DERMATAN SULFATE-RICH PROTEOGLYCAN ASSOCIATES WITH RAT TAIL TENDON COLLAGEN AT THE D-BAND IN THE GAP REGION
DERMATAN SULFATE-RICH PROTEOGLYCAN ASSOCIATES WITH RAT TAIL TENDON COLLAGEN AT THE D-BAND IN THE GAP REGION
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DOI:
10.1042/bj1970213
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
ORFORD, CR
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作者:
SCOTT, JE;ORFORD, CR
Rat tail tendon was stained with a cationic phthalocyanin dye, Cupromeronic Blue, in a critical electrolyte concentration method specifically to demonstrate proteoglycan by EM. Hyaluronidase digestion in the presence of proteinase inhibitors corroborated the results. Collagen was stained with uranyl acetate and/or phosphotungstic acid to demonstrate the banding pattern a-e in the D period. Proteoglycan was distributed about the collagen fibrils in an orthogonal array, the transverse elements of which were located almost exclusively at the d band, in the gap zone. The proteoglycan may inhibit fibril radial growth by accretion of collagen molecules or fibril fusion [through interference with cross-linking], and calcification by occupying the holes in the gap region later to be filled with hydroxylapatite.