INITIATION OF ENDOCHONDRAL CALCIFICATION IS RELATED TO CHANGES IN THE REDOX STATE OF HYPERTROPHIC CHONDROCYTES
INITIATION OF ENDOCHONDRAL CALCIFICATION IS RELATED TO CHANGES IN THE REDOX STATE OF HYPERTROPHIC CHONDROCYTES
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DOI:
10.1126/science.7112108
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
FRASCA, P
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作者:
SHAPIRO, IM;GOLUB, EE;FRASCA, P
The level of pyridine nucleotides (NADH and NAD+) in the mineralizing growth plate of the chick was ascertained by high-resolution scanning microfluorimetry and biochemical analysis. Scanning electron microscopy and light microscopy were used to relate the concentrations of NADH and NAD+ to stages of chondrocyte maturation. A dramatic increase was found in the relative concentration of reduced pyridine nucleotides in the hypertrophic zone. On either side of this zone, in proliferating and calcifying cartilage, there was a decrease in NADH fluorescence, and the NADH/NAD+ ratio was depressed. NADH accumulation in the tissue zone associated with the earliest deposition of bone mineral supports the hypothesis that a change in the redox state initiates tissue mineralization.