Normal and osteoarthritic (OA) human articular cartilage chondrocytes, released enzymatically in the presence of 0.5% fetal calf serum, display constitutive expression of early response activating protein (AP-1) genes; c-fos, c-jun and jun-B. Among the late AP-1 responsive genes, total metallothionein (MT) and stromelysin mRNAs were expressed at high levels in both normal and OA chondrocytes, while collagenase and hMT-IIA mRNA levels were elevated only in OA individuals. Despite the common AP-1 sequences present in their promoter regions, the three late genes were differentially expressed.
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