Development of an ultrathin sheet plastination technique in rat humeral joints with osteoarthritis induced by monosodium iodoacetate for neovascularization study
| Autor: | Carlos Veuthey, Carlos Baptista, Cristian Sandoval, Nicolás Ernesto Ottone, Bélgica Vásquez, Claudia Andrea Vargas, Mariano del Sol |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Cartilage
Articular Materials science Monosodium iodoacetate Neovascularization Physiologic Osteoarthritis Injections Intra-Articular Plastination Rats Sprague-Dawley Neovascularization medicine.artery medicine Animals Thoracic aorta Bone decalcification Cartilage General Medicine Humerus medicine.disease Iodoacetic Acid medicine.anatomical_structure Subchondral bone Joints Anatomy medicine.symptom Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Anatomical Science International. 95:297-303 |
| ISSN: | 1447-073X 1447-6959 |
| Popis: | Injection with monosodium iodoacetate (MIA) is widely used to produce osteoarthritis (OA). Ultrathin sheet plastination has been used to study the morphology of structures, with strong application in anatomical education and research. Our aim was to carry out, for the first time, ultrathin sheet plastination of rat humeral joints to observe the neovascularization provoked by OA. We injected 0.1 mL of MIA into the left humeral joints of ten Sprague-Dawley rats. The right shoulders of the same rats were used as control. Sixteen weeks after the injection, the animals were euthanized and were given an immediate red epoxy resin injection through the thoracic aorta. The samples were fixed in 10% formalin, prior to the plastination process, without decalcification. Samples were dehydrated with acetone (100%) at - 25 °C, for 10 days. Later, for degreasing, samples were immersed in methylene chloride at room temperature during 1 week. Forced impregnation was performed inside a stove within a vacuum chamber. The plastinated blocks obtained were cut with a slow velocity diamond blade saw. Slices were placed in curing chambers to achieve curing and final tissue transparentation. 230 μm thickness slices were obtained. The slices were analyzed under magnifying glass and microscope, achieving visualization of OA neovascularization. The cartilage affected by OA loses its ability to remain avascular, and blood vessels invade it from the subchondral bone to the calcified and uncalcified cartilage. Ultra-thin sheet plastination is useful to observe articular cartilage neovascularization, caused by OA induced with MIA in humeral rat joint. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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