title: Articular cartilage, blood serum glycosaminoglycans and glycoproteins in osteoarthritis deformans.
abstract: Glycosaminoglycans in articular cartilage from human femoral heads have been isolated and fractionated by means of a cellulose microscale technique. The glucosaminoglycans have been identified by different procedures as keratan sulphate, hyaluronic acid, heparitin sulphate, chondroitin 4-sulphate, chondroitin 6-sulphate and dermatan sulphate. Osteoarthritic cartilage showed a significant reduction of dermatan sulphate, chondroitin 6-sulphate, keratan sulphate and heparitin sulphate. The content of glycoprotein carbohydrate components in the cartilage (neuraminic acid derivatives, hexoses, 6-deoxyhexoses) also appeared to be reduced. It has been shown that chondroitin 4-sulphate, keratan sulphate and dermatan sulphate content was considerably increased in osteoarthritic serum. Among serum glycoprotein carbohydrate constituents only the content of 6-deoxyhexoses was slightly increased.
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000032:analysis*; D005270:Femur Head; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans