Adventitial ablation technique that permits the assessment of adventitial-dependent contribution to microvascular contractile function

Zainalabidin, Satirah and Wadsworth, Roger M. and Coats, Paul (2016) Adventitial ablation technique that permits the assessment of adventitial-dependent contribution to microvascular contractile function. Analytical Biochemistry, 499. pp. 71-77. ISSN 0003-2697 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2016.01.009)

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Abstract

Resistance arteries have been implicated as major contributing factor in the sequela of disease conditions such as hypertension and diabetes and as such are a major focus of cardiovascular research. The paracrine influence of the intimal endothelial layer of resistance arteries is well established. Considering the growing body of evidence substantiating a functionally relevant vascular adventitia in this present study we have established a technique which permits determination of the functional influence of the adventitial layer on resistance artery tone. Isolating adventitial-dependent function, analogous to isolating endothelial function, has potentially significant implication for studying the as yet unexplored role of the microvascular adventitial layer in modulating acute vascular contractile function.

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