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Procollagen intermediates during tendon fibrillogenesis
R Fleischmajer, JS Perlish, R Timpl and BR Olsen
Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029.
The purpose of this study was to correlate ultrastructural features of tendon collagen fibrils at various stages of development with the presence of procollagen, pN-collagen, pC-collagen, and the free amino propeptides and carboxyl propeptide of type I procollagen. Tendons from 10-, 14-, and 18-day chicken embryos reveal small, well-defined intercellular compartments containing collagen fibrils with diameters showing a unimodal distribution. At 21 days (hatching) and 9 days (post hatching) and at 5 weeks (post hatching), the compartments are larger, less well-defined, and there is multimodal distribution of tendon fibril diameters. Procollagen and the intermediates pN-collagen and pC- collagen are present in tendons up to 18 days. Thereafter there is a marked reduction in procollagen, whereas the intermediates persist throughout all stages of development. Similarly, free amino propeptides and carboxyl propeptides of type I procollagen were found at all stages. The amino propeptide of type III procollagen was restricted to the peritendineum until 7 weeks post hatching. At that time, a network of fibrils containing the amino propeptide of type III procollagen was seen delineating well-circumscribed compartments of collagen fibrils throughout the entire tendon. This study supports the notion that pN- and pC-collagen have an extracellular role and participate in collagen fibrillogenesis.
Volume 36,
Issue 11,
pp. 1425-1432,
11/01/1988
Copyright © 1988 by The Histochemical Society
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