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Transduction mechanisms of porcine chondrocyte inorganic pyrophosphate elaboration
L M Ryan1, I V Kurup, H S Cheung
1University of Miami School of Medicine, and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Florida, USA.
Objective:
To investigate cellular signaling mechanisms that influence chondrocyte production of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), which promotes calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal deposition.
Methods:
Articular chondrocyte and cartilage cultures were stimulated with protein kinase C (PKC) activator and adenyl cyclase activator. Generation of extracellular PPi was measured.
Results:
Adenyl cyclase activation resulted in diminished pyrophosphate generation. PKC activation stimulated pyrophosphate elaboration.
Conclusion:
Two signaling pathways, cAMP and PKC, modulate generation of extracellular pyrophosphate by cartilage and chondrocytes. They are novel targets for potentially diminishing extracellular pyrophosphate elaboration that leads to CPPD crystal deposition.
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