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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the capillaries and myocytes of masseter and cardiac muscles of diabetic KK-Ay mice, using light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The following changes were observed for diabetic masseters: capillary tortuosity, diversity of capillary caliber, endothelial cell swelling accompanied by luminal narrowing, widening of the pericapillary space and pericapillary fibrosis, and subsarcolemmal accumulation of myocytic mitochondria in areas adjacent to capillaries. In addition, attenuated capillary segments were largely covered by pericytes with profuse processes. In contrast, cardiac muscles of KK-Ay mice exhibited subsarcolemmal accumulation of myocytic mitochondria in areas contiguous to capillaries, and degenerative changes of myocytes such as disarrangement of myofilaments, disappearance of Z-bands and clustering of lipid-like vacuoles, although conspicuous changes of capillaries were not noted. Microvascular and myocytic changes described above may suggest the presence of microangiopathy and myopathy in the masseter and heart of KK-Ay mice.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0022-0744
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
413-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Basement Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Blood Glucose, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Capillaries, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Coronary Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Endothelium, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Masseter Muscle, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Microscopy, Electron, Scanning, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Muscle, Smooth, pubmed-meshheading:9394454-Vacuoles
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Ultrastructural study of capillary and myocytic changes in the masseter and heart of KK-Ay mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy, Oita Medical University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article