Abstract
The biomechanical, biochemical, and morphological properties of the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments are dramatically altered in response to deprivation of normal physical forces and joint motion. Integrin adhesion receptors are known to play important roles in the tissue remodeling that occurs in the course of normal wound repair. We propose that integrins play a similar role in the remodeling of the extracellular matrix in stress-deprived periarticular ligaments. This study tests the hypothesis that altered expression of integrins on ligament fibroblasts accompanies this remodeling. The left knees of 15 New Zealand White rabbits were surgically immobilized in acute flexion and the right knees served as controls (no operation). The anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments were harvested at 1, 3, 5, 9, or 12 weeks after immobilization. Sections from the ligaments were immunostained with monoclonal antibodies specific for the integrin subunits beta 1, alpha 5, alpha 6, and alpha v, as well as with a negative control antibody. Fibroblasts within both the stress-deprived anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments demonstrated markedly increased staining for the beta 1, alpha 5, and alpha v subunits...Continue Reading
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