The rete mirabile, a blood capillary organ in the eel, will be used to quantitate and characterize vesicular transport of labeled solutes by capillary endothelium. EM tracer data indicates that permeability in the perfuse organ reflects transendothelial transport via the endothelial vesicular system and not between endothelial cells. Comparison of differential transport in the intact, perfused rete with capillaries isolated from the rete indicate that the same mechanism of solute discrimination functions in both systems and that it is exclusively an endothelial cell phenomenon. Physiological, cellular and ultrastructural data from the rete can thus be integrated into an unambiguous model of capillary permeability. Further investigations of capillary transport by vesicles are as follows: Physiological determinants of capillary transport in the rete will be determined including temperature, hydrostatic and osmotic pressure gradients, polarity and parallel vs antiparallel perfusion. Molecular determinants of differential transPort in intact and isolated rete caPillaries will bs investigated. Labeled solutes which vary in molecular size, charge, glucosylation and adsorptive and receptor membrane binding Properties will be compared with sucrose. an indicator of bulk fluid flow through the vesicular system. Isolates of continuous arterial and fenestrated venous caPillaries from the rete will be compared according to their differential transport of solutes. enzyme specificity and receptor properties. The effect of method of fixation (rapid freezing vs chemical fixation) on the relative numbers of endothelial vesicles labeled with electron dense tracers will be determined. Vesicle membranes will be isolated from rete caPillary endothelial cells and analyzed for specific lipid. protein and recePtor Properties. Data from these various experimental approaches will be incorporated into a comPrehensive theory of vesicle activity and function in capillary endothelial cells. The role that endothelial vesicles play in differential capillary permeability may have global influences in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis, specific organ function and conditions leading to pathogenic states. Elucidation of vesicle function will enhance understanding of the regulatory influences of the capillary endothelial cell in health and disease.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HL033936-06
Application #
3346329
Study Section
Experimental Cardiovascular Sciences Study Section (ECS)
Project Start
1985-07-01
Project End
1992-06-30
Budget Start
1990-07-01
Budget End
1991-06-30
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1990
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Delaware
Department
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
059007500
City
Newark
State
DE
Country
United States
Zip Code
19716
Wagner, R C; Hossler, F E (1992) SEM of capillary pericytes prepared by ultrasonic microdissection: evidence for the existence of a pericapillary syncytium. Anat Rec 234:249-54
Wagner, R C; Chen, S C (1991) Transcapillary transport of solute by the endothelial vesicular system: evidence from thin serial section analysis. Microvasc Res 42:139-50
Chen, S C; Wagner, R C (1990) Improved detectability of capillary permeability tracers by electron spectroscopic imaging. Microvasc Res 40:439-42
Wagner, R C; Chen, S C (1990) Ultrastructural distribution of terbium across capillary endothelium: detection by electron spectroscopic imaging and electron energy loss spectroscopy. J Histochem Cytochem 38:275-82
Buchanan, R A; Wagner, R C (1990) Morphometric changes in pericyte-capillary endothelial cell associations correlated with vasoactive stimulus. Microcirc Endothelium Lymphatics 6:159-81
Buchanan, R A; Wagner, R C (1990) Associations between pericytes and capillary endothelium in the eel rete mirabile. Microvasc Res 39:60-76
Wagner, R C; Buchanan, R A; Froehlich, R (1988) Preparation of isolated blood capillaries. Scanning Microsc 2:2109-16
Frokjaer-Jensen, J; Wagner, R C; Andrews, S B et al. (1988) Three-dimensional organization of the plasmalemmal vesicular system in directly frozen capillaries of the rete mirabile in the swim bladder of the eel. Cell Tissue Res 254:17-24
Buchanan, R; Wagner, R C; Andrews, S B et al. (1988) Effect of section thickness on the morphological characterization of the vesicular system in endothelial cells. Microvasc Res 36:191-6
Froehlich, R; Buchanan, R; Wagner, R (1988) Isolation and separation of fenestrated and continuous capillary endothelium by using magnetic beads. Microvasc Res 35:242-5

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