Affiliation:
1. Max-Planck-Institute, Department of Experimental Cardiology, BadNauheim, Germany.
Abstract
It remains unclear whether capillary sprouting (angiogenesis) and in situ growth of muscular collateral arteries share the same or different molecular mechanisms. To study the role of ischemia in these two forms of vascular proliferation, we measured tissue flows and maximum collateral conductances in hindlimbs of 22 rabbits previously subjected to either acute, 7-day, 21-day, or no femoral artery occlusion. After 1 wk of femoral artery occlusion, corkscrew collaterals were observed radiographically in the thigh. These collaterals showed histochemical evidence for active proliferation of endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Maximum collateral conductance increased sixfold in the 1st wk. Perfusion deficits, however, were only observed in the distal adductor muscles (region of collateral reentry). In the lower leg, which suffered from a profound perfusion deficit, conductance increased in the absence of any visible collateral arteries but with evidence for capillary proliferation. This study therefore demonstrates that upon femoral artery occlusion angiogenesis occurs in regions of profound ischemia, whereas no direct correlation can be drawn between ischemia and collateral artery development.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Physiology
Cited by
205 articles.
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