AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 257, Issue 2 452-H464, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Low-density lipoprotein transport in blood vessel walls of squirrel monkeys

R. G. Tompkins, M. L. Yarmush, J. J. Schnitzer, C. K. Colton, K. A. Smith and M. B. Stemerman
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114.

Transmural accumulations of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were examined in the blood vessel walls of four squirrel monkeys. Vascular wall concentrations of LDL were measured using quantitative autoradiography after 125I-labeled LDL circulation for 30 min. Profiles of relative tissue concentration from different sections in the same region were similar to each other, and there was little animal-to-animal variation. Concentrations were highest near the luminal endothelium, lower near the medial-adventitial border, and lowest within the media. Profiles from different regions fell into three groups: 1) aortic samples had steep intimal concentration gradients and near-zero media concentrations; 2) the iliac, femoral, popliteal, and common carotid arteries had higher intimal concentrations than group 1 but had similar concentrations deep within the media; and 3) the cerebral and coronary arteries, inferior vena cava, and pulmonary artery had intimal concentrations that were similar to group 2, but the concentrations deep within the media were greater than either groups 1 or 2. Arterial bifurcation profiles from the inner wall and the outer walls were similar to each other and to profiles from the upstream and downstream areas. Out of 280 total sites examined, 15 examples of profiles with substantially increased concentrations near the luminal endothelium were found scattered throughout the cardiovascular system, demonstrating that there are focal regions throughout the cardiovascular system which have greatly increased 125I-LDL transendothelial permeability.

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