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Abstract
Proteoglycans are recognized to inhibit calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystal formation but the mechanisms are not known. To study the role of carboxylate (-CO2-) ligands, the possible inhibitor effects of sodium acetate, sodium D-glucuronate, disodium malate, and trisodium citrate were studied using solution mixtures containing [Ca2+] = 1.5 mM, [Mg2+] = 0.5 mM, [PPi] = 0.1 mM, [Pi] = 0.1 mM, [Na+] = 140 mM, 37 degrees C, pH 7.4 with or without 9.5 +/- 0.5 mg CPPD (seed) crystals. These studies showed that monocarboxylates (acetate, glucuronate) have little inhibitive effect. Progressively greater inhibition was found with dicarboxylate (malate) and tricarboxylate (citrate) indicating that the arrangement of carboxylate (and sulfate) ligands on proteoglycan is more important than the inhibitory effect of individual ligands.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 2834030 DOI: 10.1007/BF02555838
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Calcif Tissue Int ISSN: 0171-967X Impact factor: 4.333