Shinomura Tamayuki
Tissue Regeneration, Department of Hard Tissue Engineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
Clin Calcium. 2004 Jul;14(7):58-63.
There are several types of small leucine-rich proteoglycans expressed in articular cartilage and its surrounding tissues. Many of these proteoglycans are functioning as a modulator of collagen fibrillogenesis via binding to the surface of collagen fibers. Therefore, deficiencies of their expression in knock-out mice often result in the formation of abnormal collagen fibers leading to the instability of the join, and finally trigger osteoarthritis.
在关节软骨及其周围组织中表达有几种富含亮氨酸的小分子蛋白聚糖。这些蛋白聚糖中的许多通过与胶原纤维表面结合,发挥着胶原纤维形成调节因子的作用。因此,基因敲除小鼠中这些蛋白聚糖表达的缺陷常常导致异常胶原纤维的形成,进而导致关节不稳定,最终引发骨关节炎。