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Extractable proteoglycan from human femoral-head articular cartilage.


ABSTRACT: Proteoglycans were prepared from human femoral-head articular cartilage by using either guanidinium hydrochloride or MgCl2 as extractant, followed by density-gradient centrifugation. The proteoglycan subunit had a particle weight of 2.6 x 10(6), with a radius of gyration, RG, of 68.5 nm in 150 mM-NaCl/20 mM-sodium phosphate buffer, pH 7.0. The proteoglycan aggregate had a particle weight of 3.7 x 10(6) (RG 84 nm) for guanidinium hydrochloride extracts and 8.7 x 10(6) (RG 118 nm) for MgCl2 extracts in the same buffer. The addition of excess of high-molecular-weight hyaluronate did not significantly alter the particle size of the aggregate. The small increase in size probably reflects a rapid equilibrium between hyaluronate and proteoglycan monomers, and is not due to proteolytic cleavage producing non-aggregating units. Experiments that support the rapid-interaction hypothesis include analytical ultracentrifugation and column chromatography. This interaction does not appear to be pressure-sensitive at 20 degrees C, but is sensitive to temperature variation near the physiological range.

SUBMITTER: Bullimore DW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1163387 | biostudies-other | 1981 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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