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. 1976 Jul 15;158(1):39–46. doi: 10.1042/bj1580039

The metabolic fate of intravenously injected peptide-bound chondroitin sulphate in the rat.

K M Wood, C G Curtis, G M Powell, F S Wusteman
PMCID: PMC1163934  PMID: 134702

Abstract

The degradation of intravenously administered chondroitin sulphate-peptide, obtained by trypsin digestion of rat cartilage preparations labelled in vitro with 35S (and, in some cases, with 3H), was studied in rats. As with free chains of chondroitin sulphate, the major site of accumulation and degradation in the body was the liver, although peptide-linked chains were taken up more rapidly than free chains. In the first 2h after intravenous injection of a chondroitin sulphate-peptide fraction, labelled macromolecular components were excreted in the urine. These were shown to be chondroitin sulphate-peptide of the same degree of sulphation but of smaller average size than the injected material. A similar observation was made when free chains of chondroitin sulphate from the same source were administered intravenously. An isolated perfused rat kidney failed to de-sulphate circulating chondroitin sulphate-peptide, but a component of lower average molecular weight was excreted in the urine. When a chondroitin sulphate-peptide fraction of relatively larger hydrodynamic volume was administered, very little chondroitin sulphate appeared in the urine in the first 2h. It was concluded that, depending on size and/or peptide content, the chondroitin sulphate-peptide released from connective tissues into the circulation would probably be subjected to one of two alternative fates. The smaller fragments are more likely to be excreted in the urine, whereas the larger ones are taken up by the liver and there degraded to inorganic sulphate and undefined carbohydrate components.

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