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Patterns of angiogenesis in neural transplant models: I. Autonomic tissue transplants
Author(s) -
Krum Janette M.,
Rosenstein Jeffrey M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.902580310
Subject(s) - biology , transplantation , angiogenesis , endothelium , pathology , thymidine , neovascularization , anatomy , medicine , surgery , endocrinology , dna , genetics , cancer research
Functional vascular connections must form rapidly to prevent ischemic damage to grafted neural tissues. The temporal sequence by which transplant circulation is re‐established provides information about the angiogenic capacity of either intact or damaged CNS blood vessels. This study compares the time course and mechanism of vascular reperfusion in allografts of superior cervical ganglia or adrenal medulla inserted either into the fourth ventricle or directly into the parietal cortex of perinatal rats. Tritiated thymidine was administered lo recipients to determine angiogenic patterns at various postoperative time periods. After processing for light microscopic autoradiography, host and graft endothelial labelling indices were determined in order to establish the temporal sequence and location of vascular proliferation, Correlative electron microscopy depicted the morphological changes in transplant vasculature. Some recipients were prelabelled with 3 H thymidine prior to transplantation to determine if host vessels invaded the grafts. Intraventricular graft vessels initially collapsed but sustained minimal ischemic damage and were completely reperfused by 24 hours postoperative. Adjacent intact host vessels attained peak 3 H thymidine incorporation at 20 hours. Intrinsic graft vessels were radioactively labelled only after 48 hours. Intraparenchymal transplants surrounded by minimal trauma exhibited a similar temporal sequence of reperfusion and host endothelial proliferation. Intrinsic graft vessels in intraparenchymal grafts sustained more severe damage. With increased trauma, a concomitant delay in graft reperfusion time was observed. Grafts within prelabelled hosts rarely contained any labelled endothelium, indicating that anastomotic connections were made between original, intrinsic graft vessels and nearby host vascular sprouts. This study demonstrates that mature autonomic tissue stimulates the growth of adjacent host vessels when transplanted to undamaged brain surfaces. The anastomosis of nascent host vessels with pre‐existing graft vessels is responsible for the rapid re‐establishment of circulation within the transplants. A similar mechanism occurs within intraparenchymal grafts, although the rapidity of reperfusion appears to be predicated on the amount of trauma present at the graft site.