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Isabel Lockard 《Journal of theoretical biology》1982,97(2):167-176
Brain blood vessels, unlike most vessels elsewhere in the body, exhibit a blood-brain barrier (BBB) to certain substances, e.g. trypan blue. Under some circumstances this barrier is no longer effective and the permeability of the vessels increases. Although capillarization is much less in the brain than in many other organs, e.g. heart muscle, total cerebral blood flow per minute is enormous. Consequently, to accommodate a large blood volume with a limited capillary bed, the velocity of blood through brain vessels must be extremely fast. The hypothesis presented in this paper is that this rapid flow results in a low or negative pressure on the endothelium, and plasma and trypan blue are prevented from passing through the wall. The tight junctions of cerebral endothelial cells may be able to withstand only a limited amount of pressure on their luminal surface. If the velocity of blood in brain capillaries decreases, pressure on the endothelium should increase, and brain vessels, like blood vessels elsewhere in the body, become permeable to vital dyes. Other conditions also increase capillary permeability, e.g. acute arterial hypertension or venous congestion. Although brain vessels can adapt to a moderate, gradual change in systemic pressure, when a significant rise in cerebral arterial pressure is abrupt, the compensatory changes in the postcapillary venous bed may be inadequate and consequently intracapillary pressure and vascular permeability are increased. Venous congestion increases intracapillary pressure by restricting capillary outflow as well as by reducing velocity through capillary beds. Under such conditions increased capillary permeability may be indicated by cerebral edema, and even, on occasion, by petechial hemorrhages. In short, if the flow is fast and unimpeded the BBB will be effective; if the velocity decreases, or intracapillary pressure increases for whatever reason, the permeability of the brain endothelium will be abnormally increased. 相似文献
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F Ciani V Franceschini M Lazzari 《Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung》1989,103(1):173-180
The ultrastructural distribution of cholinesterases on the brain capillaries of Axolotl has been studied. The Axolotl brain contains branching, Anastomosing capillary network and capillary loops. The presence of acetylcholinesterases is seen on the basal lamina and in the spaces between the endothelial cells and the pericytes of both types of vessels. The role of this enzyme in the blood-brain barrier is discussed. 相似文献
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The effects of moderate and severe hypoxia on quantitative regional morphometric indexes of the total and perfused arteriolar and capillary network were studied in the rat brain to determine whether diffusion distances were reduced in hypoxia. Fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled dextran was injected into the femoral vein of conscious control and hypoxic rats. After 20 s, the animal was decapitated and the head was frozen in liquid N2. Sections from eight brain regions were photographed to detect the perfused microvessels and then stained for alkaline phosphatase to visualize the total vascular network. There were significant increases in percent perfused arteriolar and capillary morphology between the two groups of hypoxic animals and control animals. In control rats, the percent of capillaries perfused averaged 45.6 +/- 0.6% (mean +/- SE). In moderate hypoxia 63.4 +/- 1.8% of the vessels were perfused and in severe hypoxia 89.4 +/- 0.1% were perfused. The percentage of arterioles perfused changed similarly. There were no significant differences in any index of total or percent perfused arteriolar or capillary morphometry among the regions within any group. During severe hypoxia, a greater percentage of the capillary reserves was utilized. These results demonstrate a uniform response to hypoxia in the capillary and arteriolar network of the conscious rat brain. 相似文献
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木质部压力探针技术是目前直接测定植物木质部导管负压的唯一手段。在结构上,木质部压力探针测定系统由精密操作装置、压力探针系统和信号采集—传输一显示系统三大部分组成。其测定原理是将毛细管探针刺入木质部导管,通过传导介质将木质部导管负压传至压力传感器,压力传感器感应压力并将压力信号输出。本文从玻璃毛细管探针的制作、去气泡水的制备以及压力探针的校准、安装、测定等方面详细介绍了木质部压力探针的使用方法和注意事项。 相似文献
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Upregulation of the low density lipoprotein receptor at the blood-brain barrier: intercommunications between brain capillary endothelial cells and astrocytes 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
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《The Journal of cell biology》1994,126(2):465-473
In contrast to the endothelial cells in large vessels where LDL receptors are downregulated, brain capillary endothelial cells in vivo express an LDL receptor. Using a cell culture model of the blood-brain barrier consisting of a coculture of brain capillary endothelial cells and astrocytes, we observed that the capacity of endothelial cells to bind LDL is enhanced threefold when cocultured with astrocytes. We next investigated the ability of astrocytes to modulate endothelial cell LDL receptor expression. We have shown that the lipid requirement of astrocytes increases the expression of endothelial cell LDL receptors. Experiments with dialysis membranes of different pore size showed that this effect is mediated by a soluble factor(s) with relative molecular mass somewhere between 3,500 and 14,000. Substituting astrocytes with smooth muscle cells or brain endothelium with endothelium from the aorta or the adrenal cortex did not enhance the luminal LDL receptor expression on endothelial cells, demonstrating the specificity of the interactions. This factor(s) is exclusively secreted by astrocytes cocultured with brain capillary endothelial cells, but it also upregulates the LDL receptor on other cell types. This study confirms the notion that the final fine tuning of cell differentiation is under local control. 相似文献
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G. N. Hansen 《Acta zoologica》1999,80(4):311-324
The vascularization of the brain and the pituitary region of the Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri is described from serial section reconstruction. The distal lobe has no direct arterial blood supply and receives blood solely from a pituitary portal system basically similar to that of other sarcopterygians. The primary capillary plexus of the median eminence receives its arterial blood from the infundibular arteries, which on their way distribute some small branches to the prechiasmatic region. The primary plexus also receives capillaries from the adjacent pial hypothalamic plexus. The primary capillary plexus of the median eminence comprises a rostral 'uncovered' and caudal 'covered' part which are not sharply delineated. Distinct portal vessels connect the 'uncovered' rostral part of the primary plexus with the secondary capillary plexus supplying the rostral subdivision of the pars distalis. The 'covered' caudal part of the primary plexus merges into the proximal subdivision of the pars distalis, apparently without formation of distinct portal vessels. The primary plexus has some connections with the plexus intermedius via a hypophysial stem capillary plexus. The plexus intermedius has a substantial arterial supply and gives off capillaries to the parenchyma of the pars intermedia. The adenohypophysis is drained into an unpaired hypophysial vein. The significance of the vascular pathways is discussed from comparative, functional, and evolutionary viewpoints. 相似文献
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J Tusques Y George M Couderc 《Comptes rendus des séances de la Société de biologie et de ses filiales》1975,169(4):1040-1044
Microglia-like cells and endothelial cells may influence capillary blood output. 1) Microglia-like cells are sometimes interposed between two endothelial processes with which they are nexus-linked. In this position, they protude in vascular lumen which is considerably reduced. 2) Endothelial cells present no contractile filaments but their nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm may protude in vascular lumen, constituting a "coussinet-like" structure. Thus, regulation by specialized structures observed by Legait in brain arteries seems to occur even in the smallest ramifications of brain cortical vessels. 相似文献
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Zhu J Motejlek K Wang D Zang K Schmidt A Reichardt LF 《Development (Cambridge, England)》2002,129(12):2891-2903
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Kim DW Lee HN Song JE Jung KJ Yang WM Kwon K Jeon GS Lee YH Chung CK Cho SS 《Neurochemical research》2008,33(11):2288-2293
Transferrin-binding protein (TfBP) has been shown to be a novel protein, structurally related to the chicken heat shock protein
108. The physiological function of this protein, however, has not yet been established. Antiserum to TfBP selectively stains
transferrin- and iron-rich oligodendrocytes and choroidal epithelium in the adult and embryonic chick brain, suggesting a
role for this protein in transferrin and iron storage in these cells. In this study, we further demonstrate TfBP-immunoreactivity
(IR) in the blood vessels of the embryonic chick central nervous system. A strong TfBP-IR was present in blood vessels from
E6, declined from E10 and was absent by E18. Thus, the expression of the TfBP in the blood vessels precedes its expression
in the oligodendrocytes. At the subcellular level, TfBP-IR was confined to the cytoplasm of capillary pericytes while the
Tf-receptor IR was associated with the capillary endothelium of the brain. The up-regulated expression of TfBP, together with
the Tf-receptor of the brain capillaries, suggests that pericytes may be associated with the high iron uptake required for
the metabolic demands of the developing brain.
D. W. Kim and H. N. Lee contributed equally to this work. 相似文献
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Zhou J Schmidt M Johnston B Wilfart F Whynot S Hung O Murphy M Cerný V Pavlovic D Lehmann C 《Physiological research / Academia Scientiarum Bohemoslovaca》2011,60(6):853-859
Disturbance of capillary perfusions due to leukocyte adhesion, disseminated intravascular coagulation, tissue edema is critical components in the pathophysiology of sepsis. Alterations in brain microcirculation during sepsis are not clearly understood. The aim of this study is to gain an improved understanding of alterations through direct visualization of brain microcirculations in an experimental endotoxemia using intravital microscopy (IVM). Endotoxemia was induced in Lewis rats with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 15 mg/kg i.v.). The dura mater was removed via a cranial window to expose the pial vessels on the brain surface. Using fluorescence dyes, plasma extravasation of pial venous vessels and leukocyte-endothelial interaction were visualized by intravital microscopy 4 h after LPS administration. Plasma cytokine levels of IL1-beta, IL-6, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha and KC/GRO were evaluated after IVM. A significant plasma extravasation of the pial venous vessels was found in endotoxemia rats compared to control animals. In addition, a significantly increased number of leukocytes adherent to the pial venous endothelium was observed in septic animals. Endotoxemia also induced a significant elevation of plasma cytokine levels of IL1-beta, IL-6, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha and KC/GRO. Endotoxemia increased permeability in the brain pial vessels accompanied by an increase of leukocyte-endothelium interactions and an increase of inflammatory cytokines in the plasma. 相似文献
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Victor Fitoussi Nathalie Faye Foucauld Chamming's Olivier Clement Charles-Andre Cuenod Laure S. Fournier 《Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE》2013,(79)
Fibered confocal fluorescence in vivo imaging with a fiber optic bundle uses the same principle as fluorescent confocal microscopy. It can excite fluorescent in situ elements through the optical fibers, and then record some of the emitted photons, via the same optical fibers. The light source is a laser that sends the exciting light through an element within the fiber bundle and as it scans over the sample, recreates an image pixel by pixel. As this scan is very fast, by combining it with dedicated image processing software, images in real time with a frequency of 12 frames/sec can be obtained.We developed a technique to quantitatively characterize capillary morphology and function, using a confocal fluorescence videomicroscopy device. The first step in our experiment was to record 5 sec movies in the four quadrants of the tumor to visualize the capillary network. All movies were processed using software (ImageCell, Mauna Kea Technology, Paris France) that performs an automated segmentation of vessels around a chosen diameter (10 μm in our case). Thus, we could quantify the ''functional capillary density'', which is the ratio between the total vessel area and the total area of the image. This parameter was a surrogate marker for microvascular density, usually measured using pathology tools.The second step was to record movies of the tumor over 20 min to quantify leakage of the macromolecular contrast agent through the capillary wall into the interstitium. By measuring the ratio of signal intensity in the interstitium over that in the vessels, an ''index leakage'' was obtained, acting as a surrogate marker for capillary permeability. 相似文献
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The ultrastructure of capillary walls of the mamillary bodies was studied in rats distributed in two age groups: adult (6-8-month-old) and old (28-30-month-old) animals under hypoxic hypoxia. It was found that age-related differences in the response of brain capillary walls to the injuring agent were reduced to a rapid increase in dystrophic phenomena and less conspicuous compensatory processes seen in the old animals. More profound injuries to other brain tissues adjacent to the vessels were also indicative of less efficacy of the adaptive reactions in the old animals. 相似文献
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The cause of influenza to the brain was investigated using the A/NWS/33 influenza virus infected BALB/c mouse model. NOS-2
mRNA levels in the infected mouse brain was greater than in control mice in all brain regions examined, particularly in the
olfactory bulb and hippocampus by 1 day p.i. On the contrary, no differences in NOS-1 or NOS-3 mRNA levels were found between
infected and control mice. There was also a marked increase in the levels of metabolites of nitric oxide in the olfactory
bulb and hippocampus. Immunohistochemistry showed positive staining for anti-NOS-2 primarily in the hippocampus of infected
mice. Further, anti-NOS-2 and GFAP staining was mostly found around capillary blood vessels of the hippocampus starting early
in the course of the disease. These results indicate that the NWS enhances the activation of astrocytes and NOS-2 expression
which in turn enhances NO production and the expansion of capillary blood vessels. 相似文献
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Bovine adrenal and brain cortex and corpus luteum-derived capillary endothelial cells have been established in culture, taking advantage of their ability to proliferate at clonal density when maintained on extracellular matrix (ECM) coated dishes in the presence of serum supplemented medium. All three cell types formed at confluency a monolayer of small, tightly packed, contact inhibited cells that express factor VIII related antigen. Their proliferative response to basic and acidic FGF when cells were maintained on plastic and exposed to serum supplemented medium was similar to that previously reported for endothelial cells derived from large vessels, with acidic FGF being 30-fold less potent than basic FGF. Their requirement for high density lipoproteins and transferrin in order to proliferate actively when maintained on ECM-coated dishes and exposed to serum-free conditions was also similar to that previously reported for endothelial cells derived from large vessels. Heparin strongly reduced the proliferative response of capillary endothelial cells to either basic or acidic FGF, as well as their response to serum alone, regardless of whether cells were maintained on plastic or on ECM-coated dishes. The present data indicate that bovine endothelial cells derived from large or small vessels are indistinguishable in so far as their response to growth factors, plasma factors, and substrata are concerned. 相似文献
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Vascular tissue engineering has been considered promising as one of the alternatives for viable artificial tissues and organs. Macro- and microscale hollow tubes fabricated with various techniques have been widely studied to mimic blood vessels. To date, the fabrication of biomimetic capillary vessels with sizes ranging from 1 to 10 µm is still challenging. In this paper, core-sheath microtubes were electrospun to mimic capillary vessels and were embedded in carboxymethyl cellulose/sodium alginate hydrogel for bioprinting. The results showed improved printing fidelity and promoted cell attachment. The tube concentration and tube length both had significant influences on filament size and merging area. Printed groups with higher microtube concentration showed higher microtube density, with filament/nozzle size ratio, and printed/designed grid area ratio closer to 100%. In the in vitro experiments, microtubes were not only compatible with human umbilical vein endothelial cells but also provided microtopographical cues to promote cell proliferation and morphogenesis in three-dimensional space. In summary, the microtubes fabricated by our groups have the potential for the bioprinting of vascularized soft tissue scaffolds. 相似文献
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Kassab GS 《American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology》2005,289(6):H2559-H2565
The heart muscle is nourished by a complex system of blood vessels that make up the coronary circulation. Here we show that the design of the coronary circulation has a functional hierarchy. A full anatomic model of the coronary arterial tree, containing millions of blood vessels down to the capillary vessels, was simulated based on previously measured porcine morphometric data. A network analysis of blood flow through every vessel segment was carried out based on the laws of fluid mechanics and appropriate boundary conditions. Our results show an abrupt change in cross-sectional area that demarcates the transition from epicardial (EPCA) to intramyocardial (IMCA) coronary arteries. Furthermore, a similar pattern of blood flow was observed with a corresponding transition from EPCA to IMCA. These results suggest functional differences between the two types of vessels. An additional abrupt change occurs in the IMCA in relation to flow velocity. The velocity is fairly uniform proximal to these vessels but drops significantly distal to those vessels toward the capillary branches. This finding suggests functional differences between large and small IMCA. Collectively, these observations suggest a novel functional hierarchy of the coronary vascular tree and provide direct evidence of a structure-function relation. 相似文献
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J A Boero J Ascher A Arregui C Rovainen T A Woolsey 《Journal of applied physiology》1999,86(4):1211-1219
The effect of chronic hypobaric hypoxia (28 days, 455 Torr) on the organization of brain vessels was studied in Balb/c mice. In comparison to age-matched controls kept at sea level, emulsion-perfused capillaries in hypoxic mice showed marked dilation in all brain areas studied. Capillary length per unit volume of tissue (Lv) was increased in the cerebellar granular layer, the caudate nucleus, the globus pallidus, the substantia nigra, the superior colliculus, and the dentate gyrus. There was a selective increase of Lv in the hippocampus (CA1 strata pyramidale and lacunosum and CA3 strata pyramidale and oriens) and in somatosensory cortex layers V and VI, motor cortex layers II, III, V, and VI, and auditory cortex layers II and III. An increase in capillary surface area per unit volume of tissue was also determined in several brain areas, including layer IV of somatosensory cortex, where Lv was not significantly increased. The O2 diffusion conductance and PO2 in the tissues were estimated with a mathematical model. The remodeling of capillary diameter and length during chronic hypoxia accounts for the significant increase of O2 conductance to neural tissues. Also the estimated tissue PO2 in chronic brain hypoxia is markedly increased in the caudate nucleus and the substantia nigra compared with acute hypoxia. These results suggest that formation of new capillaries is an important mechanism to restore the O2 deficit in chronic brain hypoxia and that local rates of energy utilization may influence angiogenesis in different areas of the brain. 相似文献
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Z. Thaddeus Mankowski M. D. 《Mycopathologia》1964,23(2):141-149
Summary During the prolonged presence ofCandida albicans in the spleen of Wistar rats, two cases of calcium deposits in the brain were observed. In one case there was one big calcium deposit at some distance from the cortex. In this case, thickening in a limited area of the leptomeninges was found. The animal had generalized tonicclonic convulsions which lead to death. In the second case, calcium deposits formed two separate agglomerations in the posterior part of the thalamus. Serial sections made at six micron intervals showed the presence of calcium deposits to a depth of forty-eight microns. At twenty-four microns other calcium deposits were observed in the thalamus symmetrically located to those described above.Small iron deposits were found in the anterior part of the thalamus and other iron deposits were found in the temporal lobe of the brain. They were arranged in a straight line along the capillary vessels and most of them were seen in the macrophages in the vicinity of the vessels.Since calcium deposits in the brain occurred in the same experimental conditions as reported cases of calcinosis, it is probable that the same mechanism is involved in all these pathological calcium deposits.This work was supported by a Damon Runyon Memorial Fund Grant Nr. 720. 相似文献
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Wahbi K. El-Bouri Andrew MacGowan Tams I. Jzsa Matthew J. Gounis Stephen J. Payne 《PLoS computational biology》2021,17(3)
Many ischaemic stroke patients who have a mechanical removal of their clot (thrombectomy) do not get reperfusion of tissue despite the thrombus being removed. One hypothesis for this ‘no-reperfusion’ phenomenon is micro-emboli fragmenting off the large clot during thrombectomy and occluding smaller blood vessels downstream of the clot location. This is impossible to observe in-vivo and so we here develop an in-silico model based on in-vitro experiments to model the effect of micro-emboli on brain tissue. Through in-vitro experiments we obtain, under a variety of clot consistencies and thrombectomy techniques, micro-emboli distributions post-thrombectomy. Blood flow through the microcirculation is modelled for statistically accurate voxels of brain microvasculature including penetrating arterioles and capillary beds. A novel micro-emboli algorithm, informed by the experimental data, is used to simulate the impact of micro-emboli successively entering the penetrating arterioles and the capillary bed. Scaled-up blood flow parameters–permeability and coupling coefficients–are calculated under various conditions. We find that capillary beds are more susceptible to occlusions than the penetrating arterioles with a 4x greater drop in permeability per volume of vessel occluded. Individual microvascular geometries determine robustness to micro-emboli. Hard clot fragmentation leads to larger micro-emboli and larger drops in blood flow for a given number of micro-emboli. Thrombectomy technique has a large impact on clot fragmentation and hence occlusions in the microvasculature. As such, in-silico modelling of mechanical thrombectomy predicts that clot specific factors, interventional technique, and microvascular geometry strongly influence reperfusion of the brain. Micro-emboli are likely contributory to the phenomenon of no-reperfusion following successful removal of a major clot. 相似文献
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Melkonian G Munoz N Chung J Tong C Marr R Talbot P 《The Journal of experimental zoology》2002,292(3):241-254
The chick chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) is a valuable model for evaluating angiogenesis and vasculogenesis. Our purpose was to characterize the formation of the CAM vasculature, in particular the capillary plexus, between days five and six after fertilization and to examine the mode of action of cytochalasin D and suramin on vascular development during this interval. The CAM increased 20-fold in size between days five and six, during which time the capillary plexus forms by both migration of mesodermal blood vessels toward the ectoderm and by the formation of new vessels from angioblasts near the ectoderm. Between days five and six, the CAM becomes thinner, and the density of the mesodermal cells decreases. To determine the mode of action of anti-angiogenic drugs on the day five to day six CAM, various concentrations of cytochalasin D or suramin were added directly to day five CAMs, and their effects were evaluated on day six. Both drugs significantly inhibited CAM growth, altered branching patterns of the major vessels, decreased area of the major vessels, and inhibited the formation of the capillary plexus by inhibiting both vasculogenesis and the migration of mesodermal blood vessels to the ectoderm. Cytochalasin D also inhibited compartmentalization of the plexus. Cytochalasin D and suramin were inhibitory at similar doses. This study provides new information on early CAM development, establishes the mode of action and dose dependency of cytochalasin D and suramin on day five to day six CAMs, and demonstrates that the day five to day six CAM provides a useful assay to examine the effect of anti-angiogenic drugs on blood vessel development, including capillary plexus formation. 相似文献