The distribution of extracellular matrix vesicles in healing of rat tibial bone three days after intramedullary injury |
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Authors: | D Amir Z Schwartz H Weinberg J Sela |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hadassah University Hospital and Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel;(2) Department of Periodontology, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel;(3) Department of Oral Pathology, Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel |
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Abstract: | Summary The distribution of extracellular matrix vesicles on the third day of bone healing was studied by morphometric analysis of transmission electron micrographs. Detection and grouping of the vesicles was performed according to type, diameter, and distance from the calcified front. The different types were selected as follows: vesicles with electron-lucent contents ( empty ), vesicles with amorphous electron-opaque contents ( amorphic ), vesicles containing crystalline depositions ( crystal ), and vesicles containing crystalline structures with ruptured membranes ( rupture ). The majority of vesicles were between 0.07 µm and 0.12 m in diameter and were located at less than 3 m from the calcified front. The distribution of the empty , amorphic , crystal , and rupture vesicles was 23.2%, 74%, 2.5%, and 0.3% respectively. Their sequence of arrangement according to diameter was as follows: empty , amorphic , crystal , and rupture , the empty vesicles constituting the smallest and the rupture the largest type. Distances from the calcified front were similar for the empty , amorphic , and crystal vesicles, while the rupture type was located nearest to the front. The present observations support the widely acknowledged hypothesis on the role of extracellular matrix vesicles in mineralization. It is thought that the secretion of empty vesicles from the cell is followed by intravscular accumulation of amorphous Ca and Pi to form a hydroxyapatite crystal that, in turn, ruptures the vesicle's membrane. The maturation process is accompanied by an increase of the vesicular diameter and its approximation to the calcifying front. |
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