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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-1-15
pubmed:abstractText
Mature rabbit articular cartilage cultures have been used to study the catabolism of aggregating proteoglycan monomers in normal cartilage. During the first 4 days of culture, about 40% of monomers are degraded and lose the ability to bind to hyaluronate. The non-aggregating products (NAgg-PG) have been isolated and compared structurally and immunologically to aggregating monomers (Agg-PG) purified from fresh tissue. The results show that: (1) NAgg-PG are smaller, more heterogeneous in size and have a lower protein/glycosaminoglycan ratio than Agg-PG. (2) NAgg-PG and Agg-PG have a very similar chondroitin sulfate/keratan sulfate ratio. (3) NAgg-PG have 25-50% lower disulfide content than Agg-PG. (4) NAgg-PG have only about 20% of the reactivity of Agg-PG towards a monoclonal antibody (12-20/1-C-6) specific for the hyaluronate binding region of the core protein. These results provide further evidence that proteoglycan catabolism in cartilage explants involves proteolysis of core protein resulting in separation of the hyaluronate binding region from the glycosaminoglycan-rich regions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
931
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
255-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural studies on proteoglycan catabolism in rabbit articular cartilage explant cultures.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence 02902.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't