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Effect of Phytate (InsP6) and Other Inositol-Phosphates (InsP5, InsP4, InsP3, InsP2) on Crystallization of Calcium Oxalate, Brushite, and Hydroxyapatite

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BIOMOLECULES
Volume 13, Issue 7, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom13071061

Keywords

renal lithiasis; phytate; lower inositol phosphates; crystallization inhibitors; calcium oxalate; calcium phosphates

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This study evaluated the effect of phytate on the crystallization of calcium oxalate, hydroxyapatite and brushite in artificial urine. The results showed that all lower InsPs seemed to inhibit the crystallization of calcium salts, especially InsP6 and InsP5 for calcium oxalate, and InsP5 and InsP4 for brushite. However, phytate had weak effects on the crystallization of hydroxyapatite in vitro, indicating a different mechanism for its in vivo crystallization.
Pathological calcifications may consist of calcium oxalate (CaOx), hydroxyapatite (HAP), and brushite (BRU). The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of phytate (inositol hexakisphosphate, InsP6), InsP6 hydrolysates, and individual lower InsPs (InsP5, InsP4, InsP3, and InsP2) on the crystallization of CaOx, HAP and BRU in artificial urine. All of the lower InsPs seem to inhibit the crystallization of calcium salts in biological fluids, although our in vitro results showed that InsP6 and InsP5 were stronger inhibitors of CaOx crystallization, and InsP5 and InsP4 were stronger inhibitors of BRU crystallization. For the specific in vitro experimental conditions we examined, the InsPs had very weak effects on HAP crystallization, although it is likely that a different mechanism is responsible for HAP crystallization in vivo. For example, calciprotein particles seem to have an important role in the formation of cardiovascular calcifications in vivo. The experimental conditions that we examined partially reproduced the in vivo conditions of CaOx and BRU crystallization, but not the in vivo conditions of HAP crystallization.

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