Left ventricular perimysial collagen fibers uncoil rather than stretch during diastolic filling
Left ventricular perimysial collagen fibers uncoil rather than stretch during diastolic filling
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00799683
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发表时间:
1996-03-01
影响因子:
9.5
通讯作者:
Covell, JW
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作者:
MacKenna, DA;Omens, JH;Covell, JW
The collagen fibers in the myocardium are initially wavy, suggesting that they may not be directly stretched for a portion of diastolic filling. To test whether the fibers gradually straighten and at what left ventricular (LV) pressure they become straight, 24 isolated, arrested rat hearts were fir;ed at physiologic diastolic LV pressures and changes in collagen structure were examined. As LV pressure increased, mean (+/-SE) sarcomere length increased (1.80 +/- 0.02 to 1.88 +/- 0.02 from 0 mmHg to 26.3 +/- 4.1 mmHg) while the tortuosity of the perimysial fibers (fiber length/ midline length) decreased (1.088 +/- 0.014 to 1.031 +/- 0.006 from 0 mmHg to 26.3 +/- 4.1 mmHg). Transmural variations in collagen structure paralleled the trends in sarcomere length (epicardial regions had longer sarcomeres and straighter collagen fibers than endocardial regions). These results indicate that there is a tight coupling between perimysial collagen fibers and myocytes, consistent with the nonlinear pressure-volume and pressure-sarcomere length relationships.