A remedy for cartilage-related diseases containing as the active ingredient a substance having an agonistic activity to EP2 and/or EP3. A substance having an agonistic activity to EP2 and/or EP3 has effects of promoting chondrogenesis, promoting chondrocyte growth, promoting chondrocyte differentiation, inhibiting cartilage calcification and inhibiting cartilage degradation, or effects of promoting integrin mRNA expression, promoting fibronectin mRNA expression, promoting cyclin D1 mRNA expression and inhibiting osteopontin mRNA expression, and therefore, is useful as a remedy for cartilage-related diseases.
一种治疗软骨相关疾病的药物,其活性成分含有一种对 EP2 和/或 EP3 具有激动活性的物质。对 EP2 和/或 EP3 具有激动活性的物质具有促进软骨生成、促进软骨细胞生长、促进软骨细胞分化、抑制软骨
钙化和抑制软骨降解的作用,或具有促进整合素 mRNA 表达、促进纤连蛋白 mRNA 表达、促进细胞周期蛋白 D1 mRNA 表达和抑制骨生成素 mRNA 表达的作用,因此可作为软骨相关疾病的治疗药物。