Morphology and tyrosine-hydroxylase immunohistochemistry of the systemic secondary vessel system of the blue catfish, Arius graeffei

Journal of Morphology
Lisa K Chopin, Michael B Bennett

Abstract

Fish have a secondary vessel system which emerges from the primary vasculature via large numbers of coiled origins. The precise role of this vessel system is unknown. Vascular casting techniques and scanning electron microscopy reveal that the secondary vessels of the blue catfish, Arius graeffei, originate from dorsal, lateral, and ventral segmental primary arteries and from the caudal dorsal aorta. These vessels anastomose with each other to form larger secondary arteries which parallel the primary vessels for their entire length. Secondary vessels do not appear to form a capillary bed in the skin in A. graeffei as they do in some fish species. Coiled secondary vessel origins are abundant within the tunica media and adventitia of the primary vessels from which they emerge. The origins of the secondary vessels are surrounded by the extensive cytoplasmic processes of specialized endothelial cells. These processes extend for up to 6 μm into the lumen of the primary vessel. Ultrastructurally the coiled secondary capillaries consist of an endothelial cell tube which is surrounded by a single layer of pericytes. These endothelial cells extend large numbers of microvilli into the lumen of the coiled secondary capillary. Nerve termin...Continue Reading

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Aug 25, 2004·The Journal of Experimental Biology·Peter Vilhelm Skov, Michael Brian Bennett

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