ELASTASE, COLLAGENASE, AND THE BIAXIAL ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF DOG CAROTID-ARTERY
ELASTASE, COLLAGENASE, AND THE BIAXIAL ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF DOG CAROTID-ARTERY
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.1984.247.1.h124
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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通讯作者:
CANFIELD, TR
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作者:
DOBRIN, PB;CANFIELD, TR
Segments of dog carotid artery were studied in vitro at 4 longitudinal extension ratios, .lambda.z = 1.2, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8, in randomized order. At each length, the pressure was elevated in steps to 200 mm Hg or until the vessels buckled. Vessels were studied under control conditions and after treatment with moderate doses of degradative enzymes: 80 U/ml elastase for 90 min or 640 U/ml collagenase for 120 min. These doses were selected, following pilot studies, to degrade vessels but not to destroy them. Treatment with elastase (n = 24) reduced both longitudinal and circumferential stresses at all vessel lengths. Circumferential stress was reduced at pressures greater than 15 mm Hg, the magnitude of effect increasing with both longitudinal and circumferential deformations. Longitudinal stress was reduced by a constant amount, irrespective of vessel length. Treatment with collagenase (n = 24) reduced circumferential stress when the vessels were distended by at least 60 mm Hg; it did not reduce longitudinal stress. In intact cylindrical segments of dog carotid artery, subjected to physiological levels of strain, elastin apparently bears a portion of both circumferential and longitudinal loads, whereas collagen apparently bears a portion of only circumferential loads.