Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the morphological adaptation of the capillary network in hypertrophied plantaris muscles by examining both capillary numbers and luminal circumferences. Hypertrophy of the plantaris muscle was induced by myectomy of the gastrocnemius muscle. This hypertrophy was characterised by increases in muscle mass and fibre cross-sectional area. All capillary parameters were determined using morphometric methods in perfusion-fixed plantaris muscle. Increased capillary-to-fibre ratio was observed in the overloaded plantaris muscle while no change was observed in the capillary luminal circumference. No differences were observed in the capillary density and the capillary-to-fibre perimeter ratio of the normal and the hypertrophied plantaris muscle. These results indicated that chronic overload-induced neocapillarization, but not enlargement of capillary luminal circumference, contributed to the prevention of decreases in the capillary-to-fibre perimeter ratio in the plantaris muscle in the hypertrophied process.
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