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Mechanical Implications of the Domain Structure of Fiber-Forming Collagens: Comparison of the Molecular and Fibrillar Flexibilities of the α1-Chains Found in Types I–III Collagen

✍ Scribed by FREDERICK H. SILVER; ISTVAN HORVATH; DAVID J. FORAN

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
405 KB
Volume
216
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-5193

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✦ Synopsis

Fibrillar collagens store, transmit and dissipate elastic energy during tensile deformation. Results of previous studies suggest that the collagen molecule is made up of alternating rigid and flexible domains, and extension of the flexible domains is associated with elastic energy storage. In this study, we model the flexibility of the a1-chains found in types I-III collagen molecules and microfibrils in order to understand the molecular basis of elastic energy storage in collagen fibers by analysing the areas under conformational plots for dipeptide sequences. Results of stereochemical modeling suggest that the collagen triple helix is made up of rigid and flexible domains that alternate with periods that are multiples of three amino acid residues. The relative flexibility of dipeptide sequences found in the flexible regions is about a factor of five higher than that found for the flexibility of the rigid regions, and the flexibility of types II and III collagen molecules appears to be higher than that found for the type I collagen molecule. The different collagen a1-chains were compared by correlating the flexibilities. The results suggest that the flexibilities of the a1-chains of types I and III collagen are more closely related than the flexibilities of the a1-chains in types I and II and II and III collagen. The flexible domains found in the a1-chains of types I-III collagen were found to be conserved in the microfibril and had periods of about 15 amino acid residues and multiples thereof. The flexibility profiles of types I and II collagen microfibrils were found to be more highly correlated than those for types I and III and II and III. These results suggest that the domain structure of the a1-chains found in types I-III collagen is an efficient means for storage of elastic energy during stretching while preserving the triple helical structure of the overall molecule. It is proposed that all collagens that form fibers are designed to act as storage elements for elastic energy. The function of fibers rich in type I collagen is to store and then transmit this energy while fibers rich in types II and III collagen may store and then reflect elastic energy for dissipation through viscous fibrillar slippage. Impaired elastic energy storage by extracellular matrices may lead to cellular damage and changes in signaling by mechanochemical transduction at the extracellular matrix-cell interface.

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