Variation in articular cartilage in rats between 3 and 32 months old. A histomorphometric and scanning electron microscopy study

Biogerontology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-352

  Oda, Juliano Yasuo ^a   Liberti, Edson Aparecido ^b   Maifrino, Laura Beatriz Mesiano ^c,d   de Souza, Romeu Rodrigues ^d  

^a PARANAENSE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^d SÃO JUDAS TADEU UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age variations; Articular cartilage zones; Femoral trochlea; Morphometry; Rat; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL SIZE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE II; COLLAGEN TYPE III; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 34248190791     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-006-9076-0     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Adams CS, Horton WE Jr (1998) Chondrocyte apoptosis increases with age in the articular cartilage of adult animals. Anat Rec 250:418-425
2. Athanasiou KA, Zhu CF, Wang X, Agrawaic CM (2000) Effects of aging and dietary restriction on the structural integrity of rat articular cartilage. Ann Biomed Eng 28:143-149 143-149
3. Barnett CH, Cochrane W, Palfrey AJ (1963) Age changes in articular cartilage of rabbits. Ann Rheum Dis 22:389-399
4. Bloebaum RD, Radley KM (1995) Three-dimensional surface analysis of young adult human articular cartilage. J Anat 187:293-301
5. Castaño Oreja MT, Rodriguez MQ, Abelleira AC, Garcia MAG, Garcia MAS, Barreiro FJJ (1995) Variation in articular cartilage in rabbits between weeks six and eight. Anat Rec 241:34-38
6. Corvol MT (2000) The chondrocyte: From cell aging to osteoarthritis. Joint Bone Spine 67:557-560
7. Gilmore RSC, Palfrey AJ (1987) A histological study of femoral condylar articular cartilage. J Anat 155:77-85
8. Gilmore RSC, Palfrey AJ (1988) Chondrocyte distribution in the articular cartilage of human femoral condyles. J Anat 157:23-31
9. Gyarmati J, Foldes I, Kern M, Kiss I (1987) Morphological studies on the articular cartilage of old rats. Acta Morphol Hung 35(3):111-124
10. Huldelmayer M, Glaser C, Englmeier K-H, Reiser M, Putz R, Eckstein F (2001) Age-related changes in the morphology on deformational behaviour of knee joint cartilage. Arthritis Rheum 44(11):2556-2561
11. Igarashi M, Hayashi Y (1980) Aging of in vivo cartilage cell. Adv Exp Med Biol 129:111-122
12. Junqueira LCU, Cossermelli W, Brentani R (1978) Differential staining of collagens type I, II and III by Sirius red and polarization microscopy. Arch Histol Jpn 41(3):267-274
13. Junqueira LC, Bignolas G, Brentani RR (1979) Picrosirius staining plus polarization microscopy, a specific method for collagen detection in tissue sections. Histochem J 11:447-455
14. Karvonen RL, Negendank WG, Teitge RA, Reed AH, Miller PR, Fernandez-Madrid F (1994) Factors affecting articular cartilage thickness in osteoarthritis and aging. J Rheum 21(7):1310-1318
15. Kiviranta I, Tammi M, Jurvelin J, Säämanen AM, Helminen HJ (1984) Fixation, decalcification, and tissue processing effects on articular cartilage proteoglycans. Histochemistry 80:569-573
16. Kiviranta I, Jurvelin J, Tammi M, Säämanen AM, Helminen HJ (1985) Microspectrophotometric quantitation of glycosaminoglycans in articular cartilage sections stained with safranin O. Histochemistry 82:249-255
17. Loeser FRO (2000) Aging and the etiopathogenesis and treatment of osteoarthritis. Rheum Dis Clin North Am 26(3):547-567
18. Lothe K, Spycher MA, Ruttner JR (1979) Human articular cartilage in relation to age: A morphometric study. Exp Cell Biol 47:22-28
19. 4) in vitro. Ann Rheum Dis 21:45-50
20. Meachim G, Ghadially FN, Collins DH (1965) Regressive changes in the superficial layer of human cartilage. Ann Rheum Dis 24:23-30
21. Mobasheri A (2002) Role of chondrocytes death and hypocellularity in aging human articular cartilage and the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. Med Hypotheses 58(3):193-197
22. Paukkonen K, Helminen HJ (1987) Rough endoplasmic reticulum and fine intracytoplasmatic filaments in articular cartilage chondrocytes of young rabbits: A stereological morphometric study using transmission electron microscopy. J Anat 152:47-54
23. Roughley PJ (2001) Age-associated changes in cartilage matrix'implications for tissue repair. Clin Orthop Relat Res 391S:S153-S160
24. Roth V, Mow VC (1980) The intrinsic tensile behaviour of bovine articular cartilage and its variation with age. J Bone Joint Surg 62(7):1102-1117
25. Stockwell RA (1967) The cell density of human articular and costal cartilage. J Anat 101:753-763
26. Silbermann M, Livne E (1979) Age-related degenerative changes in the mouse mandibular joint. J Anat 129(3):507-520
27. Vignon E, Arlot M, Patricot LM, Vignon G (1976) The cell density of human femoral head cartilage. Clin Orthop 121:303-308
28. Volpi M, Katz EP (1991) On the adaptive structures of the collagen fibrils of bone and cartilage. J Biomech 24(1):67-77