Fratzl P, Daxer A
Institut für Festkörperphysik der Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria.
Biophys J. 1993 Apr;64(4):1210-4. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(93)81487-5.
X-ray scattering experiments were performed on human corneas during drying. In a first stage the collagen interfibrillar distance decreased considerably. Then, at a critical point of dehydration, a structural transformation of the collagen fibrils was observed. This finding leads to a two-stage drying model, which explains the discrepancy between the collagen fibril diameters determined by x-ray scattering and by electron microscopy. Our results strongly suggest that the collagen fibrils in the corneal stroma are surrounded by a cylindrical coating made mainly of proteoglycans. The coating appears as a three-dimensional fractal network with fractal dimension of 2.7 +/- 0.1.
在干燥过程中对人角膜进行了X射线散射实验。在第一阶段,胶原纤维间距离显著减小。然后,在脱水的临界点,观察到胶原纤维的结构转变。这一发现导致了一个两阶段干燥模型,该模型解释了通过X射线散射和电子显微镜测定的胶原纤维直径之间的差异。我们的结果强烈表明,角膜基质中的胶原纤维被主要由蛋白聚糖组成的圆柱形涂层所包围。该涂层呈现为分形维数为2.7±0.1的三维分形网络。