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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
The retardation of long bone growth caused by irradiation is thought to be closely related to the impairment of growth plate function, but its mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we examined the effects of irradiation on the terminal differentiation of growth plate chondrocytes and on calcification. Chondrocytes were isolated from the growth plate of the ribs of four-week-old rabbits and inoculated at a high density on a type-I collagen-coated dish. Following logarithmic proliferation, they reached confluence (premature chondrocytes), then matured (mature chondrocytes), and became hypertrophied (hypertrophic chondrocytes). 10 Gy or less irradiation of the premature chondrocytes potently inhibited the terminal differentiation and matrix mineralization. Irradiation inhibited chondrocyte hypertrophy and suppressed alkaline phosphatase induction and the expression of type-X collagen without changing the protein composition profile of any other cell layer. Premature cells had the highest radiosensitivity. The sensitivity was decreased as the cells differentiated; the effects of irradiation on hypertrophic chondrocytes with terminal differentiation-related phenotypes were reduced. This study showed that 10 Gy or less irradiation of growth plate chondrocytes impaired terminal differentiation and mineralization. Since chondroclasts and bone marrow cells invade only to the mineralized cartilage, the induction of calcification in cartilage matrices is one of the most important steps in endochondral ossification. Therefore, it is conceivable that the damage in the growth plate induced by irradiation could account for the subsequent abnormal bone and skeletal growth.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
8756-3282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
233-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Alkaline Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Anthraquinones, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Bone Marrow Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Calcification, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Growth Plate, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-Ribs, pubmed-meshheading:8703578-X-Rays
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of X-ray irradiation on terminal differentiation and cartilage matrix calcification of rabbit growth plate chondrocytes in culture.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Osaka University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article