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Article Dans Une Revue Histochemistry Année : 1993

Ultrastructural organization of type XI collagen in fetal bovine epiphyseal cartilage.

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Type XI collagen was localized with polyclonal antibodies specific for alpha 1 (XI) and alpha 2 (XI) chains in the resting zone of epiphyseal cartilage from calf fetuses. The immunofluorescence technique was used on sections of cartilage, and the immunogold labelling technique for electron microscopy on fibrils isolated from cartilage and, for the first time, in situ on blocks of cartilage fractured in liquid nitrogen. Immunofluorescence showed that without pepsin treatment the staining of type XI collagen was restricted to the pericellular zones; after pepsin treatment, the staining was co-distributed with that of type II collagen. Immunoelectron microscopy performed on isolated fibrils and on cartilage blocks showed that after disruption of fibrils with pepsin, type XI collagen was labelled on small filaments on the fibrils. When the fibrils were not disrupted, labelling was observed in situ only at the ends of the fibrils or on cross-sections of some fibrils. These results indicate that type XI collagen is located inside type II collagen fibrils in fetal bovine epiphyseal cartilage, as already postulated for embryonic chicken sterna.Type XI collagen was localized with polyclonal antibodies specific for alpha 1 (XI) and alpha 2 (XI) chains in the resting zone of epiphyseal cartilage from calf fetuses. The immunofluorescence technique was used on sections of cartilage, and the immunogold labelling technique for electron microscopy on fibrils isolated from cartilage and, for the first time, in situ on blocks of cartilage fractured in liquid nitrogen. Immunofluorescence showed that without pepsin treatment the staining of type XI collagen was restricted to the pericellular zones; after pepsin treatment, the staining was co-distributed with that of type II collagen. Immunoelectron microscopy performed on isolated fibrils and on cartilage blocks showed that after disruption of fibrils with pepsin, type XI collagen was labelled on small filaments on the fibrils. When the fibrils were not disrupted, labelling was observed in situ only at the ends of the fibrils or on cross-sections of some fibrils. These results indicate that type XI collagen is located inside type II collagen fibrils in fetal bovine epiphyseal cartilage, as already postulated for embryonic chicken sterna.
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hal-00313334 , version 1 (27-08-2008)

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B. Petit, Mc Ronziere, Daniel Hartmann, D. Herbage. Ultrastructural organization of type XI collagen in fetal bovine epiphyseal cartilage.. Histochemistry, 1993, 100, pp.231-239. ⟨hal-00313334⟩
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