Type III collagen, a fibril network modifier in articular cartilage.
The collagen framework of hyaline cartilages, including articular cartilage, consists largely of type II collagen that matures from a cross-linked heteropolymeric fibril template of types II, IX, and XI collagens. In the articular cartilages of adult joints, type III collagen makes an appearance in varying amounts superimposed on the original collagen fibril network. In a study to understand better the structural role of type III collagen in cartilage, we find that type III collagen molecules with unprocessed N-propeptides are present in the extracellular matrix of adult human and bovine articular cartilages as covalently cross-linked polymers extensively cross-linked to type II collagen. Cross-link analyses revealed that telopeptides from both N and C termini of type III collagen were linked in the tissue to helical cross-linking sites in type II collagen. Reciprocally, telopeptides from type II collagen were recovered cross-linked to helical sites in type III collagen. Cross-linked peptides were also identified in which a trifunctional pyridinoline linked both an alpha1(II) and an alpha1(III) telopeptide to the alpha1(III) helix. This can only have arisen from a cross-link between three different collagen molecules, types II and III in register staggered by 4D from another type III molecule. Type III collagen is known to be prominent at sites of healing and repair in skin and other tissues. The present findings emphasize the role of type III collagen, which is synthesized in mature articular cartilage, as a covalent modifier that may add cohesion to a weakened, existing collagen type II fibril network as part of a chondrocyte healing response to matrix damage.
Wu
Jiann-Jiu
JJ
Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
Weis
Mary Ann
MA
Kim
Lammy S
LS
Eyre
David R
DR
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002356:Cartilage / Q000378:metabolism; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D024061:Collagen Type III / Q000378:metabolism*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D014357:Trypsin / Q000737:chemistry
D024061:Collagen Type III; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D010455:Peptides; D011108:Polymers; D014357:Trypsin
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