Comparative morphological and histochemical aspects of selected arteries in the chicken and rat
作者:
Vernon W. Fischer,
William S. Kloetzer,
Kevin E. Baker,
期刊:
Cells Tissues Organs
(Karger Available online 1977)
卷期:
Volume 97,
issue 1
页码: 15-22
ISSN:1422-6405
年代: 1977
DOI:10.1159/000144713
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Chicken;Rat;Arteries;Enzymes;Mucopolysaccharides
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Morphologic and histochemical characteristics of selected portions of normal arteries from two species known to differ in susceptibility to vascular disease were examined. Arteries were classified as predominantly elastic, muscular or complex. Species differences in the structural organization of the abdominal aortic segment were observed. Arterial mucopolysaccharides were stained more intensely in the tunica intima and media of chicken vessels than within those of the rat, and tended to be most concentrated in proximity of the internal elastic membrane. Histochemical procedures for the demonstration of enzymatic activity revealed inter-and intraspecies variations in vascular metabolism. Pronounced differences in reaction intensity for hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase and malic enzyme, affecting chicken and rat coronary arteries, were noted. In contrast, these vessels displayed only minimal activity for acid phosphatase. Marked endothelial deposition of alkaline phosphatase reaction products in the arteries of the chicken was demonstrated, while this enzyme’s activity in the vessels of the rat was restricted to the tunica adventitia. The implications of these structural and histochemical factors with regard to vascular susceptibility to disease were discusse
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