Modulation of chondrocyte production of extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate
| Autor: | Lawrence M. Ryan, Jill C Costello |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Calcium Phosphates
Cartilage Articular chemistry.chemical_element Chondrocalcinosis Calcium Calcium Pyrophosphate Chondrocyte Chondrocytes Rheumatology Inorganic pyrophosphate Synovial Fluid medicine Extracellular Humans Pyrophosphatases Pathologic mineralization Transglutaminases Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases business.industry Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate Diphosphates medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry Biochemistry Biophysics Crystallization Extracellular Space business |
| Zdroj: | Current Opinion in Rheumatology. 16:268-272 |
| ISSN: | 1040-8711 |
| Popis: | Extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate (ePPi) both inhibits and promotes different forms of pathologic mineralization. Basic calcium phosphate (BCP) deposition results from depressed levels of ePPi while excess levels of ePPi leads to calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition (CPPD) disease. These crystals are also often identified in patients with osteoarthritis, the most prevalent form of arthritis causing significant morbidity.The two primary hypotheses for generation of ePPi, export of inorganic pyrophosphate through the multipass transmembrane protein ANK and generation of ePPi by ectoenzyme activity, continue to be supported and better understood through animal models and study of families with CPPD deposition disease.As the pathophysiology of crystal formation in both articular cartilage and synovial fluid is better understood, the opportunity for prevention and treatment of pathologic mineralization increases. In particular, a more complex understanding of the ank gene, ectoenzyme PC-1, and the transglutaminase enzyme family may eventually translate into therapeutic application for both BCP deposition and CPPD deposition disease. |
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