From Matrix Vesicles to Miniature Rocks: Evolution of Calcium Deposits in Calf Costochondral Junctions

Cartilage
Jakub JaroszewiczStanisław Moskalewski

Abstract

Initial stages of cartilage matrix calcification depend on the activity of matrix vesicles. The purpose of the study was to describe how calcified matrix vesicles join into larger structures, to present their up-to-date undescribed 3-dimensional image, and to observe how calcified matrix relates to chondrocyte lacunae. Calcified cartilage was obtained from the zone of provisional calcification of calf costochondral junctions, then enzymatically isolated and studied by microtomography, scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Hyaluronidase digestion released packets of granules surrounded by the cartilage matrix. Further digestion, with collagenase and trypsin, removed matrix and exposed granules with dimensions within 50 to 150 nm range, which we consider as equivalent of calcified matrix vesicles. Granules joined into larger groups with dimensions of 0.5 to 2 μm, which we call globular units. Certain matrix vesicles appeared well connected but contained globular units that had spaces filled with electron lucent material, presumably matrix or chondrocyte remnants. Globular units were organized into massive structures taking the shape of oval plates...Continue Reading

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