Figure 9.
Effects of DN- BMPRs on US chondrocytes in serum-free cultures. US chondrocytes were infected with RCAS virus encoding DN-BMPRs or vector alone (RCAS) and replated in type I collagen–coated 96-well plates at the density of 1.0 × 104 cells/dish on day 7. Cells were then cultured in chemically defined medium as described in Materials and Methods for 7 d. The DNA content (A), sulfated GAG content (B), and APase activity (C) were measured as described in Materials and Methods. The data represent average ± SD for three cultures. * unit: One unit of APase activity corresponds to the hydrolysis of 1 nmol per min.