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Issue title: Selected papers of the Euromech Colloquium No. 420, Mechanobiology of Cells and Tissues
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Hopewell, Bethan | Urban, Jill P.G.
Affiliations: University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford, UK
Note: [] Address for correspondence: Bethan Hopewell, University Laboratory of Physiology, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT, UK. Tel.: +44 1865 272532; Fax: +44 1865 272469; E‐mail: [email protected].
Abstract: Articular chondrocytes are exposed to a unique osmotic environment, which varies throughout the depth of cartilage, and in response to mechanical loading or pathological conditions. In light of such osmotic variations we investigated the response of chondrocytes cultured in alginate beads to long term hypo‐ and hyperosmotic challenge. Following pre‐incubation at 380 mOsmol, exposure to hyperosmotic conditions (550 mOsmol) initially decreased 35S‐sulphate incorporation, but after 24 hours of culture, rates had recovered and surpassed their original levels. MAP kinase inhibitors abrogated this response suggesting their involvement in the adaptation mechanism. Hypo‐osmotic challenge caused a decrease in 35S‐sulphate incorporation throughout the culture period. These results suggest that osmolality is a powerful regulator of macromolecular synthesis, and that perturbations in the osmotic environment may alter the set point for turnover.
Keywords: Cartilage, MAP kinase, proteoglycan, glycosaminoglycan
Journal: Biorheology, vol. 40, no. 1-3, pp. 73-77, 2003
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