[Role of carbohydrate-protein complexes in the organization of the microstructure of fibrous connective tissue].
Samples of the tendons and fascia subjected to the action of amylolytic and proteolytic enzymes (protorysin, trypsin) were examined by scanning electron microscopy. Degradation of the carbohydrate-protein complexes proved to bring about disappearance of the characteristic morphological signs of the collagen fibers. It was shown that a network of thin anastomosing filaments forming a framework connected with the carbohydrate-protein matrix underlay construction of the collagen fibers. As assumed, the net-like structure was a common principle in the structural organization of fibrous connective tissue.
D000328:Adult; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000502:physiology; D003094:Collagen; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005205:Fascia / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D008875:Middle Aged; D011506:Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D013710:Tendons / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*
D002241:Carbohydrates; D011506:Proteins; D003094:Collagen
Rol' uglevodno-belkovykh kompleksov v organizatsii mikrostruktury voloknistoĭ soedinitel'noĭ tkani.