Changes in cortical microvasculature during misery perfusion measured by two-photon laser scanning microscopy.
This study aimed to examine the cortical microvessel diameter response to hypercapnia in misery perfusion using two-photon laser scanning microscopy (TPLSM). We evaluated whether the vascular response to hypercapnia could represent the cerebrovascular reserve. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) during normocapnia and hypercapnia was measured by laser-Doppler flowmetry through cranial windows in awake C57/BL6 mice before and at 1, 7, 14, and 28 days after unilateral common carotid artery occlusion (UCCAO). Diameters of the cortical microvessels during normocapnia and hypercapnia were also measured by TPLSM. Cerebral blood flow and the vascular response to hypercapnia were decreased after UCCAO. Before UCCAO, vasodilation during hypercapnia was found primarily in arterioles (22.9%±3.5%). At 14 days after UCCAO, arterioles, capillaries, and venules were autoregulatorily dilated by 79.5%±19.7%, 57.2%±32.3%, and 32.0%±10.8%, respectively. At the same time, the diameter response to hypercapnia in arterioles was significantly decreased to 1.9%±1.5%. A significant negative correlation was observed between autoregulatory vasodilation and the diameter response to hypercapnia in arterioles. Our findings indicate that arterioles play main roles in both autoregulatory vasodilation and hypercapnic vasodilation, and that the vascular response to hypercapnia can be used to estimate the cerebrovascular reserve.
1] Biophysics Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan [2] Department of Neurological Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Yosuke
Y
Tajima
Biophysics Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
Hiroyuki
H
Takuwa
Diagnostic Imaging Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
Daisuke
D
Kokuryo
Biophysics Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
Hiroshi
H
Kawaguchi
Biophysics Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
Chie
C
Seki
1] Biophysics Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan [2] Center for Frontier Science and Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuto
K
Masamoto
Biophysics Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
Yoko
Y
Ikoma
Biophysics Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
Junko
J
Taniguchi
Diagnostic Imaging Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
Ichio
I
Aoki
Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yutaka
Y
Tomita
Department of Neurology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Norihiro
N
Suzuki
Biophysics Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
Iwao
I
Kanno
Department of Neurological Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
Naokatsu
N
Saeki
Biophysics Program, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan.
Hiroshi
H
Ito
D000818:Animals; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017078:Laser-Doppler Flowmetry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D055806:Microvessels / Q000473:pathology*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010477:Perfusion; D017785:Photons; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000502:physiology*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen