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Cerebral microangiopathy in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

Fredriksson, K ; Nordborg, C ; Kalimo, H ; Olsson, Y and Johansson, Barbro LU (1988) In Acta Neuropathologica 75(3). p.241-252
Abstract
The morphology of cerebral microvessels was studied immunohistochemically and ultrastructurally in 6- to 9-month-old normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and stroke-prone SHR (SHRSP) with a systolic blood pressure of 138 +/- 15 mm Hg, 189 +/- 9 mm Hg, and 258 +/- 30 mm Hg respectively. Regions with major opening of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) were revealed by an i.v. injection of Evans Blue. Multifocal BBB opening with massive leakage of plasma constituents rich in fibrinogen-fibrin-related antigen occurred in SHRSP with a blood pressure above 210-220 mm Hg. BBB-leakage sites were found in the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, most frequently in the arterial border zones. The perivascular... (More)
The morphology of cerebral microvessels was studied immunohistochemically and ultrastructurally in 6- to 9-month-old normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and stroke-prone SHR (SHRSP) with a systolic blood pressure of 138 +/- 15 mm Hg, 189 +/- 9 mm Hg, and 258 +/- 30 mm Hg respectively. Regions with major opening of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) were revealed by an i.v. injection of Evans Blue. Multifocal BBB opening with massive leakage of plasma constituents rich in fibrinogen-fibrin-related antigen occurred in SHRSP with a blood pressure above 210-220 mm Hg. BBB-leakage sites were found in the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, most frequently in the arterial border zones. The perivascular tissue spaces were dilated within the BBB-leakage sites, in particular around arterioles. Damaged endothelial and smooth muscle cells were replaced by fibrin-like material, multiple layers of basement membranes and bundles of collagen fibrils surrounded by proliferated fibroblasts. The degenerative-infiltrative-proliferative disease process transformed short segments of single arterioles into severely thickened, tortuous and stenotic vessels. Fibrinoid degeneration, formation of microaneurysms and fibrin-rich vascular occlusions were observed. In contrast, only minor or no vascular alterations were seen in regions with preserved BBB in SHRSP and SHR. A severely increased intraluminal pressure load appears to be of major pathogenetic importance for breakdown of the BBB and initiation of the vascular disease process in SHRSP. However, since only short segments of a limited number of widely separated vessels are severely affected, and the number of affected vessels increase towards arterial end and border zones, additional predisposing and aggravating factors may play significant roles in the development of fibrinoid vascular lesions in arterial hypertension. (Less)
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Fibrinoid degeneration, Arterioles, Microaneurysm, Bloodbrain barrier, Spontaneously hypertensive rats
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Acta Neuropathologica
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75
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3
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241 - 252
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1432-0533
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10.1007/BF00690532
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English
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  abstract     = {{The morphology of cerebral microvessels was studied immunohistochemically and ultrastructurally in 6- to 9-month-old normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), and stroke-prone SHR (SHRSP) with a systolic blood pressure of 138 +/- 15 mm Hg, 189 +/- 9 mm Hg, and 258 +/- 30 mm Hg respectively. Regions with major opening of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) were revealed by an i.v. injection of Evans Blue. Multifocal BBB opening with massive leakage of plasma constituents rich in fibrinogen-fibrin-related antigen occurred in SHRSP with a blood pressure above 210-220 mm Hg. BBB-leakage sites were found in the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, most frequently in the arterial border zones. The perivascular tissue spaces were dilated within the BBB-leakage sites, in particular around arterioles. Damaged endothelial and smooth muscle cells were replaced by fibrin-like material, multiple layers of basement membranes and bundles of collagen fibrils surrounded by proliferated fibroblasts. The degenerative-infiltrative-proliferative disease process transformed short segments of single arterioles into severely thickened, tortuous and stenotic vessels. Fibrinoid degeneration, formation of microaneurysms and fibrin-rich vascular occlusions were observed. In contrast, only minor or no vascular alterations were seen in regions with preserved BBB in SHRSP and SHR. A severely increased intraluminal pressure load appears to be of major pathogenetic importance for breakdown of the BBB and initiation of the vascular disease process in SHRSP. However, since only short segments of a limited number of widely separated vessels are severely affected, and the number of affected vessels increase towards arterial end and border zones, additional predisposing and aggravating factors may play significant roles in the development of fibrinoid vascular lesions in arterial hypertension.}},
  author       = {{Fredriksson, K and Nordborg, C and Kalimo, H and Olsson, Y and Johansson, Barbro}},
  issn         = {{1432-0533}},
  keywords     = {{Fibrinoid degeneration; Arterioles; Microaneurysm; Bloodbrain barrier; Spontaneously hypertensive rats}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{241--252}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Acta Neuropathologica}},
  title        = {{Cerebral microangiopathy in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00690532}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/BF00690532}},
  volume       = {{75}},
  year         = {{1988}},
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