture. These percentages were higher at lower shears. 3) An adherent cell may influence the flow streams in its vicinity up to a distance of 2.5 cell diameters away. 4) Our estimates of selectin on-rate in cellular systems compare favorably with data from reconstituted systems with immobilized soluble E-selectin. In magnitude, the observed on-rates occur in the order, L-selectin > P-selectin > E-selectin.

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