Are standing osmotic gradients the main driver of cerebrospinal fluid production? A computational analysis.
Fluids Barriers CNS
; 20(1): 18, 2023 Mar 13.
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| ID: mdl-36915140
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The mechanisms of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production by the ventricular choroid plexus (ChP) have not been fully deciphered. One prominent hypothesized mechanism is trans-epithelial water transport mediated by accumulation of solutes at the luminal ChP membrane that produces local osmotic gradients. However, this standing osmotic gradient hypothesis has not been systematically tested.METHODS:
To assess the plausibility of the standing gradient mechanism serving as the main driver of CSF production by the ChP, we developed a three-dimensional (3D) and a one-dimensional (1D) computational model to quantitatively describe the associated processes in the rat ChP inter-microvillar spaces and in CSF pools between macroscopic ChP folds (1D only). The computationally expensive 3D model was used to examine the applicability of the 1D model for hypothesis testing. The 1D model was employed to predict the rate of CSF produced by the standing gradient mechanism for 200,000 parameter permutations. Model parameter values for each permutation were chosen by random sampling from distributions derived from published experimental data.RESULTS:
Both models predict that the CSF production rate by the standing osmotic gradient mechanism is below 10% of experimentally measured values that reflect the contribution of all actual production mechanisms. The 1D model indicates that increasing the size of CSF pools between ChP folds, where diffusion dominates solute transport, would increase the contribution of the standing gradient mechanism to CSF production.CONCLUSIONS:
The models suggest that the effect of standing osmotic gradients is too small to contribute substantially to CSF production. ChP motion and movement of CSF in the ventricles, which are not accounted for in the models, would further reduce this effect, making it unlikely that standing osmotic gradients are the main drivers of CSF production.Palabras clave
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Líquido Cefalorraquídeo
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Plexo Coroideo
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Fluids Barriers CNS
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suiza