title: The effect of soluble sodium urate on the proliferation and proteoglycan synthesis of lapine articular chondrocytes in monolayer culture.
abstract: The effects of soluble monosodium urate (350, 50, and 5 mumol/l) on the proliferation and proteoglycan synthesis of lapine articular chondrocytes were studied in a monolayer culture system. Cellular proliferation in vitro was unaffected by urate treatment. Chondrocytes treated with 50 mumol/l sodium urate showed a 26% reduction in binding of 35SO4 to matrix macromolecules. However, this reduction did not achieve statistical significance. The 350 and 5 mumol/l concentrations did not alter 35SO4 binding. It is proposed that monosodium urate has no marked direct effect on chondrocyte viability, proliferation and proteoglycan synthesis.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011817:Rabbits; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D011509:Proteoglycans; D014527:Uric Acid; D004247:DNA