Replica immunoelectron microscopic study of the upper surface layer in rat mandibular condylar cartilage by a quick-freezing method

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-259

  Zea Aragon, Zagreb ^a   Terada, Nobuo ^a   Ohno, Nobuhiko ^a   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^a   Baba, Takeshi ^a   Yoshida, Masayuki ^a   Ohtsuki, Kayoko ^a   Ohnishi, Masatoshi ^a   Ohno, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Fibronectin; Hyaluronic acid; Temporomandibular joint; Upper surface layer

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; COLLAGENASE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FIBRONECTIN; HYALURONIC ACID; ISOPENTANE; PROPANE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE; FREEZING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; FIBRONECTINS; FREEZE FRACTURING; HYALURONIC ACID; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 1842737470     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-004-0634-8     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. De Bont LG, Liem RS, Boering G (1985) Ultrastructure of the articular cartilage of the mandibular condyle: aging and degeneration. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 6:631-641
2. Dijkgraaf LC, De Bont LG, Boering G, Liem RS (1995) Normal cartilage structure, biochemistry and metabolism: a review of the literature. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 53:924-929
3. Fujimoto K (1995) Freeze-fracture replica electron microscopy combined with SDS digestion for cytochemical labeling of integral membrane proteins: application to the immunogold labeling of intercellular junctional complexes. J Cell Sci 108:3443-3450
4. Guarda-Nardini L, Tito R, Staffiere A, Beltrame A (2002) Treatment of patients with arthrosis of the temporomandibular joint by infiltration of sodium hyaluronate: a preliminary study. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 259:279-284
5. Hills BA (1989) Oligolamellar lubrication of joints by surface-active phospholipid. J Rheumatol 16:82-91
6. Leng CG, Yu Y, Ueda H, Terada N, Fujii Y, Ohno S (1998) The ultrastructure of anionic sites in rat articular cartilage as revealed by different preparation methods and polyethyleneimine staining. Histochem J 30:253-261
7. Mankin HJ, Radin E (1989) Structure and function of joints. In: McCarty DJ (ed) Arthritis and allied conditions: a text-book of rheumatology, edn 11. Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, pp 189-206
8. Marshall KW (2000) Intra-articular hyaluronan therapy. Curr Opin Rheumatol 12:468-474
9. Schwarz IM, Hills BA (1998) Surface-active phospholipid as the lubricating component of lubricin. Br J Rheumatol 37:21-26
10. Swann DA, Hendren RB, Radin EL, Sotman SL, Duda EA (1981) The lubricating activity of synovial fluid glycoproteins. Arthritis Rheum 24:22-30
11. Takayama I, Terada N, Baba T, Ueda H, Kato Y, Fujii Y, Ohno S (1999) "In vivo cryotechnique" in combination with replica immunoelectron microscopy for caveolin in smooth muscle cells. Histochem Cell Biol 112:443-445
12. Toriumi H, Nakagawa H, Ueda H, Leng C-G, Fujii Y, Ohno S (1996) Proteoglycans in articular cartilage revealed with a quick-freezing and deep-etching method. Ann Rheum Dis 55:466-474
13. Watanabe M, Leng C-G, Toriumi H, Hamada Y, Akamatsu N, Ohno S (2000) Ultrastructural study of upper surface layer in rat articular cartilage by "in vivo cryotechnique" combined with various treatments. Med Electron Microsc 33:16-24
14. Zea-Aragon Z, Ohtsuki K, Ohnishi M, Ohno S (2004) Immunohistochemical study of upper surface layer in rat mandibular condylar cartilage. Histol Histopathol 19:29-36