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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2006.35.1.042

Effect of L-Ascorbic Acid on Collagen Synthesis in 3T6 Fibroblasts and Primary Cultured Cells of Chondrocytes  

Kim, Mi-Hyang (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Silla University, and Fusion Technology Research Institute for Marine Pharmaceutical Materials)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.35, no.1, 2006 , pp. 42-47 More about this Journal
Abstract
L-Ascorbic acid (AsA) is an essential nutrient for prevention of scurvy in humans, primates and guinea pigs that lack $L-gulono-\gamma-lactone$ oxidase which is required for the final step of AsA biosynthesis. AsA participates in various hydroxylation reactions involved in the biosynthesis of collagen. The purpose of this study is to clarify the role of AsA on collagen synthesis in 3T6 fibroblasts and primary cultured cells of chondrocytes. Cells were cultured in medium supplemented with catalase and AsA at various concentration. Supplement of AsA induced collagen synthesis in 3T6 fibroblasts and primary cultured cells of chondrocytes. The most remarkable induction of collagen synthesis by AsA was found in primary cultured chondrocytes. The content of collagen representing the amounts of extracellular matrix significantly increased in the cells of which growth was stimulated by AsA, while it decreased with increasing passage numbers of subculture in cells. It showed that the content of collagen decreased in the medium which contained AsA at the concentration higher than 5.0 mM. However, the contents of collagen to DNA were not different among various AsA concentrations. Supplementing with AsA resulted in enhancement of collagen formation and extracellular matrix. Therefore, there might be a Positive correlation between the activity of catalase and the AsA concentration. Moreover, it can be assumed that AsA stimulates the collagen synthesis by optimizing the cell-culture environment.
Keywords
ascorbic acid; chondrocytes; collagen; extracellular matrix;
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