Abstract

Newborn mouse neocortical tissue was transplanted into the third ventricle of rat brain and the reconstruction and the origin of the blood vessels were investigated by using a monoclonal antibody against mouse endothelial surface antigen-1 (MESA-1). It was clearly demonstrated that some of the blood vessels in the graft originated in the donor mouse neocortical tissue. An India ink perfusion experiment revealed that the blood was supplied to the MESA-1-positive blood vessels. Furthermore, electron microscopic immunohistochemical studies demonstrated the existence of a mosaic reconstruction of blood vessels which consisted of mouse- and rat-derived vascular endothelial cells. It was concluded that the blood vessels originating in the donor tissue and those originating in the host tissue inosculate with each other in the grafted tissue.

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