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  • Title: Numerical simulation of oxygen delivery to muscle tissue in the presence of hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers.
    Author: Patton JN, Palmer AF.
    Journal: Biotechnol Prog; 2006; 22(4):1025-49. PubMed ID: 16889379.
    Abstract:
    This work represents a culmination of research on oxygen transport to muscle tissue, which takes into account oxygen transport due to convection, diffusion, and the kinetics of simultaneous reactions between oxygen and hemoglobin and myoglobin. The effect of adding hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) to the plasma layer of blood in a single capillary surrounded by muscle tissue based on the geometry of the Krogh tissue cylinder is examined for a range of HBOC oxygen affinity, HBOC concentration, capillary inlet oxygen tension (pO(2)), and hematocrit. The full capillary length of the hamster retractor muscle was modeled under resting (V(max) = 1.57 x 10(-4) mLO(2) mL(-1) s(-1), cell velocity (v(c)) = 0.015 cm/s) and working (V(max) = 1.57 x 10(-3) mLO(2) mL(-1) s(-1), v(c) = 0.075 cm/s) conditions. Two spacings between the red blood cell (RBC) and the capillary wall were examined, corresponding to a capillary with and without an endothelial surface layer. Simulations led to the following conclusions, which lend physiological insight into oxygen transport to muscle tissue in the presence of HBOCs: (1) The reaction kinetics between oxygen and myoglobin in the tissue region, oxygen and HBOCs in the plasma, and oxygen and RBCs in the capillary lumen should not be neglected. (2) Simulation results yielded new insight into possible mechanisms of oxygen transport in the presence of HBOCs. (3) HBOCs may act as a source or sink for oxygen in the capillary and may compete with RBCs for oxygen. (4) HBOCs return oxygen delivery to muscle tissue to normal for varying degrees of hypoxia (inlet capillary pO(2) < 30 mmHg) and anemia (hematocrit < 46%) for the hamster model.
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