Connective Tissue Formation in Wound Healing - E-thesis
Connective Tissue Formation in Wound Healing - E-thesis
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Pro α1(V)<br />
260 kD<br />
Pro α2(V)<br />
180 kD<br />
SP<br />
PA R P<br />
BMP-1<br />
Cys<br />
TH2<br />
C y s<br />
SP<br />
NC<br />
NC<br />
TH2<br />
Figure 6. Type V collagen prote<strong>in</strong> structure. Human pro-α3(V) collagen cha<strong>in</strong> has the same overall N-term<strong>in</strong>al<br />
structure with PARP doma<strong>in</strong> as pro-α1 cha<strong>in</strong> (83). TH = triple helix, Cys = cyste<strong>in</strong>e-rich doma<strong>in</strong>, PARP = prol<strong>in</strong>e<br />
and arg<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>e rich peptide, SP = signal peptide, NC = non collagen. Modified from (Unsöld et al., 2002) (174).<br />
such heterotrimers onto the surface of type I collagen conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g fibrils would allow then α-<br />
propeptide to project from the surface of the fibrils (176). With<strong>in</strong> type I/V heterotypic collagen<br />
fibrils, the entire of the triple-helical doma<strong>in</strong> of each type V collagen molecule lies with<strong>in</strong> a<br />
shell of type I collagen molecules (167). Type V collagen cha<strong>in</strong>s also form heterotypic<br />
molecules with type XI collagen cha<strong>in</strong>s (177).<br />
An anchor<strong>in</strong>g function between basement membranes and stromal matrix has been proposed<br />
for type V collagen based on the localization of type V collagen as th<strong>in</strong> fibrils between the<br />
basement membrane and the matrix (178, 179). An <strong>in</strong>teraction between cells and type V<br />
collagen was observed by the requirement of type V collagen syn<strong>thesis</strong> for epithelial cell<br />
migration (180). Smooth muscle cells preferentially b<strong>in</strong>d to type V collagen while endothelial<br />
cells only transiently attach to type V collagen (181, 182). The adhesion and anchor<strong>in</strong>g can<br />
happen by both Arg-Asp-Gly (RDG) sequence-dependent and –<strong>in</strong>dependent manner,<br />
depend<strong>in</strong>g on the mediat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>tegr<strong>in</strong>s (183, 184). Type V collagen can also be anti-adhesive<br />
and <strong>in</strong>hibit cell attachment to fibronect<strong>in</strong> (183, 185). In mature tissues type V collagen epitopes<br />
are probably masked and difficult to detect due to the <strong>in</strong>corporation of type V collagen<br />
molecules <strong>in</strong> type I collagen fibrils (175).<br />
The susceptibility of type V collagen for degradation by matrix metalloprote<strong>in</strong>ases (MMP)<br />
differ from that of collagen types I, II, and III. Both MMP-2 and MMP-9 can cleave the triplehelical<br />
doma<strong>in</strong> of type V collagen but not those of type I collagen (186). Type V collagen is<br />
also susceptible to tryps<strong>in</strong> and thromb<strong>in</strong> digestion (169, 187). The resistance of type V collagen<br />
to collagenase digestion that can occur dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>flammation can prevent its rapid degradation<br />
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TH1<br />
TH1<br />
Fur<strong>in</strong><br />
BMP-1<br />
C-pro<br />
C-pro