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Morphological characterization of tendon development during chick embryogenesis: measurement of birefringence retardation
Authors:Daniel J McBride  Rita A Hahn  Frederick H Silver
Institution:Biomaterials Center, Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Abstract:Morphological observations and physical measurement of (I) birefringence retardation, (2) mean fibre profile width, and (3) cell volume fraction were used to characterize chick hind limb extensor tendon development. Observations were made at days 7, 10, 14 and 17 embryologic and 1-1.5 post-hatching. Microanatomical observations illustrated a sequential development of tendon microanatomy consisting of (1) a uniaxial cellular framework with discontinuous collagen fibril bundles present in day 7 embryos; (2) a continuous network of birefringent collagen fibres, and early evidence of tendon fasciculation and crimp development by embryonic day 10; and (3) completion of the basic cytoarchitecture of tendon observed at day 14 of embryogenesis. These observations suggest that collagen deposition in tendon involves first a longitudinal and then a lateral organization of tendon fibroblasts. Associated with the progressive anatomical development of tendon was an increase in birefringence retardation, mean collagen fibre profile width, and a decrease in the cell volume fraction. Birefringence retardation per unit thickness, however, did not change. This suggested that the fibril packing density of the fibres remained constant, although the fibres were observed to increase in size. These results indicate that collagen fibrillogenesis in vivo can be quantitatively studied by measurement of the birefringence retardation using polarized light.
Keywords:Proteins  tendon development  collagen fibrillogenesis  birefringence retardation  fascicle  chick embryo
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