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Clinical Chemistry, Vol 37, 1589-1594, Copyright © 1991 by American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Inclusion of proteins into calcium oxalate crystals precipitated from human urine: a highly selective phenomenon

IR Doyle, RL Ryall and VR Marshall
Department of Surgery, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia.

The abundance of protein in the matrix of calcium oxalate uroliths has fueled speculation regarding its role in stone genesis. In this study, we wanted to characterize the composition of the proteins associated with early stages of calcium oxalate crystallization in urine. Calcium oxalate crystallization was induced in urine from healthy men and women by the addition of an oxalate load. The crystals were harvested and demineralized, and the proteins remaining were separated and characterized by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and Western blotting. Most urinary proteins were not detected in the crystals or were present in only small quantities. The most abundant urinary macromolecule, Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein, was notably absent from the crystal extracts. The predominant protein associated with the crystals, a previously unknown urinary constituent that we call crystal matrix protein (CMP; molecular mass, 30,000 Da), was more prevalent in the crystals derived from female urine. We conclude that most urinary proteins play no direct role in calcium oxalate crystal formation. However, the protein CMP exhibits a remarkable affinity for calcium oxalate crystals and may be important in stone pathogenesis.


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