3.12 Development of Blood Vessels and Cardiac Abnormalities Flashcards
Mammalian embryo establishes blood vessels in:
-yolk sac (even though there is no yolk for nourishment)
-allantois
*extraembryonic vasculogenesis
Blood vessels in yolk sac and allantois:
-reflects evolutionary history
-respiration can’t occur through lungs yet
*both choriovitelline and chorioallantois membranes can serve this function
Intraembryonic vasculogenesis:
-blood vessel formation within the embryo
2 temporally separate process for blood vessel development:
- Vasculogenesis
- Angiogenesis
Vasculogenesis:
-initial formation of blood vessels
>in embryo, a network of blood vessels is formed de novo from the LATERAL PLATE MESODERM
Angiogenesis:
-spouting of blood vessels from existing ones and remodelling of vascular beds
Hemangioblasts:
-cells more posterior to cardiogenic (heart) fields
>within splanchnic mesoderm
*precursors for BOTH blood cells and blood vessels in the yolk sac (and allantois)
Hemangioblasts condense into aggregates:
-blood islands
Inner cells of blood islands:
-become blood progenitor cells
>hematopoietic stem cells for blood cell lineages
>outer cells: angioblasts
Angioblasts:
-precursors for blood vessels within embryo
-will proliferate and differentiate into endothelial cells to line the new blood vessels
>form tubes and connect to form a capillary plexus or network
Vasculogenesis in yolk sac important to produce vessels that will:
-bring nutrients to embryo (if yolk)
-aid gas transport
-bring cells to heart for distribution
Vessels from vasculogenesis in yolk sac:
-vitelline
-umbilical veins (from allantois)
*process of lumen formation is key
Intra-embryonic vasculogenesis:
-vascular networks arise from individual angioblast progenitor cells originating in most mesodermal tissues of body
>not extension of larger vessels
Developing organs (vasculogenesis):
-produce paracrine factors that induce blood vessels to form in their own mesenchyme
>allows each developing vessel or capillary network to have own specific properties for the organ or group of organs
Ex. brain capillary network
Arteries and veins:
-differ from one another
>despite originating from same endothelial precursor (angioblast)
Arterial or venous identity of endothelial cells:
-established early on
>before angiogenesis onset, before onset of circulation
*notch stimulation=arterial
*less notch stimuli=venous
Arterial vs. venous surface receptors (during development)
-arterial: ephrin B2
-venous: ephrin B4
*on the ends: interact during anastomosis
Primary vascular plexus:
-2 types of endothelial cells are present
*distinction is important for anastomosis of arterial capillaries with venous ones
>ensure fusion of capillaries to make larger vessels only occurs between the SAME type of vessel
Arterial system:
*overall result of folding places heart within pericardial cavity and bends developing aortae
-anterior parts: 2 ventral aortae
-posterior parts: join with developing venous system
-dorsal parts: dorsal aortae
Aortic arch arteries:
-from mesoderm with masses called pharyngeal arches
-form vascular link to aortic sac and paired dorsal aortae
Cranial-caudal body folding results in:
-cranial parts of dorsal aortae bending
-aortic arches forming lateral to the foregut
*aortic arches develop sequentially NOT all at once
Derivatives of aortic arches: 1
-R and L:
>most disappears, part of maxillary artery