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Expression of Clusterin in the Superficial Zone of Bovine Articular Cartilage

Archer, Charles William, Salter, Donald M., Khan, Ilyas Mahmood, Baylis, Mike T., Thomson, Brian M. and Archer, Charles W. 2001. Expression of Clusterin in the Superficial Zone of Bovine Articular Cartilage. Arthritis & Rheumatism 44 (8) , pp. 1795-1799. 10.1002/1529-0131(200108)44:8<1795::AID-ART316>3.0.CO;2-K

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Abstract

Objective: To investigate the differences between chondrocytes of the superficial and underlying zones of articular cartilage at the level of gene expression. Methods: Messenger RNA (mRNA) was isolated from chondrocytes harvested from the superficial and deep zones of immature bovine articular cartilage. This mRNA was reverse transcribed, radiolabeled, and then each complementary DNA (cDNA) sample was used to screen duplicate filters of a bovine chondrocyte cDNA library. By comparing autoradiographic signals on matching filter sets, clones exclusively expressed in the superficial zone of articular cartilage were isolated and characterized further. Results: Of the superficial-specific gene clones isolated, 25% were found to be a single gene product, clusterin. Northern hybridization was used to show that clusterin is expressed specifically in the superficial zone of articular cartilage and that its expression is up-regulated in mature cartilage. In situ hybridization was used to precisely localize clusterin transcripts in articular cartilage, where it was found that clusterin expression was confined to the articular surface in both immature and mature samples. Conclusion: The discovery of clusterin expression at the articular cartilage surface extends previous observations that superficial articular chondrocytes are highly specialized cells. Clusterin is a multifunctional, secreted glycoprotein that has been shown to be expressed in diverse locations that have in common a tissue–fluid boundary. Additionally, clusterin has been implicated in regulating complement activation and cell death in injured and degenerating tissues.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
ISSN: 00043591
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2016 22:02
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/1032

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