Table 4. Intensity ratios of FVIII to VWF measured along EC-secreted VWF strings.
String | FVIII | VWF | FVIII to VWF | |
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Lengths, μm (String #s) | Mean Intensity | Mean Intensity | Intensity Ratio (range) | |
GMVECs 60× | 8–51 (45) | 78.4 ± 35.2 | 83 ± 41.9 | 1.13 ± 0.6 a (0.23–2.7) |
GMVECs 100× | 4–27 (23) | 79.6 ± 46.6 | 61.7 ± 33.3 | 1.4 ± 0.6 b (0.47–3.1) |
HUVECs 60× | 15–84 (15) | 59.8 ± 60.2 | 91.4 ± 27.7 | 0.67 ± 0.6 (0.17–2.3) |
HUVECs 100× | 17–51 (14) | 40.6 ± 16 | 75.5 ± 20.6 | 0.6 ± 0.3 (0.24–1.3) |
Histamine-stimulated GMVECs and HUVECs were stained with rabbit anti-human VWF plus chicken anti-rabbit IgG AF-488, followed by staining with mouse FVIII plus goat anti-mouse IgG AF-647. Intensity values from the 488-nm and the 647-nm channels were measured along merged images of the EC-secreted and anchored ULVWF strings. Data (means ± SD) were collected from 4 HUVEC and 11 GMVEC experiments.
aIndicates P = 0.01 compared to HUVEC values at 60×
bIndicates P = <0.001 compared to HUVEC values at 100×