A New In Vitro Blood Hyperviscosity Model

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2022 Feb;172(4):504-506. doi: 10.1007/s10517-022-05423-4. Epub 2022 Feb 17.

Abstract

We developed a model of blood hyperviscosity avoiding extreme impact on the blood. The model shows reproducibility in rat blood under common storage conditions (4±1°C; stabilization with citrate-phosphate-glucose additive solution). Storage of rat blood under these condition leads to impairment of its rheological properties, which manifested in an increase in blood viscosity in a wide range of shear rates (3-300 sec-1). An increase in blood viscosity appeared the first day of storage and reached a maximum on the third day. During further 11-day storage, the blood viscosity did not change significantly. A hybrid macromolecular compound O-(3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoyl)-(1→6)-α-D-glucan improved the hemorheological properties during storage. The most pronounced effect was observed on the third day of storage and manifested in a decrease in blood viscosity in the range of shear rates of 50-300 sec-1. Thus, storage of rat blood with citrate-phosphate-glucose additive solution for 3 days at 4±1°C reproduces the phenomenon of blood hyperviscosity; this model can be used to screen agents with hemorheological activity.

Keywords: O-(3-(3,5-di-tertbutyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoyl)-(1→6)-α-D-glucan; blood hyperviscosity model; blood storage; blood viscosity.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Viscosity*
  • Rats
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Rheology