CELLULAR STAGES IN CARTILAGE FORMATION AS REVEALED BY MORPHOMETRY, AUTORADIOGRAPHY AND TYPE-II COLLAGEN IMMUNOSTAINING OF THE MANDIBULAR CONDYLE FROM WEANLING RATS
CELLULAR STAGES IN CARTILAGE FORMATION AS REVEALED BY MORPHOMETRY, AUTORADIOGRAPHY AND TYPE-II COLLAGEN IMMUNOSTAINING OF THE MANDIBULAR CONDYLE FROM WEANLING RATS
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DOI:
10.1002/aja.1001820302
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发表时间:
1988-07-01
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VONDERMARK, K
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LUDER, HU;LEBLOND, CP;VONDERMARK, K
The role played by cell addition, cell enlargement, and matrix deposition in the endochondral growth of the condyle was assessed in weanling rats by four approaches makinguse of the light microscope: morphometry, 3H-thymidine radioautography, 3H-proline radioautography, and immunostaining for the cartilage-specific type II collagen. From the articular surface down, the condyle may be divided into five layers made up of cells embedded in a matrix: 1) the articular layter composed of static cells in a matrix rich in fibers presumed to be of type I collagen, 2) the polymorphic cell layer including the progenitor cell from which arise the cells undergoing endochondral changes, 3) the flattened cell layer in which cells produce a precartilagenous matrix devoid of type II collagen while undergoing differentiation in two stages: a "chondroblast" stage and a short "flattened chondrocyte: stage when intracellular type II collagen elabration begins, 4) the upper hypertrophic cell layer, in which cells are "typical chondrocytes" that enlarge at a rapid rate, actively produce type II collagen, and deposit it into a cartilagenous matrix, and 5) the lower hypertrophic cell layer, composed of chondrocytes at a stage of terminal enlargment while the cartilagenous matrix is adapting for mineralization. 3H-thymidine radioautographic results indicate that the turnover time of progenitor cells in the polymorphic cell layer is about 2.9 days. The time spent by cells at each stage of development is estimated to be 1.4 days as chrondroblasts, 0.5 days as flattened chrondrocytes, 2.3 days as the chondrocytes of the upper hypertropic cell layer, and 1.1day as those of the lower hypertrophic cell layer. Calculations referring to a 1 .times. 1-mm square-sided column extending from the articular surface to the zone of vascular invasion provide the daily rate of cell addition (0.0077 mm3), extracellular matrix deposition (0.0127 mm3) and cell enlargement (0.0302 mm3). Hence the respective contribution of the three factors to condyle growth is in a ratio of about 1:1.6:4. This result emphasizes the role played by cell enlargement in the overall growth of the condyle.