Component
Human vascular smooth-muscle-cell matrix mineralization
Human vascular smooth-muscle-cell matrix mineralization. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
PiT2 overexpression restored phosphate uptake and phosphate-induced calcification in human PiT1-deficient vascular smooth-muscle cells.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/phosphorus-research/23968976.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "6704ac0400a286d5137384f4339dd6dffb0061a41a121b6c72a0b23353cbc6f9", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1852, "text_sha256": "6704ac0400a286d5137384f4339dd6dffb0061a41a121b6c72a0b23353cbc6f9"}
- experimental_model
- Smooth-muscle-specific knockout and transporter compensation experiments
- exposure
- Mouse CKD plus dietary phosphate loading; PiT2 knockdown or expression rescue
- limitations
- Loss of one transporter can be masked by another. This refines a single-transporter model without proving every calcification pathway requires transport.
- nutrient_topic
- Phosphorus research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Phosphorus
- organism
- Human
- plain_language
- The human-cell rescue supported a backup role for PiT2.
- primary_references
- [phosphorus-p23968976] Sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporters and phosphate-induced calcification of vascular smooth muscle cells: redundant roles for PiT-1 and PiT-2. (2013). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23968976/ DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.113.302249
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Vascular smooth muscle
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
Phosphorus: metabolism, signaling and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 854–865
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Smooth-muscle-specific knockout and transporter compensation experiments · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### phosphorus-human-pit2-rescue PiT2 overexpression restored phosphate uptake and phosphate-induced calcification in human PiT1-deficient vascular smooth-muscle cells. Condition category: machinery_impairment nutrient_topic: Phosphorus research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: The human-cell rescue supported a backup role for PiT2. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Vascular smooth muscle experimental_model: Smooth-muscle-specific knockout and transporter compensation experiments limitations: Loss of one transporter can be masked by another. This refines a single-transporter model without proving every calcification pathway requires transport. exposure: Mouse CKD plus dietary phosphate loading; PiT2 knockdown or expression rescue evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/phosphorus-research/23968976.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "6704ac0400a286d5137384f4339dd6dffb0061a41a121b6c72a0b23353cbc6f9", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1852, "text_sha256": "6704ac0400a286d5137384f4339dd6dffb0061a41a121b6c72a0b23353cbc6f9"} [phosphorus-p23968976] Sodium-dependent phosphate cotransporters and phosphate-induced calcification of vascular smooth muscle cells: redundant roles for PiT-1 and PiT-2. (2013). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23968976/ DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.113.302249
Complete structured claim and evidenceElevated extracellular phosphate induced concentration-dependent mineral deposition in human aortic smooth-muscle cultures; 1.4 mmol/L control cultures did not mineralize.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/phosphorus-research/11009570.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "b677e361792cc961c217b0437e58c9d5f54b3c0953b539a61c2b2bb732e51291", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1607, "text_sha256": "b677e361792cc961c217b0437e58c9d5f54b3c0953b539a61c2b2bb732e51291"}
- experimental_model
- Concentration-response calcification in cultured aortic smooth muscle
- exposure
- Media phosphate 1.4 mmol/L versus elevated concentrations; phosphonoformic-acid inhibition
- limitations
- Culture mineralization is not a clinical intake threshold; the inhibitor does not establish one universally necessary transporter isoform.
- nutrient_topic
- Phosphorus research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Phosphorus
- organism
- Human
- plain_language
- High phosphate promoted mineral deposition in this cell model.
- primary_references
- [phosphorus-p11009570] Phosphate regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell calcification. (2000). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11009570/ DOI: 10.1161/01.res.87.7.e10
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Aortic smooth-muscle-cell matrix
Phosphorus: metabolism, signaling and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 776–787
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Concentration-response calcification in cultured aortic smooth muscle · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### phosphorus-vascular-mineralization Elevated extracellular phosphate induced concentration-dependent mineral deposition in human aortic smooth-muscle cultures; 1.4 mmol/L control cultures did not mineralize. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Phosphorus research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: High phosphate promoted mineral deposition in this cell model. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Aortic smooth-muscle-cell matrix experimental_model: Concentration-response calcification in cultured aortic smooth muscle limitations: Culture mineralization is not a clinical intake threshold; the inhibitor does not establish one universally necessary transporter isoform. exposure: Media phosphate 1.4 mmol/L versus elevated concentrations; phosphonoformic-acid inhibition evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/phosphorus-research/11009570.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "b677e361792cc961c217b0437e58c9d5f54b3c0953b539a61c2b2bb732e51291", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1607, "text_sha256": "b677e361792cc961c217b0437e58c9d5f54b3c0953b539a61c2b2bb732e51291"} [phosphorus-p11009570] Phosphate regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell calcification. (2000). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11009570/ DOI: 10.1161/01.res.87.7.e10
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