Abstract：
:Microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) is increasingly being used to analyze the three-dimensional structure and architecture of microvascular networks. Therefore we have evaluated a micro-CT analysis of VEGF-induced vessel ingrowth into a porous polyurethane scaffold through comparison with analyses by CD31 immunohistochemistry, vascular perfusion by intravital Lycopersicon esculentum lectin perfusion and vascular corrosion casting. Micro-CT scanning found a similar level of vascularisation within the VEGF treated scaffolds to that determined by the other analytical methods. However, although the relative increase in vascularisation (17 fold above PBS controls p<0.05) induced by VEGF determined by micro-CT was similar to the perfusion based analyses (20.1 and 10.4 fold for lectin perfusion and vascular corrosion respectively p<0.05), it differed substantially from that determined by CD31 immunohistochemistry (3.2 fold p<0.05). This difference was due to a large proportion of unperfused vessels in the PBS control that were not present in the VEGF group. The increase in perfusion probably resulted in part from an increase in average vessel diameter. Though this increase was detected by micro-CT, the actual diameters were overestimated by 60-90% most likely as a consequence of a merging effect for juxtaposed vessels. Thus whilst micro-CT gives an accurate three-dimensional quantification of the VEGF-induced increase in perfused vessels, resolution needs to be maximized for accurate sizing of a microvascular network's components.
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Biomaterialsjournal_title
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Schmidt C,Bezuidenhout D,Beck M,Van der Merwe E,Zilla P,Davies Ndoi
10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.07.044subject
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2009-10-01 00:00:00pages
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