Sickling of red blood cells through rapid oxygen exchange in microfluidic drops

Paul Abbyad 1, 2 Pierre-Louis Tharaux 3, 4 Jean-Louis Martin 1 Charles Baroud 2 Antigoni Alexandrou 1
1 LOB - Laboratoire d'optique et biosciences
2 LadHyX - Laboratoire d'hydrodynamique
3 PARCC - UMR-S U970 - Paris-Centre de Recherche Cardiovasculaire
4 CHU Tenon [APHP]
Abstract : We have developed a microfluidic approach to study the sickling of red blood cells associated with sickle cell anemia by rapidly varying the oxygen partial pressure within flowing microdroplets. By using the perfluorinated carrier oil as a sink or source of oxygen, the oxygen level within the water droplets quickly equilibrates through exchange with the surrounding oil. This provides control over the oxygen partial pressure within an aqueous drop ranging from 1 kPa to ambient partial pressure, i.e. 21 kPa. The dynamics of the oxygen exchange is characterized through fluorescence lifetime measurements of a ruthenium compound dissolved in the aqueous phase. The gas exchange is shown to occur primarily during and directly after droplet formation, in 0.1 to 0.5 s depending on the droplet diameter and speed. The controlled deoxygenation is used to trigger the polymerization of hemoglobin within sickle red blood cells, encapsulated in drops. This process is observed using polarization microscopy, which yields a robust criterion to detect polymerization based on transmitted light intensity through crossed polarizers. Cop. 2010 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Paul Abbyad, Pierre-Louis Tharaux, Jean-Louis Martin, Charles Baroud, Antigoni Alexandrou. Sickling of red blood cells through rapid oxygen exchange in microfluidic drops. Lab on a Chip, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010, 10 (19), pp.2505. ⟨10.1039/c004390g⟩. ⟨hal-00807883⟩

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