The initial interaction of platelets with subendothelial collagens under high shear conditions present in the arterial circulation is indirectly mediated by. Meanwhile, shear stress, which is created due to the friction of the flowing blood on the endothelium of the arterial wall, is critical for vascular homeostasis. The shear rate and flow rate were calculated at the wall in the center of the model thrombus and the pressure drop was measured across the device. In the case of atherosclerosis, a reduction in local shear may be achieved by bypass grafting, angioplasty, or stent placements. Pdf determination of a shear rate threshold for thrombus. Our results are consistent with this model since we found that platelet derived nitric oxide did not inhibit the rate of thrombus growth at these low, venous levels of shear rate. Low circulating levels of 100 fm tissue factor when added to flowing ctitreated whole blood did not substantially left shift the dose response curve for fibrin formation triggered by surface tissue.
For a typical venous shear rate of 100s, the axial flow velocity at a radial. In addition, the existence, sources, and functional activity of circulating levels of tissue factor are not fully resolved in health or disease. Highthroughput measurement of human platelet aggregation. Jci new insights into the mechanisms of venous thrombosis. The shear rate has a profound effect on the interactions of the platelets with the surface in the process of arterial thrombus formation. This was the case for the vwf deficiency and the vwd subtypes investigated28,29. Venous thrombosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in industrialized countries, especially in the elderly. Apr 01, 2008 plaque rupture reveals tissue factor tf to flowing blood, resulting in coronary thrombosis and occlusion with consequent acute myocardial infarction.
The shear rate dependence of thrombus formation associated with deficiencies of the coagulation factors fvii and fviii was studied on human type iii collagen fibrils. Impact of shear rate on arterial thrombus formation. Samples of citrateanticoagulated blood may be supplemented with cacl 2 mgcl 2 mixture, and then perfused over a collagen tissue factor surface. Multiscale simulation of thrombus growth and vessel occlusion triggered by collagen tissue factor using a datadriven model of combinatorial platelet signalling yichen lu, meiyan lee, shu zhu, talid sinno and scott l. Nonclassical monocytes, which also correlated strongly with highshear rate thrombogenicity in pwh in this study, have been shown to highly express tissue factor in patients infected with hiv, and tissue factor is a highly potent activator. Stages in the development of a platelet thrombus on collagen exposed at sites of injury. Thrombosis is thought to begin with an event such as plaque rupture, vessel damage, or dysfunctioning endothelium, resulting in the exposure of active tissue factor tf on the vessel wall. Plateletderived no slows thrombus growth on a collagen type. Although thrombin has a key role, other components of the coagulation system, in particular factors. Fibrin deposition was decreased at all shear rates tested28,31.
These thrombi were more dependent on tissue factortriggered thrombin generation. We sought to understand how the growth, structure, and mechanical properties of clots under flow are shaped by the simultaneously varying tf surface density and its exposure. Plaque progression rate is determined by the doseresponsive,synergisticeffect ofsystemic hyperlipidemia and local low ess 28. Tissue factor tf is an integral membrane protein that is found primarily on the surface of certain cell types that are located outside the vasculature. Thrombus growth and embolism on tissue factorbearing. Despite the prevalence of this event, the critical concentration of surface tissue factor required to cause clotting at various hemodynamic conditions remains poorly defined. Platelet adhesion signalling and the regulation of thrombus.
For blood clotting on collagen tissue factor 1 tfmolecule. Inhibition of tissue factor limits the growth of venous thrombus in the rabbit. Abstract the relative importance of vessel wall tissue factor. Therefore, platelet adhesion at low levels of shear rate can be mediated by a number of different adhesion molecules, some of which do not require platelet activation. One recent study indicated that a platelet function and a mechanism of adhesion and thrombus formation under these shear. Coperfusion of human blood with tissue factor resulted. Tm expression is regulated by shear stress ss via kruppellike factor 2 klf2. Multiscale simulation of thrombus growth and vessel occlusion.
Plasma fibronectin is also known to have a role in thrombus growth and stability 15. Tissue factorinduced coagulation triggers platelet thrombus. Setting intraclot zymogen concentrations to plasma levels and neglecting cofactor rate limitations allowed the linearization of 7 michaelismenton reactions. B and tissue factor, molecules known to promote inflammatory processes and to stimulate the interaction between platelets and the endothelium. The final common pathway in myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke is occlusion of blood flow from a thrombus forming under high shear rates in arteries. The function of circulating tf in concert with wall. Mar 17, 2011 venous thromboembolism vte is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Platelets, circulating tissue factor, and fibrin colocalize. Spatial distribution of factor xa, thrombin, and fibrin. Determination of a shear rate threshold for thrombus. For vascular grafts, one may select graft sizes that avoid high shear regions as well as abnormally low shear rates. Equation 3 also shows that wall shear rate increases dramatically as the vessel diameter decreases. Recent experimental reports suggest that flow plays a significant role in its regulation. Whole blood based multiparameter assessment of thrombus.
Impact of tissue factor localization on blood clot structure. A general sheardependent model for thrombus formation. Microforce nanoindentation analysis revealed a significantly increased microelasticity of thrombi with luminaloriented fibrin. Blood flow velocity effects and role of activation delay time. Activation of platelets initiated by adp can occur at a finite distance of separation from a growing thrombus for platelets. Factor viii contributes to plateletfibrin thrombus formation. In addition to flow rate and shear forces, thrombus stability is determined by fibrin characteristics such as density and porosity, plateletdependent clot retraction, and proteins released from. Tissue factor tf is the primary initiator of the coagulation cascade. To evaluate how surface signals collagen, and tissue factor control the growth of a thrombus under controlled flow conditions, we printed microarrays with collagen features containing various concentrations of lipidated tissue factor tf from 0 to 25 molecules per.
Endothelial cells play remarkable roles in regulating vascular function in health and disease. In contrast, the volume of thrombi formed in the presence of coagulation remained the same at both low and high shear rates. Discrimination between plateletmediated and coagulationmediated mechanisms in a model of complex thrombus formation in vivo. Microclot array elastometry for integrated measurement of.
Polymorphism gpia c807t increased platelet cohesion at high arte. Necrotic core expansion is a key factor of lesion destabilization 14. The transcription factor erg regulates a low shear stress. To evaluate how surface signals collagen, and tissue factor control the growth of a thrombus under controlled flow conditions, we printed microarrays with collagen features containing various concentrations of lipidated tissue factor tf. Farris dm, myers dd, im m, wakefield tw, mackman n, fay wp.
Platelet control of fibrin distribution and microelasticity. Viii, which is complexed to vwf in plasma, also supports thrombus formation on procoagulant artery sbendothelium. In particular parallelplate microfluidic chambers, using small. Determination of a shear rate threshold for thrombus formation in intracranial aneurysms. Factor viii is also critical for tissue factor tfinitiated clot growth. Blood flow controls coagulation onset via the positive. The lowest values of wall shear rates and shear stresses are generally. Determination of surface tissue factor thresholds that. The effects of arterial flow on platelet activation, thrombus growth, and stabilization. The stability of an arterial thrombus, namely its susceptibility to lysis and embolization, is a major determinant of subsequent tissue damage.
Flow effects on coagulation and thrombosis citeseerx. Platelets comprise only 1% to 2% of blood volume, and the critical high shear clotting protein, vwf, has a plasma concentration of only 10. Flow effects on coagulation and thrombosis arteriosclerosis. Such platelet aggregates are strengthened by fibrinnetwork formation triggered by tissue factor tf. These include tissue factor tf, stimulating the extrinsic coagulation route, and collagen. Nonclassical monocytes, which also correlated strongly with highshear rate thrombogenicity in pwh in this study, have been shown to highly express tissue factor in patients infected with hiv, and tissue factor is a highly potent activator of blood coagulation and platelet activation.
However, little is known about the role of tf in vwfdependent thrombus formation under blood flow conditions. At a low shear rate, fibrin fibers tended to luminally cover the thrombi, again resulting in a higher microelasticity. Platelet deposition is increased in parallel with the increasing shear rate 15, 2224. Reduced model to predict thrombin and fibrin during. The model has the advantage of predicting thrombus occlusion time with no significant computational cost using a welltrained model by data extracted from different experiments. Factor xii regulates the pathological process of thrombus. However, a disadvantage of this procedure is ongoing contact activation in the blood before reaching the tissue. Blood coagulation is a complex network of biochemical reactions, which is peculiar in that it is time and spacedependent, and has to function in the presence of rapid flow.
In vitro, erg regulates tm expression under low ss conditions, by facilitating klf2 binding to the tm promoter. Venous thromboembolism vte is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. However, this increase became very rapid at higher shear rates, and by 28 s1 the lag time reached 100120 min. Although complex, clotting is stimulated by a simpler concept of shear rate for. In particular, the effects of increasing concentration of platelets at the vessel wall and activation of platelets at this site increase the growth and stability of the thrombi which may result in a fatal narrowing of the arterial lumen. Suppressive role of tissue factor pathway inhibitor. The range of shear rates covered by the proposed model encompass venous and arterial thrombosis, ranging from low shear rate conditions in abdominal aortic aneurysms and thoracic aortic. Elevated levels of fviii in the clinical setting are associated with an increased risk of dvt,, and recent studies of transgenic mice have revealed that fviii plays a significant role in the development of venous thrombosis. The role of low endothelial shear stress in the conversion of.
For surface tissue factor ec50 analysis at each shear rate. Moreover, as mentioned previously, low values of harmonics 0, 1, and 2 of the sr have been correlated with upregulation of nf. Role of high shear rate in thrombosis sciencedirect. Department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, institute for medicine and engineering. A highshear thrombus forms rapidly and is distinct from the slow formation of coagulation that occurs in stagnant blood. The shear rate and corresponding shear stress have impacts on arterial thrombus formation.
The objective of this study was to use systems biology techniques to investigate this regulation and to identify mechanisms. Effects of hematocrit and plasma proteins on human blood rheology at low shear rates. However, the mechanisms by which clots are formed in the deep veins have not been determined. These thrombi were more dependent on tissue factor triggered thrombin generation. Coagulation is believed to be initiated when tissue factor tf. Department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, institute for. Mlevels of intraclot thrombin suggest robust prothrombin penetration into clots. Macrovascular thrombosis is driven by tissue factor derived primarily from the blood. An arterial stenosis is a frequent cause of a zone of high shear rate. Wagner the cbr institute for biomedical research and department of pathology, harvard medical school, boston, ma, usa to cite this article. Targeting thrombogenicity and inflammation in chronic hiv. Platelet thrombus formation at an early stage and under the condition of low grade shear rate was prone to be inhibited by ethanol, while platelet thrombus formation at a late stage t50 and under the condition of the highgrade shear rate 2000 s. Pdf impact of tissue factor localization on blood clot structure.
However, a disadvantage of this procedure is ongoing contact activation in the blood before reaching the tissue factor. Functional roles of shear stress in vascular endothelial cells. Anticoagulant agents are widely used for prophylaxis and treatment of venous thrombosis. Inhibition by ethanol of shear stressinduced formation of. Reduced platelet cohe sion was present at low shear rates with low plasma. Multiscale simulation of thrombus growth and vessel. A high shear thrombus forms rapidly and is distinct from the slow formation of coagulation that occurs in stagnant blood. Whereas the delivery and removal of soluble coagulation factors to the vessel is. The model demonstrates that the wall shear rate under these conditions increases until 80% occlusion and then decreases as full channel occlusion is approached. Pdf the structure and growth of a blood clot depend on the localization of tissue factor tf, which can. The wall shear rates generally range from about 10 s 1 in large veins,4 to s 1 in arteries.
The first step in thrombus formation is for the blood constituents to reach the vessel wall from the central flow. A shear rate of s1 and 50 s1 mimics a venous wall shear rate and shear rate of 1500 s1 represents a shear rate of larger arteries as well as a high shear rate by moderate arterial stenosis 19. Hematopoietic cellderived microparticle tissue factor contributes to fibrin formation during thrombus propagation. At low shear rates, platelets adhere to the thrombogenic area through. A general sheardependent model for thrombus formation ncbi. From a practical point of view, this means that, at small shear rates 0 s1, the lagtime increased slowly with the increase of shear rate from 2. Many risk factors have been identified for venous thrombosis that alter blood flow, activate the endothelium, and increase blood coagulation. Oct 15, 2002 tissue factor tf is an integral membrane protein that is found primarily on the surface of certain cell types that are located outside the vasculature. The impact of blood shear rate on arterial thrombus formation ncbi.
Low ess colocalizes with elevated luminal surface low density lipoprotein ldl cholesterol concentration, thereby locally expos. The structure and growth of a blood clot depend on the localization of tissue factor tf, which can trigger clotting during the hemostatic process or promote thrombosis when exposed to blood under pathological conditions. Identification of platelet function defects by multi. Under pathologic conditions, such as with a stenosis, shear rates may rise 5000 s 1. Many experimental studies with genetically modified mice or with blood from patients with haemostatic deficiencies, performed at either arterial high shear rate or venous low shear rate flow conditions, have emphasized that thrombus formation is a complex process encompassing multiple platelet receptors and signalling mechanisms2,3,4. Determination of a shear rate threshold for thrombus formation in intracranial aneurysms article pdf available in journal of neurointerventional surgery 88 july 2015 with 287 reads. From equation 3, wall shear rate increases with increasing blood. Impact of tissue factor localization on blood clot. The impact of blood shear rate on arterial thrombus formation. Shear ratedependent impairment of thrombus growth on. Vii1dependent thrombus forma tion is pronounced at a wall shear rate of 650s,4 but less so at wall shear rates exceeding 1,300s, at least during the. However, several contributing factors are neglected, including mechanisms of thrombus formation in a low shear regime, thrombus mechanics, and embolization.