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  • Title: Myocyte hypertrophy and capillarization in spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats.
    Author: Koyama T, Gao M, Batra S, Togashi H, Saito H.
    Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol; 1997; 411():365-8. PubMed ID: 9269450.
    Abstract:
    Stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) are liable to suffer a stroke between 25 and 40 weeks of age. Left ventricular capillarity was studied in 40-week-old SHRSP to clarify the effects of hypertrophic changes in cardiomyocytes on oxygen transport capacity within the tissue. The innermost region of the left ventricular subendocardium at the level of the maximum diameter of the heart was investigated. Methods for sectioning and differential staining of arteriolar, intermediate and venular capillaries, and measurements for determining capillarity parameters were as previously described. Total capillary density decreased, while capillary domain areas increased along the whole capillary pathway. These changes in SHRSP seemed unfavorable for oxygen supply to ventricular tissues. To minimize the effects of the adverse changes, the ratio of the capillary to myocyte number increased markedly. The proportion of arteriolar capillaries increased and the venular proportion decreased.
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