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. 2007 Nov 22;9(6):R122. doi: 10.1186/ar2330

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Copyright © 2007 Cailotto et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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Respective contributions of Ank and PC-1 to transforming growth factor-beta-1 (TGF-β1)-induced increase in extracellular inorganic pyrophosphate (ePPi) production. Effect of small interfering RNA (siRNA) on Ank (a) and PC-1 (b) mRNA levels. Rat chondrocytes were transfected with siRNA 24 hours before TGF-β1 stimulation. Total RNA was extracted from rat chondrocytes exposed to 10 ng/mL of TGF-β1 for 12 hours (Ank) (a) or 24 hours (PC-1) (b) and then subjected to real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis. The level of Ank, PC-1, and L27 mRNAs was normalized to that of S29 mRNA and expressed as mean percentages (± SD) over control values. (c) Effect of Ank or PC-1 siRNA on ePPi levels. Shown are levels of ePPi in culture supernatant of rat chondrocytes transfected with siRNA and then stimulated for 12 or 24 hours with 10 ng/mL of TGF-β1. ePPi levels were normalized to the amount of total cell proteins (n = 6) and are expressed as mean (± SD) in picomoles per microgram of protein. Statistically significant differences from the control are indicated as *p < 0.05 and from TGF-β1-treated cells as #p < 0.05.