Collagen type I amide I band infrared spectroscopy |
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Authors: | Vidal Benedicto de Campos Mello Maria Luiza S |
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Institution: | Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 13083-863 Campinas (SP), Brazil. camposvi@unicamp.br |
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Abstract: | Collagen fiber structure and organization have been found to vary in different tendon types. Differences have been reported in the FT-IR spectra of the amide I band of collagen-containing structures. In the present study, the FT-IR spectral characteristics of the amide I band of the bovine flexor tendon and the extended rat tail tendon were compared by using the diamond attenuated total reflectance technique. The objective was to associate FT-IR spectral characteristics in tendons with their different collagen fiber supraorganization and biomechanical properties. Nylon 6 and poly-L-lysine were used as polyamide models. Each of these materials was found to exhibit molecular order and crystallinity, as revealed by their birefringence. The following FT-IR parameters were evaluated: amide I band profile, absorption peaks and areas, and the 1655 cm?1/1690 cm?1 absorbance ratio. The amide I area and the 1655 cm?1/1690 cm?1 absorbance ratio were significantly higher for the bovine flexor tendon, indicating that its collagen fibers are richer in pyridinoline-type cross-linking, proline and/or hydroxyproline and H-bonding, and that these fibers are more packed and supraorganizationally ordered than those in the rat tail tendon. This conclusion is additionally supported by differences in collagen solubility and biochemical/biomechanical properties of the tendons. |
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