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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
In a previous work, we demonstrated that the osteoprogenitors derived from the marrow stroma of the hypophysectomized (HX) rat demonstrate enhanced proliferative and differentiation capacities when placed in an optimal microenvironment. In this study, we sought to investigate the potential of the trabecular osteoblast-like cells of the HX rat. These cells represent a more mature pool of osteoblasts than the progenitors derived from the marrow stroma. We examined all three stages of osteoblast development using trabecular osteoblast-like cells derived from age-matched intact rats as a control. Using thymidine incorporation and cell number as indicators of proliferation, we found that these cells, like the osteoprogenitors derived from the HX rat, demonstrate augmented proliferation when placed in culture. Additionally, type I collagen expression remained at significant levels past the end stages of proliferation, at which point it is expected to be downregulated. Matrix maturation markers, such as alkaline phosphatase activity and bone sialoprotein expression, however, were significantly lower than in the controls. Mineralization potential, as measured by mineralized nodule formation, Ca(2+) content, and OPN and OCN expression, was also significantly reduced. Our results have uncovered an aberrant model of osteoblast development in which proliferation is deregulated, resulting in a minimal capacity of these cells to develop into fully differentiated mineralizing osteoblasts.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0193-1849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
E832-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Calcification, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Cell Count, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Hypophysectomy, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Osteoblasts, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Osteocalcin, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Osteopontin, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10780939-Sialoglycoproteins
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Osteoblast-like cells of the hypophysectomized rat: a model of aberrant osteoblast development.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA. jevans@winthrop.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article