title: Intussusceptive remodeling of vascular branch angles in chemically-induced murine colitis.
abstract: Intussusceptive angiogenesis is a developmental process linked to both blood vessel replication and remodeling in development. To investigate the prediction that the process of intussusceptive angiogenesis is associated with vessel angle remodeling in adult mice, we systematically evaluated corrosion casts of the mucosal plexus in mice with trinitrobenzesulfonic acid (TNBS)-induced and dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis. The mice demonstrated a significant decrease in vessel angles in both TNBS-induced and DSS-induced colitis within 4 weeks of the onset of colitis (p<.001). Corrosion casts 28-30 days after DSS treatment were studied for a variety of detailed morphometric changes. The vessel diameter and interbranch distance were significantly increased in the descending colon (p<.05). Also consistent with vessel growth, intervascular distance was decreased in the descending colon (p<.05). In contrast, no statistically significant morphometric changes were noted in the ascending colon. The morphometry of the corrosion casts also demonstrated 1) a similar orientation of the remodeled angles within the XY coordinate plane of the mucosal plexus, and 2) alternating periodicity of remodeled and unremodeled vessel angles. We conclude that inflammation-associated intussusceptive angiogenesis in adult mice is associated with vessel angle remodeling. Further, the morphometry of the vessel angles suggests the influence of blood flow on the location and orientation of remodeled vessels.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Functional and Clinical Anatomy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: Timothy W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Secomb
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Mentzer
authors.forename: Moritz A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Konerding
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003092:Colitis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology*; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D016319:Corrosion Casting; D016264:Dextran Sulfate; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid
chemical_list: D014302:Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid; D016264:Dextran Sulfate