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A Theoretical Model for the Myogenic Response Based on the Length–Tension Characteristics of Vascular Smooth Muscle

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Pages 327-338 | Received 19 May 2004, Accepted 24 Sep 2004, Published online: 10 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Objective: A theoretical model is developed to describe the myogenic response of resistance vessels to changes in intravascular pressure, based on a consideration of the active and passive length–tension characteristics of vascular smooth muscle (VSM). The dependence of model parameters on vessel diameter is examined.

Methods: The vessel wall is represented mechanically as a nonlinear passive component in parallel with an active contractile component. The level of VSM tone is assumed to have a sigmoidal dependence on circumferential wall tension or stress. Model parameters are optimized for each of 18 independent experimental data sets previously obtained using pressure or wire myograph systems.

Results: Close fits between model predictions and experimental data are found in each case. An alternative formulation in which VSM tone depends on circumferential wall stress is found also to be consistent with available data. Significant trends in model parameters as a function of diameter are found.

Conclusions: The results support the hypothesis that circumferential tension or stress in the wall provides the signal for myogenic responses. The model provides a basis for simulating steady-state myogenic responses in vascular networks containing a range of vessel diameters.

Microcirculation (2005) 12, 327–338. doi:10.1080/10739680590934745

This work was supported by NIH Grant HL70657 and by NSF Grant 9870659.

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