COMPUTATIONAL DETERMINATION OF THE DETACHMENT TIME OF THE LEUKOCYTE UNDER DIFFERENT KINETIC DISSOCIATION RATE PARAMETERS
Three-dimensional simulation of the leukocyte detachment subjected to blood flow is presented. The initially captured leukocyte is modeled as a sphere adhered to the bottom wall of a cylindrical vessel via receptor/ligand bonds (P-selectin/PSGL-1). Ansys Parametric Design Language is used to create the geometrical model and couple the Navier–Stokes flow solver with structural equations and the Monte Carlo equation to define the stochastic breakage of the bonds. The assumption of equal forces on bonds has been ignored and the force on each bond is obtained from the balance between hydrodynamic forces and cellular viscoelasticity at every time step. In this model, catch-slip behavior of the P-selectin/PSGL-1 is considered by using the two-pathway dissociation model instead of the Bell model to define the rate of dissociation of each bond. Detachment time of the leukocyte is the time elapsed until all the bonds break. The effects of various values of blood inlet velocities, bond stiffness and kinetic properties of the catch bonds on the detachment time of the leukocyte are studied.