Ultrastructural localization of collagen types II, IX, and XI in the growth plate of human rib and fetal bovine epiphyseal cartilage: type XI collagen is restricted to thin fibrilsDR Keene, JT Oxford and NP Morris Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA. The collagen fibrils of hyaline cartilage vary in diameter depending on developmental stage and location within the tissue. In general, growth plates and fetal epiphyseal cartilages contain fibrils with diameters of less than approximately 25 nm, whereas the permanent cartilage of adult tissues contains fibrils of approximately 30-200 nm. The interstitial collagen fibrils of fetal cartilage are complex, having at least three collagen types as integral components. Type XI, a member of the fibrillar collagen class, has been proposed to limit fibril diameter. To test this proposition we sought to determine if Type XI collagen was preferentially associated with fibrils of smaller diameter. We focused our study on human juvenile rib growth plate, which has thin fibrils in the hypertrophic zone, thick fibrils in the resting zone or permanent cartilage, and a mixture of thin and thick fibrils in the proliferative zone. Tissues were examined by immunoelectron microscopy with antipeptide antibodies to the carboxyl telopeptide and to the amino terminal non-triple-helical domains of alpha 1 (XI). These studies showed that (a) both epitopes of Type XI collagen were readily accessible to antibodies at the fibrillar surface, (b) Type XI collagen was associated predominantly with fibrils < 25 nm in diameter, (c) Type XI collagen was not found in thick fibrils even after disruption with chaotropic agents, and (d) collagen Types II and IX were associated with fibrils of all sizes. These studies were extended to human newborn epiphyseal cartilage and to fetal calf cartilage, with the same result.
Volume 43,
Issue 10,
pp. 967-979,
10/01/1995
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K. B. Bowen, A. P. Reimers, S. Luman, J. D. Kronz, W. E. Fyffe, and J. T. Oxford Immunohistochemical Localization of Collagen Type XI {alpha}1 and {alpha}2 Chains in Human Colon Tissue J. Histochem. Cytochem., March 1, 2008; 56(3): 275 - 283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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R. M. Williams, W. R. Zipfel, M. L. Tinsley, and C. E. Farnum Solute Transport in Growth Plate Cartilage: In Vitro and In Vivo Biophys. J., August 1, 2007; 93(3): 1039 - 1050. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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L. R. Warner, R. J. Brown, S. M. C. Yingst, and J. T. Oxford Isoform-specific Heparan Sulfate Binding within the Amino-terminal Noncollagenous Domain of Collagen {alpha}1(XI) J. Biol. Chem., December 22, 2006; 281(51): 39507 - 39516. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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D. F. Holmes and K. E. Kadler The 10+4 microfibril structure of thin cartilage fibrils PNAS, November 14, 2006; 103(46): 17249 - 17254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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A. Fallahi, B. Kroll, L. R. Warner, R. J. Oxford, K. M. Irwin, L. M. Mercer, S. E. Shadle, and J. T. Oxford Structural model of the amino propeptide of collagen XI {alpha}1 chain with similarity to the LNS domains Protein Sci., June 1, 2005; 14(6): 1526 - 1537. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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N. P. Morris, J. T. Oxford, G. B.M. Davies, B. F. Smoody, and D. R. Keene Developmentally Regulated Alternative Splicing of the {alpha}1(XI) Collagen Chain: Spatial and Temporal Segregation of Isoforms in the Cartilage of Fetal Rat Long Bones J. Histochem. Cytochem., June 1, 2000; 48(6): 725 - 742. [Abstract] [Full Text] |
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Y. Liu, H. Li, K. Tanaka, N. Tsumaki, and Y. Yamada Identification of an Enhancer Sequence within the First Intron Required for Cartilage-specific Transcription of the alpha 2(XI) Collagen Gene J. Biol. Chem., April 21, 2000; 275(17): 12712 - 12718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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K. E. Gregory, J. T. Oxford, Y. Chen, J. E. Gambee, S. P. Gygi, R. Aebersold, P. J. Neame, D. E. Mechling, H. P. Bachinger, and N. P. Morris Structural Organization of Distinct Domains within the Non-collagenous N-terminal Region of Collagen Type XI J. Biol. Chem., April 6, 2000; 275(15): 11498 - 11506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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U. K. Blaschke, E. F. Eikenberry, D. J. S. Hulmes, H.-J. Galla, and P. Bruckner Collagen XI Nucleates Self-assembly and Limits Lateral Growth of Cartilage Fibrils J. Biol. Chem., March 31, 2000; 275(14): 10370 - 10378. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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R. Hagg, P. Bruckner, and E. Hedbom Cartilage Fibrils of Mammals are Biochemically Heterogeneous: Differential Distribution of Decorin and Collagen IX J. Cell Biol., July 13, 1998; 142(1): 285 - 294. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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B. K. Maddox, D. R. Keene, L. Y. Sakai, N. L. Charbonneau, N. P. Morris, C. C. Ridgway, B. A. Boswell, M. D. Sussman, W. A. Horton, H. P. Bachinger, et al. The Fate of Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein Is Determined by the Cell Type in the Case of a Novel Mutation in Pseudoachondroplasia J. Biol. Chem., December 5, 1997; 272(49): 30993 - 30997. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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R. Hagg, E. Hedbom, U. Mollers, A. Aszodi, R. Fassler, and P. Bruckner Absence of the alpha 1(IX) Chain Leads to a Functional Knock-out of the Entire Collagen IX Protein in Mice J. Biol. Chem., August 15, 1997; 272(33): 20650 - 20654. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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A. Fertala, D. F. Holmes, K. E. Kadler, A. L. Sieron, and D. J. Prockop Assembly in Vitro of Thin and Thick Fibrils of Collagen II from Recombinant Procollagen II. THE MONOMERS IN THE TIPS OF THICK FIBRILS HAVE THE OPPOSITE ORIENTATION FROM MONOMERS IN THE GROWING TIPS OF COLLAGEN I FIBRILS J. Biol. Chem., June 21, 1996; 271(25): 14864 - 14869. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
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