Figure 4.

Western blot. Western blot analysis of decorin, biglycan, fibromodulin and lumican in extracts of human osteoarthritis cartilage (OA), nonoperated control (NOC) and lateral meniscectomized (MEN) ovine cartilage samples. Core protein fragments of decorin and fibromodulin that were only identified in MEN are marked with an asterisk. Equivalent amounts of extract from equal dry weights of tissue were loaded per lane following treatment with chondroitinase ABC (ChABC). Additionally, Western blot analysis of lumican was performed following treatment with ChABC, endo-β-galactosidase (EBG) and keratanase II (KII). The migration positions of prestained protein standards are indicated on the left.