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Abstract
A radioisotope dilution technique for measurement of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi)
in synovial fluid is described. Its precision based on duplicate measurements is ±4
μg per 100 ml. PPi levels in 20 of 23 joint fluids from patients with arthritis other
than pseudogout clustered about a mean ± S.D. of 22 ± 6.3; 3 control fluids showed
elevated values. Of 18 joint fluids from patients with calcium pyrophosphate crystal
deposition disease (pseudogout), 15 showed inorganic PPi levels that were greater
than 2 S.D. from the control mean, 2 were borderline, and one fell in the normal range.
The mean ± S.D. of the group was 100.4 ± 93. Inorganic orthophosphate, total and ionized
calcium, alkaline phosphomonoesterase activity against both p-nitrophenylphosphate
and β-glycerophosphate, and alkaline phosphomonoesterase isozymes were not significantly
different in joint fluids from control and pseudogout patients. Preliminary studies
on the solubility of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate miscocrystals in various solvents
such as distilled water, Tris buffer, dialyzed and anaerobically processed fresh joint
fluid and plasma are presented. The levels of PPi attained were of the same order
of magnitude as those found in joint fluids from pseudogout patients. Magnesium ions
and protein increased solubility; calcium and orthophosphate ions decreased it. Whether
or not the PPi levels found in pseudogout fluid represent saturation levels in vivo
cannot be answered from the present data.
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Publication history
Accepted:
May 26,
1971
Received:
January 29,
1971
Footnotes
☆Supported by United States Public Health Service Research Grant AM-13069 and Training Grant AM-05621.
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© 1971 Published by Elsevier Inc.
