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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 395, 期 2, 页码 264-269出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.002
关键词
Endothelial cells; Shear stress; Spatial shear stress gradient; Cell orientation
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of japan [20001007, 21700457]
- Science and Technology Foundation of Japan
- Mitsubishi Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21700457] Funding Source: KAKEN
Arterial bifurcations are common sites for development of cerebral aneurysms. Although this localization of aneurysms suggests that high shear stress (SS) and high spatial SS gradient (SSG) occurring at the bifurcations may be crucial factors for endothelial dysfunction involved in aneurysm formation, the details of the relationship between the hemodynamic environment and endothelial cell (EC) responses remain unclear. In the present study, we sought morphological responses of ECs under high-SS and high-SSG conditions using a T-shaped flow chamber. Confluent ECs were exposed to SS of 2-10 Pa with SSG of up to 34 Pa/mm for 24 and 72 h. ECs exposed to SS without spatial gradient elongated and oriented to the direction of flow at 72 h through different processes depending on the magnitude of SS. In contrast, cells did not exhibit preferred orientation and elongation under the combination of SS and SSG. Unlike cells aligned to the flow by exposure to only SS, development of actin stress fibers was not observed in ECs exposed to SS with SSG. These results indicate that SSG suppresses morphological changes of ECs in response to flow. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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