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Sixteen rabbits were killed 12 weeks after sectioning of the right knee anterior cruciate ligament. The left unoperated knee served as a control. The surface area of fibrillated cartilage from femoral condyles and tibial plateau was evaluated and expressed as a percentage of articular surfaces area. Cartilage from the femoro-patellar surfaces was homogenized for the quantification of several degradative activities, based on the release of digested products. Acid phosphatase, several glycosidases and neutral protease activity from the operated joint cartilage were significantly elevated, while collagenolytic activity was unmodified. The percentage of fibrillated cartilage correlated positively with arylsulfatase, glucosidase and neutral protease but negatively with mannosidase and fucosidase. The results may be consistent with the hypothesis of a sequential degradative process leading to cartilage destruction.
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Vignon, E., Gateau, O., Martin, A. et al. Screening of degradative enzymes from articular cartilage in experimental osteoarthritis. Clin Rheumatol 6, 208–214 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02201026
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