Journal
CELLS
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells11081351
Keywords
hemorheology; red blood cell deformability; osmotic gradient deformability; osmoscan; interspecies diversity
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- Bridging Fund of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen
- National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFI-1 OTKA) [K-139184]
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Plasma and blood osmolality values vary among different species and are closely regulated. These factors also affect microrheological parameters, such as RBC deformability and aggregation. This study explored the interspecies differences in RBC deformability at various blood osmolality levels and found significant variation among species. The findings highlight the importance of osmotic gradient deformability in understanding microrheological diversity and alterations caused by osmolality changes.
Plasma and blood osmolality values show interspecies differences and are strictly regulated. The effect of these factors also has an influence on microrheological parameters, such as red blood cell (RBC) deformability and aggregation. However, little is known about the interspecies differences in RBC deformability at various blood osmolality levels (osmotic gradient RBC deformability). Our aim was to conduct a descriptive-comparative study on RBC osmotic gradient deformability in several vertebrate species and human blood. Blood samples were taken from healthy volunteers, dogs, cats, pigs, sheep, rabbits, rats, and mice, to measure hematological parameters, as well as conventional and osmotic gradient RBC deformability. Analyzing the elongation index (EI)-osmolality curves, we found the highest maximal EI values (EI max) in human, dog, and rabbit samples. The lowest EI max values were seen in sheep and cat samples, in addition to a characteristic leftward shift of the elongation index-osmolality curves. We found significant differences in the hyperosmolar region. A correlation of mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration with osmoscan parameters was found. Osmotic gradient deformability provides further information for better exploration of microrheological diversity between species and may help to better understand the alterations caused by osmolality changes in various disorders.
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