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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI106021

Demonstration of macromolecular inhibitor(s) of calcification and nucleational factor(s) in fluid from calcifying sites in cartilage

David S. Howell, Julio C. Pita, Juan F. Marquez, and Robert A. Gatter

Arthritis Division, Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Hospital, Miami, Florida 33152

Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102

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Arthritis Division, Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Hospital, Miami, Florida 33152

Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102

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Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102

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Published April 1, 1969 - More info

Published in Volume 48, Issue 4 on April 1, 1969
J Clin Invest. 1969;48(4):630–641. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI106021.
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An extracellular fluid phase (Cf1), aspirated by micropuncture techniques from the hypertrophic cell zone of calcifying epiphyseal certilage, has been characterized in a calcifying system in vitro in respect to the behavior of sedimenting and supernatant fractions after high speed ultracentrifugation. To perform these tests on the starting samples of 20 nl of Cf1, macroscopic analytical methods were scaled down for the identification of relevant organic components, including hexuronic acid and proteinpolysaccharides (PPL). The mineral accretion system was designed to simulate physiologic conditions in the calcifying cartilage septa of normal rats, and the mineral used for seeding was an immature calcium phosphate similar to native cartilage mineral. Normal Cf1 or its dilutions in synthetic lymph up to 1:4 completely prevented mineral accretion in vitro. The inhibitory action was localized to the sedimented fractions after ultracentrifugation and could be destroyed by incubation with trypsin or hyaluronidase. The sediment of Cf1 contained 2 mg of hexuronic acid per ml of Cf1 and gave a strong reaction of identification for a light fraction of PPL by fluorescent antibodies to rat PPL. PPL fractions were tested in the same mineral accretion systems as Cf1 and exhibited responses similar to those of Cf1. Also, there was evidence of a mineral phase in Cf1 of normal rats, in Cf1 of rats with healing rickets, but not in Cf1 of untreated rachitic rats. These results are interpreted to indicate that certain PPLs function as an inhibitor of crystal growth at extracellular sites premonitory to calcification. Evidence for a low density inhibitor of mineral accretion was found in normal serum but not in Cf1.

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