Cellular heterogeneity and insulin-like growth factor I immunoreactivity among epiphysial growth plate chondrocytes in the pig

Acta Anatomica
M R Simon, P S Cooke

Abstract

The localization of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I, also called somatomedin C) production in porcine epiphysial growth plates of the distal humerus was studied by immunohistochemistry. Counterstaining with Alcian blue-van Gieson demonstrated two cell types (blue and red cells) in the germinal (reserve), proliferating and hypertrophic zones; only those chondrocytes of the proliferative and hypertrophic zones that stained red were also immunoreactive to the antibody to IGF-I. The results indicate that there exists a functional heterogeneity among the chondrocytes of both the proliferative and hypertrophic zones of growth cartilage and that IGF-I is locally produced in only the red cells of these zones. Because the red cells of the germinal zone were not immunoreactive, the results suggest that the red cells of the germinal zone and the red cells of the proliferative and hypertrophic zones are also functionally distinct.

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