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HERO ID
5086621
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Effects of fibronectin on hydroxyapatite formation
Author(s)
Couchourel, D; Escoffier, C; Rohanizadeh, R; Bohic, S; Daculsi, G; Fortun, Y; Padrines, M
Year
1999
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
ISSN:
0162-0134
EISSN:
1873-3344
Volume
73
Issue
3
Page Numbers
129-136
Language
English
PMID
10331242
Abstract
There is increasing evidence that noncollagenous matrix proteins initiate bone mineralization in vivo. Fibronectin, which is present during the early phases of mineralization, may contribute to this process in bone tissues. In this context, the mineralization potential of fibronectin was tested in an agarose gel precipitation system and a metastable calcium phosphate solution. The protein inhibited the precipitation of calcium phosphate crystals in solution but had no apparent effect in gel. Conversely, fibronectin stimulated crystal formation when apatite powder was used to seed crystal growth in gel. Although these results in vitro do not clearly indicate that fibronectin is involved in the mineralization process, they are consistent with in vivo events. Free fibronectin (e.g. in biological fluids) could inhibit crystal growth but might also activate the mineralization process when absorbed on apatite powder in a bone environment and areas of ectopic mineralization.
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