Contribution of dead-space microdomains to tortuosity of brain extracellular space
Neurochemistry International, ISSN: 0197-0186, Vol: 45, Issue: 4, Page: 467-477
2004
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- 77
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- Captures48
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- 48
Article Description
The extracellular space (ECS) of the brain is a major channel for intercellular communication, nutrient and metabolite trafficking, and drug delivery. The dominant transport mechanism is diffusion, which is governed by two structural parameters, tortuosity and volume fraction. Tortuosity ( λ ) represents the hindrance imposed on the diffusing molecules by the tissue in comparison with an obstacle-free medium, while volume fraction ( α ) is the proportion of tissue volume occupied by the ECS. Diffusion of small ECS markers can be exploited to measure λ and α. In healthy brain tissue, λ is about 1.6 but increases to 1.9–2.0 in pathologies that involve cellular swelling. Previously it was thought that λ could be explained by the circumnavigation of diffusing molecules around cells. Numerical models of assemblies of convex cells, however, give an upper limit of about 1.23 for λ. Therefore, additional factors must be responsible for λ in brain. In principle, two mechanisms could account for the measured value: a more complex ECS geometry or an extracellular macromolecular matrix. Here we review recent work in ischemic tissue suggesting concave geometrical formations, dead-space microdomains, as a major determinant of extracellular tortuosity. A theoretical model of λ based on diffusion dwell times supports this hypothesis and predicts that, in ischemia, dead spaces occupy ≈60% of ECS volume fraction leaving only ≈40% for well-connected channels. It is further proposed that dead spaces are present in healthy brain tissue where they constitute about 40% of α. The presence of dead-space microdomains in the ECS implies microscopic heterogeneity of extracellular channels with fundamental implications for molecular transport in brain.
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197018603002511; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2003.11.011; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=2942534217&origin=inward; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15186912; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0197018603002511; https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuint.2003.11.011
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