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Collateral capillary arterialization following arteriolar ligation in murine skeletal muscle.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20618691     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: Chronic and acute ischemic diseases-peripheral artery disease, coronary artery disease, stroke-result in tissue damage unless blood flow is maintained or restored in a timely manner. Mice of different strains recover from arteriolar ligation (by increasing collateral blood flow) at different speeds. We quantify the spatio-temporal patterns of microvascular network remodeling following arteriolar ligation in different mouse strains to better understand inter-individual variability.
METHODS: Whole-muscle spinotrapezius microvascular networks of mouse strains C57Bl/6, Balb/c and CD1 were imaged using confocal microscopy following ligation of feeding arterioles.
RESULTS: Baseline arteriolar structures of C57Bl/6 and Balb/c mice feature heavily ramified arcades and unconnected dendritic trees, respectively. This network angioarchitecture identifies ischemia-protected and ischemia-vulnerable tissues; unlike C57Bl/6, downstream capillary perfusion in Balb/c spinotrapezius is lost following ligation. Perfusion recovery requires arterialization (expansion and investment of mural cells) of a subset of capillaries forming a new low-resistance collateral pathway between arteriolar trees. Outbred CD1 exhibit either Balb/c-like or C57Bl/6-like spinotrapezius angioarchitecture, predictive of response to arteriolar ligation.
CONCLUSIONS: This collateral capillary arterialization process may explain the reported longer time required for blood flow recovery in Balb/c hindlimb ischemia, as low-resistance blood flow pathways along capillary conduits must be formed ("arterialization") before reperfusion.
Authors:
Feilim Mac Gabhann; Shayn M Peirce
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994)     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1549-8719     ISO Abbreviation:  Microcirculation     Publication Date:  2010 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-12     Completed Date:  2010-10-29     Revised Date:  2011-06-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9434935     Medline TA:  Microcirculation     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  333-47     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. feilim@jhu.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Arterioles / growth & development,  pathology
Capillaries / growth & development,  pathology
Collateral Circulation*
Disease Models, Animal
Female
Ischemia / pathology*
Ligation
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Microcirculation*
Muscle, Skeletal / blood supply*
Reperfusion
Species Specificity
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL082838-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; K99 HL093219-01/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; K99-HL093219/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R00 HL093219-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL082838-02/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL082838-03/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL082838-04/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL082838-05/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; T32 HL007284-32/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; T32-HL007284/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
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