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¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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Living organisms maintain fluid circulation and transport through emergent network properties. This study models how cell-level pumps and systemic factors create essential pressure and osmolarity gradients.

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Area of Science:

Physiology
Biophysics
Mathematical Biology

Background:

Active fluid circulation is vital for oxygen and nutrient delivery in organisms.
Systemic fluid flux and pressure are emergent properties of biological networks.
Established pressure and osmolarity gradients exist across physiological compartments, but their maintenance is unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a mathematical theory integrating pressure and osmolarity influences on solute transport.
To explore the coupling between cell fluid transport and systemic circulation.
To understand how cell properties affect systemic transport and vice versa.

Main Methods:

Developed a mathematical model to simulate fluid and solute transport.
Integrated the effects of pressure and osmolarity on ion exchanger activity in epithelial cells.
Analyzed the emergent properties of the circulatory network based on cell-level functions.

Main Results:

The model naturally generates pressure and osmolarity gradients across physiological compartments.
Demonstrated how systemic transport properties depend on cell properties, and cell state on systemic properties.
Predicted pressure variations based on overall system osmolarity when considering epithelial and endothelial pumps.

Conclusions:

A novel mathematical framework elucidates the interplay between cell function and systemic fluid dynamics.
The model highlights the reciprocal influence between cellular pumps and organism-wide pressure/osmolarity gradients.
Further research can incorporate physiological geometries and additional solute species for enhanced biological realism.