title: Effects of non-collagenous proteins on the formation of apatite in calcium beta-glycerophosphate solutions.
abstract: The effects of the non-collagenous proteins; osteonectin, bone Gla protein and dentine phosphoprotein, on the formation of apatite were studied in calcium beta-glycerophosphate solutions containing catalytic amounts of alkaline phosphatase under physiological conditions. In the system used, calcium phosphate precipitates de novo at levels of supersaturation precisely determined through the enzymatic hydrolysis of beta-glycerophosphate. At 1.7 mM of calcium beta-glycerophosphate, calcium phosphate precipitated when inorganic phosphate accumulated to about 1.4 mM. In the presence of the proteins, however, a greater accumulation of inorganic phosphate was needed for calcium phosphate to precipitate, suggesting that a higher degree of supersaturation, though still a slight undersaturation with respect to dicalcium phosphate dihydrate, is required for calcium phosphate to precipitate in the presence of the proteins. At the same protein (micrograms/ml) concentration, dentine phosphoprotein was approximately four times as effective as bone Gla protein, which was about twice as effective as osteonectin in delaying precipitation. The proteins also retarded subsequent crystal growth, with apatite formed in the presence of the more inhibitory proteins having the smallest crystals, especially in width.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Materials and Technology, School of Dentistry, Asahi University, Gifu, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wakamatsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ibaraki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moriyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shimokawa
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D001031:Apatites / Q000737:chemistry*; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry; D002417:Cattle; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D003460:Crystallization; D003461:Crystallography; D005994:Glycerophosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000737:chemistry*; D015676:Osteonectin / Q000737:chemistry*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D001031:Apatites; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D005994:Glycerophosphates; D015676:Osteonectin; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C485828:alpha-tricalcium phosphate; C017630:phosphophoryn; C485830:tetracalcium phosphate; D015675:Osteocalcin; C022045:octacalcium phosphate; C485838:calcium phosphate, monobasic, anhydrous; C020243:calcium phosphate; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; C485829:calcium phosphate, dibasic, anhydrous