Identification of Distinct Luminal Domains for Macromolecules, Erythrocytes, and Leukocytes Within Mammalian Capillaries
1996/09/01 by Hans Vink, Brian R. Duling · 30 citations
Medicine · #Blood transfusion and management #Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation #Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment
paper · doi:10.1161/01.res.79.3.581
Abstract
A thick endothelial surface coat consisting of the glycocalyx and associated plasma proteins has been hypothesized to reduce functional capillary volume available for flowing plasma macromolecules and blood cells. The purpose of this study was to compare anatomic and functional capillary diameters available for macromolecules, RBCs, and WBCs in hamster cremaster muscle capillaries. Bright-field and fluorescence microscopy provided similar estimates (mean +/- SE) of the anatomic capillary diameter: 5.1 +/- 0.1 microns (bright field, 39 capillaries in 10 animals) and 5.1 +/- 0.2 microns (membrane dye PKH26, 18 capillaries in 2 animals). Estimates of functional diameters were obtained by measuring the width of RBCs and WBCs and the intracapillary distribution of systemically injected fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran 70. WBCs (5.1 +/- 0.2 microns) fully occupied the anatomic capillary cross section. In contrast, the widths of RBCs (3.9 +/- 0.2 microns, 21 capillaries in 8 animals) and FITC-dextran (4.3 +/- 0.2 microns, 21 capillaries in 8 animals) were significantly smaller than the anatomic capillary diameter. Continuous (1- to 5-minute) excitation of fluorochromes in the capillary lumen (light-dye treatment) increased the width of RBCs passing the treated site from 3.6 +/- 0.3 to 4.4 +/- 0.3 microns (6 capillaries in 4 animals) and the width of the FITC-dextran column from 4.1 +/- 0.2 to 4.6 +/- 0.3 microns (10 capillaries in 7 animals). Furthermore, light-dye treatment increased capillary tube hematocrit by 60% in 40-microns-long capillary segments compared with untreated sites in the same capillaries. It is concluded that the wall of skeletal muscle capillaries is decorated with a 0.4- to 0.5-microns-thick endothelial surface coat, which may represent the true active interface between blood and the capillary wall.
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