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Time-dependent elastic extensional RBC deformation by micropipette aspiration: redistribution of the spectrin network?

The time dependence of small elastic extensional RBC deformation by micropipette aspiration has been analyzed. This process shows two-phases which are characterized by time constants of the order of some tenths of seconds and about ten seconds, respectively. The equilibrium tongue length is reached after about 30 s. For the first, fast step we assume that the membrane model of immobilized boundaries holds, i.e., the skeleton is tightly associated with the lipid bilayer and no redistribution of the skeleton with respect to the lipid bilayer is allowed. This lipid-spectrin interaction or anchorage is characterized by some association force density. It has been shown that at a given tongue length the force generated owing to the membrane deformation and acting to redistribute the spectrin, overcomes (in some membrane area) the association force density and results in an additional increase of the sucked membrane length. Equations have been derived to describe this process. From the experimental conditions of an RBC aspiration and the determined tongue length corresponding to the second slow aspiration step, the association force density between the lipid bilayer and the spectrin network may be determined. From literature data and our own results a force density of between 40 and 50 Pa has been estimated.

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