THE MATRIX COMPONENTS OF THE EPIPHYSEAL GROWTH PLATE AND ARTICULAR CARTILAGES FROM DOGS TREATED WITH AMMONIUM TETRATHIOMOLYBDATE, A COPPER ANTAGONIST

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 545-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Read ◽  
Joan Sutherland ◽  
Peter Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Growth Plate ◽  
Epiphyseal Growth Plate ◽  
Ammonium Tetrathiomolybdate ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Matrix Components ◽  
Articular Cartilages

Effects of Hypophysectomy on the Occurrence and Calcifiability of Matrix Vesicles in the Epiphyseal Growth Plate of Immature Rats

1980 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 578-579
Author(s):  
S. I. Coleman ◽  
W. J. Dougherty
Keyword(s):  
Growth Plate ◽  
Matrix Vesicles ◽  
Epiphyseal Growth Plate ◽  
Hard Tissue ◽  
Hormonal Factors ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Mineral Deposition ◽  
Thin Sectioning ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
Cellular Secretion

In the cellular secretion theory of mineral deposition, extracellular matrix vesicles are believed to play an integral role in hard tissue mineralization (1). Membrane limited matrix vesicles arise from the plasma membrane of epiphyseal chondrocytes and tooth odontoblasts by a budding process (2, 3). Nutritional and hormonal factors have been postulated to play essential roles in mineral deposition and apparently have a direct effect on matrix vesicles of calcifying cartilage as concluded by Anderson and Sajdera (4). Immature (75-85 gm) Long-Evans hooded rats were hypophysectomized by the parapharyngeal approach and maintained fourteen (14) days post-surgery. At this time, the animals were anesthetized and perfusion fixed in cacodylate buffered 2.5% glutaraldehyde. The proximal tibias were quickly dissected out and split sagittally. One half was used for light microscopy (LM) and the other for electron microscopy (EM). The halves used for EM were cut into blocks approximately 1×3 mm. The tissue blocks were prepared for ultra-thin sectioning and transmission EM. The tissue was oriented so as to section through the epiphyseal growth plate from the zone of proliferating cartilage on down through the hypertrophic zone and into the initial trabecular bone. Sections were studied stained (double heavy metal) and unstained.

Effects of cyclophosphamide on the femural epiphyseal growth plate in young Sprague-Dawley rats

2002 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oded Zilberman ◽  
Margareta Näsman ◽  
Carl-Magnus Forsberg ◽  
Sven Lindskog
Keyword(s):  
Growth Plate ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Epiphyseal Growth Plate ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats

Weight loading young chicks inhibits bone elongation and promotes growth plate ossification and vascularization

2005 ◽  
Vol 98 (6) ◽  
pp. 2381-2389 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Reich ◽  
N. Jaffe ◽  
A. Tong ◽  
I. Lavelin ◽  
O. Genina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Growth Plate ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Mechanical Strain ◽  
Cell Counting ◽  
Mechanical Stimuli ◽  
Growth Plates ◽  
Average Width ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Weight Loading

The mechanical stimuli resulting from weight loading play an important role in mature bone remodeling. However, the effect of weight loading on the developmental process in young bones is less well understood. In this work, chicks were loaded with bags weighing 10% of their body weight during their rapid growth phase. The increased load reduced the length and diameter of the long bones. The average width of the bag-loaded group's growth plates was 75 ± 4% that of the controls, and the plates showed increased mineralization. Northern blot analysis, in situ hybridization, and longitudinal cell counting of mechanically loaded growth plates showed narrowed expression zones of collagen types II and X compared with controls, with no differences between the relative proportions of those areas. An increase in osteopontin (OPN) expression with loading was most pronounced at the bone-cartilage interface. This extended expression overlapped with tartarate-resistant acid phosphatase staining and with the front of the mineralized matrix in the chondro-osseous junction. Moreover, weight loading enhanced the penetration of blood vessels into the growth plates and enhanced the gene expression of the matrix metalloproteinases MMP9 and MMP13 in those growth plates. On the basis of these results, we speculate that the mechanical strain on the chondrocytes in the growth plate causes overexpression of OPN, MMP9, and MMP13. The MMPs enable penetration of the blood vessels, which carry osteoclasts and osteoblasts. OPN recruits the osteoclasts to the cartilage-bone border, thus accelerating cartilage resorption in this zone and subsequent ossification which, in turn, contributes to the observed phenotype of narrower growth plate and shorter bones.

Ultrastructure of the rat epiphyseal growth plate following chronic ethanol ingestion

1981 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 381-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Fallon ◽  
Daniel T. Baran ◽  
R. Bruce Craig ◽  
Steven L. Teitelbaum
Keyword(s):  
Growth Plate ◽  
Chronic Ethanol ◽  
Ethanol Ingestion ◽  
Epiphyseal Growth Plate

scholarly journals Effects of bisphosphonates on different zones of the epiphyseal growth plate of rats

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. e518101422159
Author(s):  
Deise Ponzoni ◽  
Elissa Kerli Fernandes ◽  
Mateus Muller da Silva ◽  
Izabel Cristina Custódio de Souza ◽  
John Kim Neubert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Plate ◽  
Histological Analysis ◽  
Skeletal Development ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Epiphyseal Growth Plate ◽  
Alendronate Sodium ◽  
Proliferative Zone ◽  
Clinical Disorders ◽  
Plate Cell

Bisphosphonates (BIS) are indicated for several clinical disorders (e.g., osteoporosis). However, BIS has been associated with osteonecrosis and alterations in osteoclastogenesis and skeletal development. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of BIS (zoledronic acid - ZA and alendronate sodium - AS) on zones of the growth plate of rat femur. Animals (Wistar rats, n = 19) were divided into groups: 1) AS Group: animals received alendronate sodium orally (3 mg/kg per day); 2) ZA Group: ZA was administered intraperitoneally (0.2 mg/kg per week); and 3) Control Group (CG): a vehicle was administered. Animals were euthanized 21 days after the treatment, and femurs were collected for histological analysis. The images of all zones (resting, proliferative, hypertrophic, and calcified) were processed by the Qcapture® software providing a 40 and 400-fold increase.  ZA decreased epiphyseal growth plate cell zones (ZA Group vs. CG) in most cases. Likewise, AS diminished the proliferative zone (AS Group vs. CG). Furthermore, ZA increased the calcified zone (ZA Group vs. CG). Previous works demonstrated that BIS decrease the epiphyseal disc. This reduction is probably due to the shortening of the cellular zones that undergoes calcification/ossification. The present results suggest that BIS should be carefully indicated because these drugs might accelerate epiphyseal closure.

scholarly journals Ultrastructural localization of the C-propeptide released from type II procollagen in fetal bovine growth plate cartilage.

1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 433-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
E R Lee ◽  
C E Smith ◽  
R Poole
Keyword(s):  
Growth Plate ◽  
Ultrastructural Localization ◽  
Collagen Fibrils ◽  
Type Ii ◽  
Guanidinium Hydrochloride ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Fetal Bovine ◽  
Mineralized Matrix

We used immunochemical and immunoelectron gold techniques to determine whether the C-propeptide previously identified in the matrix of endochondral cartilage (CPII) was still a part of the Type 11 procollagen molecule or had been released from it. Guanidinium hydrochloride extraction, followed by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting techniques and immunoelectron localization, revealed that predominantly only the released form (hereafter referred to as released CPII) was detected. The ultrastructural distribution of this CPII was examined with affinity-purified antibodies and with immunogold or immunoperoxidase localization techniques in the presence or absence of embedding resins. These methods yielded similar results. Although no significant amount of this CPII was retained in the matrix after guanidinium hydrochloride extraction, it was present in two recognizable sites under normal conditions, i.e., locally concentrated in a random association with collagen fibrils in the nonmineralized matrix and mainly concentrated in interfibrillar mineralizing sites in the mineralized matrix. These results suggest that the C-propeptide that has been released from Type II procollagen associates with collagen fibrils and then preferentially associates with mineralizing sites when these form in the endochondral cartilage. The significance of this preference for mineral is not known but may have something to do with its high affinity for hydroxyapatite.

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