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Time-Dependent Resolution of Collagen Deposition During Skin Repair in Rats: A Correlative Morphological and Biochemical Study
2015; Oxford University Press; Volume: 21; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s1431927615015366
ISSN1435-8115
AutoresRômulo Dias Novaes, Marli C. Cupertino, Mariáurea Matias Sarandy, A Cedro Souza, Evelise Aline Soares, Reggiani Vilela Gonçalves,
Tópico(s)Dermatologic Treatments and Research
ResumoSkin samples were used to compare microscopy methods used to quantify collagen with potential applicability to resolve time-dependent collagen deposition during skin wound healing in rats. Skin wounds by secondary intention were made in rats and tissue fragments were collected every 7 days for 21 days. Collagen content determined by biochemical analysis was compared with collagen measured by point counting (PC) on histological skin sections stained by Gomori's trichrome method (Trichrome/PC), Sirius red under polarized light (PL) microscopy (Sirius red/PL-PC), and computational color segmentation (CS) applied to sections stained with Sirius red (Sirius red/PL-CS). All microscopy methods investigated resolved the time-dependent dynamics of collagen deposition in scar tissue during skin wound healing in rats. Collagen content measured by Sirius red/PL-PC and Sirius red/PL-CS was significantly lower when compared with Trichrome/PC. The Trichrome/PC method provided overestimated values of collagen compared with biochemical analysis. In the early stages of wound healing, which shows high production of noncollagenous molecules, Sirius red/PL-CS and Sirius red/PL-PC methods were more suitable for quantification of collagen fibers. Trichrome staining did not allow clear separation between collagenous and noncollagenous elements in skin samples, introducing a marked bias in collagen quantification.
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