Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
The small GTPase Rho and Rho-associated protein kinase (Rho kinase, ROCK) signal participates in a variety of biological functions including vascular contraction, tumor invasion, and penile erection. Evidence also suggests Rho-ROCK is involved in signaling for mesenchymal cellular differentiation. However, whether it is involved in osteoblastic differentiation is unknown. We therefore asked whether Rho-ROCK signaling participates in recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein (rhBMP-2)-induced osteogenesis both in vitro and in vivo. Continuous delivery of a specific ROCK inhibitor (Y-27632) enhanced ectopic bone formation induced by rhBMP-2 impregnated into an atelocollagen carrier in mice without affecting systemic bone metabolism. Treatment with Y-27632 also enhanced the osteoblastic differentiation of cultured murine neonatal calvarial cells. These effects were associated with increased expression of BMP-4 gene. Expression of a dominant negative mutant of ROCK in ST2 cells promoted osteoblastic differentiation, while a constitutively active mutant of ROCK attenuated osteoblastic differentiation and the ROCK inhibitor reversed this phenotype. Thus, ROCK inhibits osteogenesis, and a ROCK inhibitor in combination with the local delivery of rhBMP/collagen composite may be clinically applicable for stimulating bone formation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BMP2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bmp4 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Collagen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Drug Carriers, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pyridines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Y 27632, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/atelocollagen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/rho-Associated Kinases
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1528-1132
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
467
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3087-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Amides, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Collagen, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Drug Carriers, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Mice, Inbred ICR, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Ossification, Heterotopic, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Osteoblasts, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Osteogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Pilot Projects, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Protein Kinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Pyridines, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Skull, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Stromal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:19609629-rho-Associated Kinases
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Stimulation of ectopic bone formation in response to BMP-2 by Rho kinase inhibitor: a pilot study.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-2 Nakamichi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka 537-8511, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't