Cellular mechanisms of rat liver regeneration after experimental myocardial infarction |
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Authors: | E V Baidyuk O V Korshak A A Karpov B N Kudryavtsev G A Sakuta |
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Institution: | 16307. Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia 26307. Almazov Federal Heart, Blood, and Endocrinology Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Abstract: | Morphological changes and regeneration activity of rat liver after experimental myocardial infarction (MI) caused by a permanent left coronary artery occlusion were investigated. It was shown that, 6 months after MI, considerable changes were observed in the rat liver circulatory system: the vessel amount per unit area increased by 118%, the thickness of their walls increased by 19%, and the average area of vessel lumens increased by 159%. The contribution of connective tissue 6 months after MI increased by more than one- and-a-half times in comparison with control. Inflammatory and necrotic changes in rat liver remained for 6 months after MI. The liver injury caused by MI leads to activation of regeneration processes in its parenchyma. Six months after MI, the number of 4c-hepatocytes decreased by 12% in comparison with control and the number of 4c×2- and 8c-hepatocytes increased by 45 and 71%, respectively. Six months after MI, the hepatocyte ploidy increased by 11%. In this period, the dry mass of rat hepatocytes increased by 19%. Thus, liver regeneration after MI is stipulated by hepatocyte hypertrophy rather than their polyploidization. |
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