title: The effect of "matrigenin" activity from bone on glycosaminoglycan and proteoglycan synthesis by cultured cells from articular tissues.
abstract: An activity that stimulates glycosaminoglycan and proteoglycan synthesis by confluent connective tissue cells in culture ("matrigenin" activity) has been partially purified from bovine bone. This activity is expressed on fibroblastic cells from several types of connective tissues, including synovium, and on cartilage tissue, but not on cells of unrelated origin. For synovial fibroblastic cells, matrigenin activity stimulated both hyaluronic acid and proteoglycan synthesis. The major proteoglycan whose synthesis was stimulated, contained primarily chondroitin-6-sulfate chains and eluted in the range of 400-600 Kdaltons. It is suggested that matrigenin activity in bone matrix has the potential to modulate remodelling (repair) in bone and in the synovial and cartilagenous regions abutting on bone.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000209:etiology; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D011509:Proteoglycans