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Chen Y, Crawford RW, Oloyede A. Unsaturated phosphatidylcholines lining on the surface of cartilage and its possible physiological roles. J Orthop Surg Res. 2007;2:14doi: 10.1186/1749-799X-2-14.
Chen, Y., Crawford, R. W., & Oloyede, A. (2007). Unsaturated phosphatidylcholines lining on the surface of cartilage and its possible physiological roles. Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 214. https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-2-14
Chen, Yi, et al. "Unsaturated phosphatidylcholines lining on the surface of cartilage and its possible physiological roles." Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research vol. 2 (2007): 14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-799X-2-14
Chen Y, Crawford RW, Oloyede A. Unsaturated phosphatidylcholines lining on the surface of cartilage and its possible physiological roles. J Orthop Surg Res. 2007 Aug 23;2:14. doi: 10.1186/1749-799X-2-14. PMID: 17718898; PMCID: PMC2000865.
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J Orthop Surg Res. 2007 Aug 23;2:14. doi: 10.1186/1749-799X-2-14.

Unsaturated phosphatidylcholines lining on the surface of cartilage and its possible physiological roles.

Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research

Yi Chen, Ross W Crawford, Adekunle Oloyede

Affiliations

  1. Orthopedic Research Unit, Prince Charles Hospital, Australia. [email protected]

PMID: 17718898 PMCID: PMC2000865 DOI: 10.1186/1749-799X-2-14

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Evidence has strongly indicated that surface-active phospholipid (SAPL), or surfactant, lines the surface of cartilage and serves as a lubricating agent. Previous clinical study showed that a saturated phosphatidylcholine (SPC), dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), was effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis, however recent studies suggested that the dominant SAPL species at some sites outside the lung are not SPC, rather, are unsaturated phosphatidylcholine (USPC). Some of these USPC have been proven to be good boundary lubricants by our previous study, implicating their possible important physiological roles in joint if their existence can be confirmed. So far, no study has been conducted to identify the whole molecule species of different phosphatidylcholine (PC) classes on the surface of cartilage. In this study we identified the dominant PC molecule species on the surface of cartilage. We also confirmed that some of these PC species possess a property of semipermeability.

METHODS: HPLC was used to analyse the PC profile of bovine cartilage samples and comparisons of DPPC and USPC were carried out through semipermeability tests.

RESULTS: It was confirmed that USPC are the dominant SAPL species on the surface of cartilage. In particular, they are Dilinoleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DLPC), Palmitoyl-linoleoyl-phosphatidylcholine, (PLPC), Palmitoyl-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) and Stearoyl-linoleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (SLPC). The relative content of DPPC (a SPC) was only 8%. Two USPC, PLPC and POPC, were capable of generating osmotic pressure that is equivalent to that by DPPC.

CONCLUSION: The results from the current study confirm vigorously that USPC is the endogenous species inside the joint as against DPPC thereby confirming once again that USPC, and not SPC, characterizes the PC species distribution at non-lung sites of the body. USPC not only has better anti-friction and lubrication properties than DPPC, they also possess a level of semipermeability that is equivalent to DPPC. We therefore hypothesize that USPC can constitute a possible addition or alternative to the current commercially available viscosupplementation products for the prevention and treatment of osteoarthritis in the future.

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