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Human platelet lysate (PL) has a strong growth promoting action on rabbit articular chondrocytes in monolayer culture. The responsible factor is heat stable (56 degrees C, 30 minutes) and above 10,000 MW. PL (80 microgram protein/ml) reduces cell protein content and sulfated glycosaminoglycan synthesis. Synthesis of DNA is stimulated within the first 12 hours of culture but the decline in radiosulfate incorporation lags. PL acts to a slight extent on chondrocytes in serum-free media, but its effect is potentiated by "platelet-poor human serum" or fetal bovine serum. PL is one of several agents having such effects on chondrocytes cultured in serum-containing media. Stimulation of growth in this cell type thus reduces nonreplicative biosynthetic activity nonspecifically. In the epiphyseal growth plate and in pathologic alterations of permeability of the matrix of articular cartilage, platelet-derived factors, together with somatomedin or other cofactors in serum, may be the principal mediator of growth of chondrocytes in vivo.
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