Arteriolar network architecture and vasomotor function with ageing in mouse gluteus maximus muscle

The Journal of Physiology
Shawn E BeardenSteven S Segal

Abstract

Physical diminishes with ageing, but little is known of how the microvascular supply to skeletal muscle fibres is affected. To test the hypothesis that ageing alters blood flow control, we investigated network architecture and vasomotor responses of arterioles in the gluteus maximus muscle of young (2-3 months), adult (12-14 months) and old (18-20 months) C57BL6 male mice (n = 83) (Young, Adult and Old, respectively). Microvascular casts revealed that the total number, length and surface area of arteriolar segments (diameter, 10-50 microm) were not significantly different across age-groups. However, for arterioles with diameter of 30 microm, tortuosity and branch angles increased with age (P < 0.05). In anaesthetized mice, second-order (2A) distributing arterioles had similar resting (17 +/- 1 microm) and maximal (37 +/- 1 microm) diameters and similar responsiveness to cumulative (10(-10)-10(-4) M) superfusion of acetylcholine or phenylephrine. With superfusate oxygen level raised from 0 to 21%, 2A arteriolar constriction in Young (11 +/- 1 microm) was greater (P < 0.05) than Adult and Old (5 +/- 1 microm). Observed 1 mm upstream from microiontophoresis of ACh (1 microA, 1 s), conducted vasodilatation was 10 +/- 1 microm in Yo...Continue Reading

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