EXTRACELLULAR ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY IN MINERALIZING MATRICES OF CARTILAGE AND BONE - ULTRASTRUCTURAL-LOCALIZATION USING A CERIUM-BASED METHOD
EXTRACELLULAR ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY IN MINERALIZING MATRICES OF CARTILAGE AND BONE - ULTRASTRUCTURAL-LOCALIZATION USING A CERIUM-BASED METHOD
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DOI:
10.1007/bf00270033
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发表时间:
1992-05-01
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BIANCO, P
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BONUCCI, E;SILVESTRINI, G;BIANCO, P
The ultrastructural localization of alkaline phosphatase (AlP) activity has been demonstrated in epiphyseal growth cartilage and metaphyseal bone of rats. Epiphyso-metaphyseal specimens were decalcified with EDTA and treated with MgCl2 to regenerate the enzymatic activity before incubation in a medium containing beta-glycerophosphate, MgCl2 and CeCl3. AlP activity was present on the outer surface of the plasmamembrane of maturing and hypertrophic chondrocytes and of osteoblasts. Moreover, the reaction product was present in chondrocyte lacunae, in matrix vesicles, and in cartilage matrix, as well as among uncalcified collagen fibrils of osteoid tissue in bone. The intensity of reaction was the lowest, or completely lacking, where the degree of matrix calcification was the highest. These results suggest that alkaline phosphatase is transported from the cells into the cartilage and bone matrix by its association with matrix vesicles and plasmamembrane components, and that its activity in cartilage and bone matrix is inhibited as it is incorporated in the mineral substance.