Age-related changes in contractions of chicken aorta and ischiadic artery

Authors: ABE, Asaki¹; OHTSUKI, Kazumasa¹; SUZUKI, Yoshiki¹; TAKAHASHI, Takiko¹; KONDO, Yasuhiro¹

Source: Animal Science Journal, Volume 73, Number 4, August 2002 , pp. 309-311(3)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

The characteristics of the contraction of vascular smooth muscle were examined in thoracic aorta and ischiadic artery of chickens aged 3, 6, 10 and 18 weeks. High K⁺ solution induced a sustained contraction in smooth muscle preparations of aorta and ischiadic artery in vitro. The contraction of the ischiadic artery became greater with age, whereas the contraction of the aortic preparation did not. In the ischiadic artery, the magnitude of the contraction divided by the weight of the muscle preparation was constant at all ages studied. However, those in the aortic preparation decreased with age. These results suggest that the changes in the contractile responses of vascular smooth muscle owing to the age of chickens vary widely according to the preparations of blood vessels, and that the functional smooth muscle cells in the thoracic aorta of chicken do not increase with age.

Keywords: chicken; contraction; growth; vascular smooth muscle

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1046/j.1344-3941.2002.00042.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University, Okayama-shi, Japan

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