Interest in studying neonatal development and the improved healing response observed in neonates is increasing, with the goal of using this work to create better therapeutics for tendon injury. Decorin and biglycan are two small leucine-rich proteoglycans that play important roles in collagen fibrillogenesis to develop, maintain, and repair tendon structure. However, little is known about the roles of decorin and biglycan in early neonatal development and healing. The goal of this study was to determine the effects of decorin and biglycan knockdown on Achilles tendon structure and mechanics during neonatal development and recovery of these properties after injury of the neonatal tendon. We hypothesized that knockdown of decorin and biglycan would disrupt the neonatal tendon developmental process and produce tendons with impaired mechanical and structural properties. We found that knockdown of decorin and biglycan in an inducible, compound decorin/biglycan knockdown model, both during development and after injury, in neonatal mice produced tendons with reduced mechanical properties. Additionally, the collagen fibril microstructure resembled an immature tendon with a large population of small diameter fibrils and an absence of larger diameter fibrils. Overall, this study demonstrates the importance of decorin and biglycan in facilitating tendon growth and maturation during neonatal development.
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