Alterations of mature arterioles associated with chronically reduced blood flow.
Alterations of mature arterioles associated with chronically reduced blood flow.
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与长期血流量减少相关的成熟小动脉的改变。
DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1993.264.1.h40
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发表时间:
1993
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Prewitt,RL
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作者:
Wang,DH;Prewitt,RL
Adaptive responses of mature arterioles were examined after a 38% reduction in total blood flow to the cremaster muscle produced by unilateral orchidectomy in 12-wk-old rats. Four weeks later, the muscle was smaller than the contralateral cremaster, which did not increase in size during this period. Measured by closed-circuit television microscopy, the internal diameters of first- through fourth-order arterioles (1A-4A) were smaller, but wall cross-sectional area was reduced only in 3As. The smaller diameter of the 1A in the orchidectomy muscle resulted in unchanged wall shear rate. As determined from the perfusion-fixed, microfilled cremaster muscles, the total length of the arcading arterioles and the number of 3As were not statistically different, but the total number of 4As was significantly reduced on the orchidectomy side. Therefore, chronic load reduction in a mature muscle resulted in reduced blood flow, decreased number of 4As, and smaller arteriolar internal diameters in the absence of net changes in vascular wall cross-sectional area. A local autoregulatory mechanism related to flow-induced shear stress is suggested as the mechanism mediating the changes.