ROLE OF MOVEMENT IN EMBRYONIC JOINT DEVELOPMENT
ROLE OF MOVEMENT IN EMBRYONIC JOINT DEVELOPMENT
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(66)90022-4
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发表时间:
1966-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
SOKOLOFF, L
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作者:
DRACHMAN, DB;SOKOLOFF, L
To study the role of muscular contractions in the forma-tion of joints, chick embryos were paralyzed by 3 methods intra-venous infusions of decamethonium bromide; repeated intravenous injections of botulinum toxin; surgical extirpation of the lumbosacral spinal cords. The joints of the lower extremities were studied histologically between 7 and 19 days of incubation. Striking abnor-malities of joint development were found, which were identical in the embryos paralyzed by the 3 techniques. Joint cavities failed to develop in the paralyzed limbs, although the preparatory changes in the cel-lular architecture of the joint regions proceeded otherwise normally. The joint interzones were occupied first by fibrovascular tissue, and later by compact fibrous or cartilaginous tissue which bound the artic-ular elements together. The articular surfaces were flattened and distorted. The plantar tarsal sesamoid cartilages and the intraarticular ligaments did not develop in the paralyzed limbs. It has been shown that neither toxic effects nor growth retardation resulting from the experimental procedures were responsible for these abnormalities. Skeletal muscle contractions are essential during embryonic develop-ment for primary joint cavity formation, appearance of the plantar tarsal sesamoid cartilages and intra-articular ligaments, and sculpturing of the form of the articular surfaces. Muscular contractions are not necessary for morphogenesis of articulations prior to the stage of cavity formation, or for differentiation of the patellar sesamoid carti-lage. Additional mechanisms which may play a subsidiary role in cavity formation have been suggested.