The subfibrillar arrangement of corneal and scleral collagen fibrils as revealed by scanning electron and atomic force microscopy

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-135

  Yamamoto, Susumu ^a   Hashizume, Hiroya ^a   Hitomi, Jiro ^a   Shigeno, Masatsugu ^b   Sawaguchi, Shoichi ^c   Abe, Haruki ^a   Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATTLE; CORNEA; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCLERA;

EID: 0033910740     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.63.127     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. BIRK, D. R. and M. A. LANDE: Corneal and scierai collagen fiber formation in vitro. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 670: 362-369 (1981).
2. FULLWOOD, N. J., A. HAMMICHE, H. M. POLLOCK, D. J. HOURSTON and M. SONG: Atomic force microscopy of the cornea and sciera. Curr. Eye. Res. 14: 529-535 (1995).
3. HASHIZUME, H., J. HITOMI and T. USHIKI: Growth of collagen fibrils produced by human osteosarcoina cell: high-resolution scanning electron microscopy. Arch. Histol. Cytol. 62: 327-336 (1999).
4. KOMAI, Y. and T. USHIKI: The three-dimensional organization of collagen fibrils in the human cornea and sciera. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 32: 2244-2258 (1991).
5. LEONARDI, L., A. RUGGERI, N. ROVERI, A. BIGI and E. REALE: Light microscopy, electron microscopy, and X-ray diffraction analysis of glycerinated collagen fibers. J. Ultrastr. Res. 85: 228-237 (1983).
6. LILLIE, J. H., D. K. MACCALLUM, L. J. SCALETTA and J. C. OCCHINO: Collagen structure: Evidence for a helical organization of the collagen fibril. J. Ultrastr. Res. 58: 134-143 (1977).
7. 2-terminal domain, a putative regulator of corneal fibrillogenesis. J. Cell. Biol. 121: 1181-1189 (1993).
8. MARCHINI, M., M. MOROCUTTI, A. RUGGERI, M. H. J. KOCH, A. BIGI and N. ROVERI: Differences in the fibril structure of corneal and tendon collagen. An electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction investigation. Conn. Tiss. Res. 15: 269-281 (1986).
9. MELLER, D., K. PETER and K. MELLER: Human cornea and sclera studied by atomic force microscopy. Cell Tiss. Res. 288: 111-118 (1997).
10. OHTANI, O.: The maceration technique in scanning electron microscopy of collagen fiber frameworks: Its application in the study of human livers. Arch. Histol. Cytol. 55, Suppl.: 225-232 (1992).
11. RASPANTI, M., A. ALESSANDRINI, P. GOBBI and A. RUGGERI: Collagen fibril surface: TMAFM, FEG-SEM and freeze-etching observations. Microsc. Res. Tech. 35: 87-93 (1996).
12. RAYNS, D. G.: Collagen from frozen fractured glycerinated beef heart. J. Ultrastr. Res. 48: 59-66 (1974).
13. STOLINSKI, C. and A. S. BREATHNACH: Freeze-fracture replication and surface sublimation of frozen collagen fibrils. J. Cell. Sci. 23: 325-334 (1997).
14. USHIKI, T., J. HITOMI, S. OGURA, T. UMEMOTO and M. SHIGENO: Atomic force microscopy in histology and cytology. Arch. Histol. Cytol. 59: 421-431 (1996).
15. VEIS, A., J. ANASEY and S. MUSSELL: A limiting microfibril model for the three-dimensional arrangement within collagen fibers. Nature 215: 931-934 (1967).
16. YAMABAYASHI, S., S. OHNO, R. N. AGUILAR, T. FURUYA, M. HOSODA and S. TSUKAHARA: Ultrastructural studies of collagen fibers of the cornea and sciera by a quick-freezing and deep-etching method. Ophthalmic. Res. 23: 320-329 (1991).
17. YAMAMOTO, S., J. HITOMI, M. SHIGENO, S. SAWAGUCHI, H. ABE and T. USHIKI: Atomic force microscopic studies of isolated collagen fibrils of the bovine cornea and sciera. Arch. Histol. Cytol. 60: 371-378 (1997).
18. YAMAMOTO, S., J. HITOMI, S. SAWAGUCHI, H. ABE, M. SHIGENO and T. USHIKI: Observation of human corneal and scierai collagen fibrils by atomic force microscopy. J. Jap. Ophthalmol. Soc. 103: 800-805 (1999).