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Lima F, Vico L, Lafage-Proust MH, van der Saag P, Alexandre C, Thomas T. Interactions between estrogen and mechanical strain effects on U2OS human osteosarcoma cells are not influenced by estrogen receptor type. Bone 2004; 35:1127-35. [PMID: 15542038 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2004.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2003] [Revised: 07/08/2004] [Accepted: 07/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Estrogens (E) and mechanical strain (MS) exert direct effects on osteoblast activity, with good evidence of interactions between their respective effects. Osteoblasts express both forms of estrogen receptors (ER) ERalpha and ERbeta, and previous studies have suggested a specific role for each receptor. Therefore, our working hypothesis was that the interactions between E and MS on osteoblast activity vary depending on which ER is preferentially activated. Using human osteosarcoma cells U2OS stably transfected either with ERalpha or ERbeta, we evaluated the effects of cyclical cell loading on a F-3000 Flexercell Strain Unit (1.5% elongation, 10 min/day) in presence of estradiol (E2) 10(-8) M or not. The original U2OS cell line, which does not express ER, was characterized by low alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity. In both U2OS-ERalpha and U2OS-ERbeta cell lines, MS induced similar increases in AP activity and gene expression as measured by real-time quantitative RT-PCR, and a decrease in type I collagen gene expression. MS and E2 had a synergistic effect on AP activity as compared to each stimulus alone. No change in proliferation rate was observed. Neither proliferation nor differentiation of the original U2OS cell line was altered by strain or E2. In summary, our data showing differences in response to MS between the U2OS with no ER expression and the U2OS-ERalpha or -ERbeta cell lines provide additional evidence that ER plays a critical role in mechanotransduction. However, we were not able to demonstrate that interactions between E and MS were dependent on ER type in U2OS osteosarcoma cells.
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- Florence Lima
- LBTO Laboratoire de Biologie du Tissu Osseux, Rheumatology Department, INSERM E0366, University of Saint-Etienne, France
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Atance J, Yost MJ, Carver W. Influence of the extracellular matrix on the regulation of cardiac fibroblast behavior by mechanical stretch. J Cell Physiol 2004; 200:377-86. [PMID: 15254965 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Fibroblasts are responsible in large part for production, organization, and turnover of the extracellular matrix (ECM), thereby regulating the fibrotic content of the heart. Excessive fibrosis, which has been associated with certain forms of hemodynamic overload such as hypertension, is thought to result in increased ventricular chamber stiffness, and eventual heart failure. As such, the role of mechanical stretch in regulating fibroblast activity is crucial to our understanding of healthy and diseased hearts. However, little is known about the effects of alterations in the composition of the ECM in regulating mechanotransduction in cardiac fibroblasts. In order to address this question, rat cardiac fibroblasts were cultured on silastic membranes coated with different ECM substrates, and cyclically stretched for various durations. Experiments were designed to assess the activation of signaling pathways, as well as changes in collagen production, cellular proliferation, and morphology. Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) was most rapidly activated, and collagen I expression was most abundant, in cells stretched on randomly organized collagen, and uncoated charged membranes. Regardless of the nature of the ECM substrate, stretched cells decreased proliferation, however, this effect was most marked in cells stretched on randomly organized collagen. Finally, cells stretched on all ECM substrates increased their surface area, but this was observed most significantly in cells adherent to aligned collagen, randomly organized collagen, and uncoated, charged membranes. Taken together, these results suggest cardiac fibroblasts may differentially interpret a mechanical stimulus, in terms of both signal transduction, and specific long-term events such as gene transcription, based on the composition and organization of the ECM.
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- Joel Atance
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina-School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29209, USA
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Heng BC, Cao T, Stanton LW, Robson P, Olsen B. Strategies for directing the differentiation of stem cells into the osteogenic lineage in vitro. J Bone Miner Res 2004; 19:1379-94. [PMID: 15312238 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.040714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2004] [Revised: 03/02/2004] [Accepted: 05/18/2004] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A major area in regenerative medicine is the application of stem cells in bone reconstruction and bone tissue engineering. This will require well-defined and efficient protocols for directing the differentiation of stem cells into the osteogenic lineage, followed by their selective purification and proliferation in vitro. The development of such protocols would reduce the likelihood of spontaneous differentiation of stem cells into divergent lineages on transplantation, as well as reduce the risk of teratoma formation in the case of embryonic stem cells. Additionally, such protocols could provide useful in vitro models for studying osteogenesis and bone development, and facilitate the genetic manipulation of stem cells for therapeutic applications. The development of pharmokinetic and cytotoxicity/genotoxicity screening tests for bone-related biomaterials and drugs could also use protocols developed for the osteogenic differentiation of stem cells. This review critically examines the various strategies that could be used to direct the differentiation of stem cells into the osteogenic lineage in vitro.
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- Boon Chin Heng
- Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, 119074 Singapore
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Bone undergoes a constant process of remodeling in which mass is retained or lost in response to the relative activity of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Weight-bearing exercise-which is critical for retaining skeletal integrity-promotes osteoblast function, whereas a lack of mechanical stimulation, as seen during spaceflight or prolonged bed rest, can lead to osteoporosis. Thus, understanding mechanotransduction at the cellular level is key to understanding basic bone biology and devising new treatments for osteoporosis. Various mechanical stimuli have been studied as in vitro model systems and have been shown to act through numerous signaling pathways to promote osteoblast activity. Here, we examine the various types of stress and the sequential response of transduction pathways that result in changes in gene expression and the ensuing proliferation of osteoblasts.
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- Millie Hughes-Fulford
- Laboratory of Cell Growth, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, and Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA.
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Kapur S, Chen ST, Baylink DJ, Lau KHW. Extracellular signal-regulated kinase-1 and -2 are both essential for the shear stress-induced human osteoblast proliferation. Bone 2004; 35:525-34. [PMID: 15268905 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2004.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2003] [Revised: 03/26/2004] [Accepted: 04/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Extracellular signal-regulated kinases (Erk)-1 and -2 are key mediators of various mitogenic signaling pathways, including mechanical stress-induced osteoblast proliferation. Mechanical stimuli, such as flow shear stress, simultaneously activate both Erk-1 and -2 in osteoblasts, resulting in stimulation of osteoblast proliferation. This study sought to test whether Erk-1, -2, or both are essential for the fluid flow shear stress-induced osteoblast proliferation. Moloney leukemia virus (MLV)-based vectors expressing wild-type (wt)- or kinase-deficient (kd) Erk-1 and Erk-2, respectively, were constructed and used to transduce human TE85 osteosarcoma cells with an MOI of 30. An MLV-red fluorescent protein (RFP) vector was included as a control. Effects of Erk-1 and -2 overexpression on cell proliferation in response to a 30-min constant fluid flow shear stress at 20 dynes/cm2 were determined with [3H]thymidine incorporation 24 h after the shear stress. The MLV-Erk vector-transduced TE85 cells showed a >10- and approximately 2-fold overexpression of Erk-1 and -2 protein, respectively. The RFP expressing control cells and the parental TE85 cells each showed an approximately twofold increase (P < 0.01) in [3H]thymidine incorporation in response to the shear stress. Cells overexpressing wt-Erk-1 or -2 showed small enhancing effects on the response to the shear stress in the increases in [3H]thymidine incorporation and cell number. Conversely, overexpression of kd-Erk-1 or -2 each alone completely abolished the shear stress-induced osteoblast proliferation. Overexpression of either kd-Erk-1 or kd-Erk-2 alone did not have a significant effect on basal osteoblast proliferation, suggesting that the Erk signaling pathway may not be essential for basal cell proliferation. In summary, this study demonstrates for the first time that Erk-1 and -2 are both required for the mitogenic response to fluid flow shear stress in human osteoblasts and that blocking Erk-1 or -2 each alone is sufficient to completely block the mitogenic response to shear stress-induced proliferation.
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- Sonia Kapur
- Musculoskeletal Disease Center (151), Jerry L. Pettis Memorial V.A. Medical Center, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA
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Salim A, Nacamuli RP, Morgan EF, Giaccia AJ, Longaker MT. Transient changes in oxygen tension inhibit osteogenic differentiation and Runx2 expression in osteoblasts. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:40007-16. [PMID: 15263007 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m403715200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Vascular disruption following bony injury results in a hypoxic gradient within the wound microenvironment. Nevertheless, the effects of low oxygen tension on osteogenic precursors remain to be fully elucidated. In the present study, we investigated in vitro osteoblast and mesenchymal stem cell differentiation following exposure to 21% O(2) (ambient oxygen), 2% O(2) (hypoxia), and <0.02% O(2) (anoxia). Hypoxia had little effect on osteogenic differentiation. In contrast, short-term anoxic treatment of primary osteoblasts and mesenchymal precursors inhibited in vitro bone nodule formation and extracellular calcium deposition. Cell viability assays revealed that this effect was not caused by immediate or delayed cell death. Microarray profiling implicated down-regulation of the key osteogenic transcription factor Runx2 as a potential mechanism for the anoxic inhibition of differentiation. Subsequent analysis revealed not only a short-term differential regulation of Runx2 and its targets by anoxia and hypoxia, but a long-term inhibition of Runx2 transcriptional and protein levels after only 12-24 h of anoxic insult. Furthermore, we present evidence that Runx2 inhibition may, at least in part, be because of anoxic repression of BMP2, and that restoring Runx2 levels during anoxia by pretreatment with recombinant BMP2 rescued the anoxic inhibition of differentiation. Taken together, our findings indicate that brief exposure to anoxia (but not 2% hypoxia) down-regulated BMP2 and Runx2 expression, thus inhibiting critical steps in the osteogenic differentiation of pluripotent mesenchymal precursors and committed osteoblasts.
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- Ali Salim
- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5148, USA
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Meyer U, Kleinheinz J, Joos U. Biomechanical and clinical implications of distraction osteogenesis in craniofacial surgery. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2004; 32:140-9. [PMID: 15113571 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2003.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2002] [Accepted: 09/23/2003] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Craniofacial distraction osteogenesis is an established surgical procedure to correct bony malformations. Force transduction through the osteotomized bone fragments elicits defined biological responses in the gap tissue, which determines the clinical success of the distraction treatment. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate clinically a new distraction protocol based on an analysis of the biological and biomechanical parameters executing direct effects on bone regeneration during distraction. STUDY DESIGN A multistep distraction protocol was used in 39 patients and the clinical outcome was monitored postoperatively. RESULTS All the distraction cases were successful with a single exception. Segmental displacements were stable clinically and radiologically. CONCLUSION In order to improve the clinical success of distraction osteogenesis, individual treatment protocols are recommended.
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- Ulrich Meyer
- Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Münster, Germany.
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Basson MD. Paradigms for mechanical signal transduction in the intestinal epithelium. Category: molecular, cell, and developmental biology. Digestion 2004; 68:217-25. [PMID: 14739529 DOI: 10.1159/000076385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Diverse physical forces including deformation or strain, pressure, and shear stress affect the intestinal mucosa during normal function, and mucosal biology is altered in pathological states in which these forces alter. Taken together with evidence in other tissues and cell types that physical forces can affect cell biology, this has led to the hypothesis that repetitively applied physical forces can initiate intracellular signals that alter intestinal epithelial proliferation and phenotype. This review outlines the nature of such forces and summarizes in vivo and in vitro evidence in support of the paradigm that repetitive force is trophic for the intestinal mucosa via a complex cascade of intracellular signals.
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- Marc D Basson
- Departments of Surgery, Wayne State University and John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, Detroit, Mich. 48201, USA.
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Kakita A, Suzuki A, Ono Y, Miura Y, Itoh M, Oiso Y. Possible involvement of p38 MAP kinase in prostaglandin E1-induced ALP activity in osteoblast-like cells. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2004; 70:469-74. [PMID: 15062850 DOI: 10.1016/j.plefa.2003.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2003] [Accepted: 09/30/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Prostaglandins are now recognized to be important regulators for both bone formation and resorption. Among them, prostaglandin E(1) (PGE(1)) has been reported to stimulate cAMP accumulation and to induce alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, a marker of differentiation, in osteoblast-like cells. Recently, we have shown that p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathway regulates ALP activity in response to activation of Gi protein-coupled receptors in mouse osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells (Suzuki et al., Endocrinology 140 (1999) 3177). In the present study, we investigated whether p38 MAP kinase is involved in ALP activation by PGE(1) in MC3T3-E1 osteoblast-like cells. PGE(1) dose-dependently enhanced ALP activities in the concentration range between 1 nM and 1 microM in MC3T3-E1 cells. SB203580, a specific inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase, blocked the increase in ALP activity induced by PGE(1). Further analysis with western blotting suggested that PGE(1) induced an increase in tyrosine (Tyr) phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase. Both Bt(2)cAMP, a permeable analogue of cAMP, and forskolin, which directly activates adenylate cyclase, also induced an increase in Tyr phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase. H-89, a potent inhibitor of protein kinase A (PKA), significantly suppressed PGE(1)-induced Tyr phosphorylation of p38 MAP kinase. The results of this study suggest that PGE(1) stimulates p38 MAP kinase through the activation of PKA, resulting in the enhancement of ALP activity.
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- Ayako Kakita
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Stanton LA, Sabari S, Sampaio AV, Underhill TM, Beier F. p38 MAP kinase signalling is required for hypertrophic chondrocyte differentiation. Biochem J 2004; 378:53-62. [PMID: 14594450 PMCID: PMC1223932 DOI: 10.1042/bj20030874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2003] [Revised: 10/08/2003] [Accepted: 10/31/2003] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Longitudinal growth of endochondral bones is accomplished through the co-ordinated proliferation and hypertrophic differentiation of growth plate chondrocytes. The molecular mechanisms and signalling cascades controlling these processes are not well understood. To analyse the expression and roles of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases in this process, we have established a micromass system for the reproducible hypertrophic differentiation of mouse mesenchymal limb bud cells. Our results show that all four mammalian p38 kinase genes are expressed during the chondrogenic programme, as well as their upstream regulators MKK3 (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3) and MKK6. Treatment of micromass cultures with pharmacological inhibitors of p38 results in a marked delay in hypertrophic differentiation in micromass cultures, indicating a requirement for p38 signalling in chondrocyte differentiation. Inhibition of p38 kinase activity leads to reduced and delayed induction of alkaline phosphatase activity and matrix mineralization. In addition, p38 inhibition causes reduced expression of hypertrophic marker genes such as collagen X, matrix metalloproteinase 13 and bone sialoprotein. The function of p38 in hypertrophic differentiation appears to be mediated, at least in part, by the transcription factor myocyte enhancer factor 2C. In summary, we have demonstrated a novel requirement for p38 signalling in hypertrophic differentiation of chondrocytes and identified myocyte enhancer factor 2C as an important regulator of chondrocyte gene expression.
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- Lee-Anne Stanton
- CHIR Group in Skeletal Development and Remodeling, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada N6A 5C1
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Boutahar N, Guignandon A, Vico L, Lafage-Proust MH. Mechanical strain on osteoblasts activates autophosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase and proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 tyrosine sites involved in ERK activation. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:30588-99. [PMID: 15096502 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313244200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mechanisms involved in the mechanical loading-induced increase in bone formation remain unclear. In this study, we showed that cyclic strain (CS) (10 min, 1% stretch at 0.25 Hz) stimulated the proliferation of overnight serum-starved ROS 17/2.8 osteoblast-like cells plated on type I collagen-coated silicone membranes. This increase was blocked by MEK inhibitor PD-98059. Signaling events were then assessed 0 min, 30 min, and 4 h after one CS period with Western blotting and coimmunoprecipitation. CS rapidly and time-dependently promoted phosphorylation of both ERK2 at Tyr-187 and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) at Tyr-397 and Tyr-925, leading to the activation of the Ras/Raf/MEK pathway. Cell transfection with FAK mutated at Tyr-397 completely blocked ERK2 Tyr-187 phosphorylation. Quantitative immunofluorescence analysis of phosphotyrosine residues showed an increase in focal adhesion plaque number and size in strained cells. CS also induced both Src-Tyr-418 phosphorylation and Src to FAK association. Treatment with the selective Src family kinase inhibitor pyrazolopyrimidine 2 did not prevent CS-induced FAK-Tyr-397 phosphorylation suggesting a Src-independent activation of FAK. CS also activated proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 (PYK2), a tyrosine kinase highly homologous to FAK, at the 402 phosphorylation site and promoted its association to FAK in a time-dependent manner. Mutation of PYK2 at the Tyr-402 site prevented the ERK2 phosphorylation only at 4 h. Intra and extracellular calcium chelators prevented PYK2 activation only at 4 h. In summary, our data showed that osteoblast response to mitogenic CS was mediated by MEK pathway activation. The latter was induced by ERK2 phosphorylation under the control of FAK and PYK2 phosphorylation orchestrated in a time-dependent manner.
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- Nadia Boutahar
- Laboratoire de Biologie du Tissu Osseux, INSERM, E366, 15 Rue Ambroise Paré, 42023 Saint-Etienne 02, France
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Yuge L, Okubo A, Miyashita T, Kumagai T, Nikawa T, Takeda S, Kanno M, Urabe Y, Sugiyama M, Kataoka K. Physical stress by magnetic force accelerates differentiation of human osteoblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 311:32-8. [PMID: 14575691 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.09.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We examined the effect of magnetic force on differentiation of cultured human osteoblasts. Magnetic microparticles (MPs) were introduced into the cytoplasm of a human osteoblast cell line and the cells were cultured in a magnetic field (MF) in group MP-MF. Three groups of controls were used: cells without MPs were cultured out of MF (group C), cells without MPs were cultured in MF (group MF), and cells with MPs were cultured out of MF (group MP). The cells in group MP-MF became larger and were elongated along the axis of the magnetic poles. Appearance of alkaline phosphatase (AlPase) activity, formation of bone nodules, and calcium deposition were accelerated depending on the intensity of the magnetic field. It takes longer culture in the other three groups to exhibit these changes. Core-binding factor A1 (Cbfa1: transcription factor for osteoblast differentiation) and osteocalcin (a bone-matrix protein involved in controlling osteogenesis) were expressed earlier or stronger in group MP-MF than the other groups. Then we compared phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) between group MP-MF and group C. Phosphorylation of p38(MAPK) (p38) was increased in group MP-MF, while total p38 as well as total and phosphorylated forms of MAPK/ERK 1/2 and SAPK/JNK were not changed between the two groups. When a p38 inhibitor, SB 203580, was added to the culture medium in group C, AlPase activity, formation of bone nodules, and calcium deposits were completely inhibited. On the other hand, they were inhibited only partially by a MAPK/ERK 1/2 inhibitor, U-0126. Based on these results, it is concluded that (1) osteoblast differentiation is accelerated by a magnetic force, (2) this acceleration is mainly attributed to the activation of p38 phosphorylation, and (3) the stimulus induced by a magnetic field offers a new approach to osteoblast differentiation.
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- Louis Yuge
- Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
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Park MT, Choi JA, Kim MJ, Um HD, Bae S, Kang CM, Cho CK, Kang S, Chung HY, Lee YS, Lee SJ. Suppression of Extracellular Signal-related Kinase and Activation of p38 MAPK Are Two Critical Events Leading to Caspase-8- and Mitochondria-mediated Cell Death in Phytosphingosine-treated Human Cancer Cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:50624-34. [PMID: 14522966 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309011200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We previously demonstrated that the phytosphingosine-induced apoptosis was accompanied by the concomitant induction of both the caspase-8-mediated and mitochondrial activation-mediated apoptosis pathways. In the present study, we investigated the role of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in the activation of these two distinct cell death pathways induced by phytosphingosine in human cancer cells. Phytosphingosine caused strong induction of caspase-8 activity and caspase-independent Bax translocation to the mitochondria. A rapid decrease of phosphorylated ERK1/2 and a marked increase of p38 MAPK phosphorylation were observed within 10 min after phytosphingosine treatment. Activation of ERK1/2 by pretreatment with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate or forced expression of ERK1/2 attenuated phytosphingosine-induced caspase-8 activation. However, Bax translocation and caspase-9 activation was unaffected, indicating that down-regulation of the ERK activity is specifically required for the phytosphingosine-induced caspase-8-dependent cell death pathway. On the other hand, treatment with SB203580, a p38 MAPK-specific inhibitor, or expression of a dominant negative form of p38 MAPK suppressed phytosphingosine-induced translocation of the proapoptotic protein, Bax, from the cytosol to mitochondria, cytochrome c release, and subsequent caspase-9 activation but did not affect caspase-8 activation, indicating that activation of p38 MAPK is involved in the mitochondrial activation-mediated cell death pathway. Our results suggest that phytosphingosine can utilize two different MAPK signaling pathways for amplifying the apoptosis cascade, enhancing the understanding of the molecular mechanisms utilized by naturally occurring metabolites to regulate cell death. Molecular dissection of the signaling pathways that activate the apoptotic cell death machinery is critical for both our understanding of cell death events and development of cancer therapeutic agents.
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- Moon-Taek Park
- Laboratory of Radiation Effect, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, Seoul 139-706, Korea
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Simmons CA, Matlis S, Thornton AJ, Chen S, Wang CY, Mooney DJ. Cyclic strain enhances matrix mineralization by adult human mesenchymal stem cells via the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) signaling pathway. J Biomech 2003; 36:1087-96. [PMID: 12831733 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(03)00110-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Physical stimuli play critical roles in the development, regeneration, and pathology of many mesenchymal tissues, most notably bone. While mature bone cells, such as osteoblasts and osteocytes, are clearly involved in these processes, the role of their progenitors in mechanically mediated tissue responses is unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of cyclic substrate deformation on the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs). Application of equibiaxial cyclic strain (3%, 0.25Hz) to hMSCs cultured in osteogenic media inhibited proliferation and stimulated a 2.3-fold increase in matrix mineralization over unstrained cells. The strain stimulus activated the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK1/2) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways, but had no effect on c-Jun N-terminal kinase phosphorylation or activity. Strain-induced mineralization was largely mediated by ERK1/2 signaling, as inhibition of ERK1/2 attenuated calcium deposition by 55%. Inhibition of the p38 pathway resulted in a more mature osteogenic phenotype, suggesting an inhibitory role for p38 signaling in the modulation of strain-induced osteogenic differentiation. These results demonstrate that mechanical signals regulate hMSC function, suggesting a critical role for physical stimulation of this specific cell population in mesenchymal tissue formation.
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- Craig A Simmons
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Arnett TR, Gibbons DC, Utting JC, Orriss IR, Hoebertz A, Rosendaal M, Meghji S. Hypoxia is a major stimulator of osteoclast formation and bone resorption. J Cell Physiol 2003; 196:2-8. [PMID: 12767036 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hypoxia is known to act as a general stimulator of cells derived from marrow precursors. We investigated the effect of oxygen tension on the formation and function of osteoclasts, the cells responsible for bore resorption, which are of promonocytic origin. Using 7- and 13-day cultures of mouse marrow cells on ivory discs, we found that reducing oxygen tension from the ambient atmospheric level of 20% by increasing the proportion of nitrogen caused progressive increases in the formation of multinucleated osteoclasts and resorption pits. Peak effects occurred in 2% oxygen, where stimulations of resorption up to 21-fold were measured. Significant stimulations of osteoclast formation and resorption were observed even in severely hypoxic cultures gassed with 0.2% oxygen. Short-term cultures of cells disaggregated from rat bones indicated that hypoxia did not alter the resorptive activity of mature osteoclasts, but reduced their survival or adherence. In 3-day organ cultures of mouse calvarial bones, exposure to 2% oxygen resulted in maximal, fivefold stimulation of osteoclast-mediated calcium release, an effect equivalent to that of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)), a reference osteolytic agent. Hypoxia also caused a moderate acidosis in calvarial cultures, presumably as a result of increased anaerobic metabolism; this observation is significant because osteoclast activation is dependent on extracellular acidification. Our experiments reveal a previously-overlooked mechanism of considerable potential importance for the regulation of bone destruction. These findings may help explain the bone loss associated with a wide range of pathological states involving local or systemic hypoxia, and emphasize the importance of the vasculature in bone.
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- Timothy R Arnett
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Deplancke B, Gaskins HR. Hydrogen sulfide induces serum-independent cell cycle entry in nontransformed rat intestinal epithelial cells. FASEB J 2003; 17:1310-2. [PMID: 12738807 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0883fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), produced by commensal sulfate-reducing bacteria, is an environmental insult that potentially contributes to chronic intestinal epithelial disorders. We tested the hypothesis that exposure of nontransformed intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-18) to the reducing agent sodium hydrogen sulfide (NaHS) activates molecular pathways that underlie epithelial hyperplasia, a phenotype common to both ulcerative colitis (UC) and colorectal cancer. Exposure of IEC-18 cells to NaHS rapidly increased the NADPH/NADP ratio, reduced the intracellular redox environment, and inhibited mitochondrial respiratory activity. The addition of 0.2-5 mM NaHS for 4 h increased the IEC-18 proliferative cell fraction (P<0.05), as evidenced by analysis of the cell cycle and proliferating cell nuclear antigen expression, while apoptosis occurred only at the highest concentration of NaHS. Thirty minutes of NaHS exposure increased (P<0.05) c-Jun mRNA concentrations, consistent with the observed activation of mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPK). Microarray analysis confirmed an increase (P<0.05) in MAPK-mediated proliferative activity, likely reflecting the reduced redox environment of NaHS-treated cells. These data identify functional pathways by which H2S may initiate epithelial dysregulation and thereby contribute to UC or colorectal cancer. Thus, it becomes crucial to understand how genetic background may affect epithelial responsiveness to this bacterial-derived environmental insult.
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- Bart Deplancke
- Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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Fong KD, Nacamuli RP, Loboa EG, Henderson JH, Fang TD, Song HM, Cowan CM, Warren SM, Carter DR, Longaker MT. Equibiaxial tensile strain affects calvarial osteoblast biology. J Craniofac Surg 2003; 14:348-55. [PMID: 12826806 DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200305000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Mechanical tensile strain is believed to play an important role in regulating calvarial morphogenesis. To better understand the effects of mechanical strain on pathologic calvarial growth, we applied 10% constant equibiaxial tensile strain to neonatal rat calvarial osteoblast cultures and examined cellular proliferation, cytokine production, and extracellular matrix molecule expression. Mechanical strain markedly increased osteoblast proliferation as demonstrated by increased proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) protein. In addition, both transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) mRNA expression and fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) protein production were increased with exposure to strain. Moreover, mechanical strain induced expression of the extracellular matrix molecule collagen IalphaI. To further explore the relationship between mechanotransduction, osteogenesis, and angiogenesis, we examined the effect of mechanical strain on calvarial osteoblast expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Interestingly, we found that mechanical strain induced a rapid (within 3 hrs) increase in osteoblast VEGF expression. These data suggest that constant equibiaxial tensile strain-induced mechanotransduction can influence osteoblasts to assume an "osteogenic" and "angiogenic" phenotype, and these findings may have important implications for understanding the mechanisms of pathologic strain-induced calvarial growth.
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- Kenton D Fong
- Department of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 257 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5148, USA
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Zhang J, Li W, Sanders MA, Sumpio BE, Panja A, Basson MD. Regulation of the intestinal epithelial response to cyclic strain by extracellular matrix proteins. FASEB J 2003; 17:926-8. [PMID: 12626437 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0663fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Repetitive mechanical deformation may stimulate intestinal epithelial proliferation. Because the extracellular matrix modulates static intestinal epithelial biology, we examined whether matrix proteins influence intestinal epithelial responses to deformation. Human Caco-2BBE cells and nontransformed human enterocytes (HIPEC) were subjected to 10% average cyclic strain at 10 cycles/min on flexible membranes precoated with matrix proteins without or with plasma fibronectin or functional anti-integrin antibodies in the medium. Strain stimulated proliferation, focal adhesion kinase, extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK), p38, and Jun N-terminal kinase similarly on collagen I or IV, and more weakly on laminin, but had no effect on fibronectin. MEK blockade (PD98059) prevented strain-stimulated proliferation on collagen but did not affect proliferation on fibronectin. Adding tissue fibronectin to a collagen substrate or plasma fibronectin to the media suppressed strain s mitogenic and signal effects, but not those of epidermal growth factor. Functional antibodies to the alpha5 or alpha(v) integrin subunit blocked strain's effects on Caco-2 proliferation and ERK activation, although ligation of the alpha2 or alpha6 subunit did not. Repetitive strain also stimulated, and fibronectin inhibited, human intestinal primary epithelial cell proliferation. Repetitive deformation stimulates transformed and nontransformed human intestinal epithelial proliferation in a matrix-dependent manner. Tissue or plasma fibronectin may regulate the intestinal epithelial response to strain via integrins containing alpha5 or alpha(v).
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- Jianhu Zhang
- Departments of Surgery, Wayne State University, USA
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Weyts FAA, Li YS, van Leeuwen J, Weinans H, Chien S. ERK activation and alpha v beta 3 integrin signaling through Shc recruitment in response to mechanical stimulation in human osteoblasts. J Cell Biochem 2003; 87:85-92. [PMID: 12210725 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Osteoblast growth and differentiation are critical processes for bone development and maintenance, and are regulated by both humoral and mechanical factors. Humoral (hormonal) factors can affect gene transcription via MAPkinases, e.g., extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). We studied whether the ERK pathway is also involved in processing mechanical inputs in human bone cells. Exposing MG63 cells to physiologically relevant levels of fluid flow resulted in ERK phosphorylation. Genistein blocked this response, indicating that it is dependent on tyrosine phosphorylation. Furthermore, alpha v beta 3 integrins were activated in response to fluid flow, as shown by recruitment of adaptor molecule Shc and clustering of alpha v beta 3 in focal adhesion-like structures. Antibodies blocking formation of beta 1 or beta 3 integrin-matrix interactions or RGD peptides could not inhibit fluid flow-induced ERK phosphorylation, suggesting that formation of new integrin-matrix interactions is not essential for this response and that other upstream mechanosensors regulate induction of ERK phosphorylation in response to fluid flow in human bone cells.
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- F A A Weyts
- Department of Orthopaedics, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Kapur S, Baylink DJ, Lau KHW. Fluid flow shear stress stimulates human osteoblast proliferation and differentiation through multiple interacting and competing signal transduction pathways. Bone 2003; 32:241-51. [PMID: 12667551 DOI: 10.1016/s8756-3282(02)00979-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This study sought to assess the role of several signaling pathways in the fluid flow shear stress-induced proliferation and differentiation of normal human osteoblasts. We evaluated the effects of an effective dose of selective inhibitors of the extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERK) pathway (PD98059 and U0126), the nitric oxide synthase pathway (N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester), the cyclo-oxygenase pathway (indomethacin), or the Gi/o pathway (pertussis toxin [PTX]) on the flow-mediated effects. A 30-min steady flow shear stress at 20 dynes/cm(2) increased significantly [(3)H]thymidine incorporation (an indicator of proliferation), alkaline phosphatase activity (an index of osteoblast differentiation), phosphorylation of ERK, and expression of integrin beta1. PD98059, U0126, and N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester completely blocked the shear stress-induced increases in ERK phosphorylation, [(3)H]thymidine incorporation, and alkaline phosphatase, but without an effect on integrin beta1 expression, indicating that the ERK and nitric oxide synthase pathways are essential for the shear stress-induced proliferation and differentiation of normal human osteoblasts and that each involves ERK activation but not integrin beta1 upregulation. Indomethacin blocked the shear stress-induced osteoblast proliferation and differentiation and integrin beta1 upregulation but not ERK activation, suggesting that the cyclo-oxygenase pathway (i.e., prostacyclin and/or prostaglandin E(2)) mediates the shear stress-induced osteoblast proliferation in an ERK-independent manner. In contrast, PTX completely blocked the flow-induced increase in integrin beta1 expression but had no effect on the increase in the ERK phosphorylation or [(3)H]thymidine incorporation. PTX not only did not inhibit but also significantly enhanced the stimulatory effect of shear stress on alkaline phosphatase activity, suggesting that a PTX-sensitive signaling pathway may have an inhibitory role in osteoblast differentiation. In summary, this study shows, for the first time, that the signal transduction mechanism of shear stress in osteoblasts is complex and involves multiple ERK-dependent and independent pathways, and provides circumstantial evidence that there may be a PTX-sensitive pathway that has completing effects with an unknown pathway on the differentiation of normal human osteoblasts.
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- Sonia Kapur
- Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, and Department of Medicine and Biochemistry, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA
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Danciu TE, Adam RM, Naruse K, Freeman MR, Hauschka PV. Calcium regulates the PI3K-Akt pathway in stretched osteoblasts. FEBS Lett 2003; 536:193-7. [PMID: 12586362 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00055-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Mechanical loading plays a vital role in maintaining bone architecture. The process by which osteoblasts convert mechanical signals into biochemical responses leading to bone remodeling is not fully understood. The earliest cellular response detected in mechanically stimulated osteoblasts is an increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)). In this study, we used the clonal mouse osteoblast cell line MC3T3-E1 to show that uniaxial cyclic stretch induces: (1) an immediate increase in [Ca(2+)](i), and (2) the phosphorylation of critical osteoblast proteins that are implicated in cell proliferation, gene regulation, and cell survival. Our data suggest that cyclic stretch activates the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway including: PI3K, Akt, FKHR, and AFX. Moreover, cyclic stretch also causes the phosphorylation of stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun N-terminal kinase. Attenuation in the level of phosphorylation of these proteins was observed by stretching cells in Ca(2+)-free medium, using intra- (BAPTA-AM) and extracellular (BAPTA) calcium chelators, or gadolinium, suggesting that influx of extracellular calcium plays a significant role in the early response of osteoblasts to mechanical stimuli.
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- Theodora E Danciu
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, John F. Enders Research Laboratories, Room 1230, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya E, Nemenoff RA, Das M. Hypoxic activation of adventitial fibroblasts: role in vascular remodeling. Chest 2002; 122:326S-334S. [PMID: 12475810 DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6_suppl.326s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Substantial experimental evidence supports the idea that the fibroblast may play a significant role in the vascular response to injury, especially under hypoxic conditions. Fibroblasts have the ability to rapidly respond to hypoxic stress and to modulate their function to adapt rapidly to local vascular needs. Fibroblasts appear to be uniquely equipped to proliferate, transdifferentiate, and migrate under hypoxic conditions. Proliferative responses to hypoxia depend on the activation of Galpha(i) and Gq kinase family members, and on the subsequent stimulation of protein kinase C and mitogen-activated protein kinase family members. Extracellular nucleotides (eg, adenosine triphosphate [ATP]) are likely to be increased in the hypoxic adventitial compartment and can act as autocrine/paracrine modifiers of the hypoxia-induced proliferative response. The proliferative effects of ATP appear to be mediated largely through G-protein-coupled P2Y receptors in fetal and neonatal fibroblasts. Hypoxia, acting through Galpha(iota)-coupled pathways, also can directly up-regulate alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in fibroblast subpopulations, suggesting that hypoxia may play a direct role in mediating the "transdifferentiation" of fibroblasts into myofibroblasts in the vessel wall. In addition, chronic hypoxia causes stable (at least in vitro) phenotypic changes in fibroblasts that appear to be associated with changes in the signaling pathways used to elicit proliferation. However, it is also becoming clear that, similar to the heterogeneity described for vascular smooth muscle cells, numerous fibroblast subtypes exist in the vessel wall, and that each may respond in unique ways to hypoxia and other stimuli and thus serve special functions in response to injury. In fact, adventitia may be considered to be compartments in which cells with "stem-cell-like" characteristics reside. Future work is needed to determine more precisely the role of the fibroblast in the wide variety of vascular complications observed in many humans diseases, and in the genes and gene products that confer unique properties to this important vascular cell.
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- Kurt R Stenmark
- Developmental Lung Biology Research Laboratory, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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Matsuda N, Horikawa M, Watanabe M, Kitagawa S, Kudo Y, Takata T. Possible involvement of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 in mitogenic response of periodontal ligament cells to enamel matrix derivative. Eur J Oral Sci 2002; 110:439-44. [PMID: 12507217 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2002.21340.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The efficacy of enamel matrix derivative (EMD) as an adjunct to periodontal regenerative therapy has been demonstrated in recent clinical studies, however, little is known about its molecular mechanism (s). We examined the mitogenic response of cultured periodontal ligament (PDL) cells to EMD and characterized associated changes in proliferation-related intracellular signaling molecules, including mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) and Akt kinases/protein kinase B (Akt/PKB) kinases. The DNA synthesis of PDL cells increased following treatment with EMD at concentrations higher than 1 microg ml(-1). This mitogenic response to EMD was associated with the selective activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2. No other MAPKs, or Akt/PKB kinases, responded to EMD stimulation. The EMD induction of DNA synthesis and activation of ERK 1/2 were diminished by pretreatment with suramin, an inhibitor of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK). The signaling pathway induced by EMD from RTK to ERK 1/2 was similar to that activated by epidermal growth factor (EGF), although the specific binding of 125I-EGF to PDL cells was not affected by pretreatment or concomitant treatment with EMD. These findings suggest that EMD elicits its mitogenic signal through an EMD-specific RTK towards ERK 1/2.
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- Naoki Matsuda
- Radioisotope Center, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Arnoczky SP, Tian T, Lavagnino M, Gardner K, Schuler P, Morse P. Activation of stress-activated protein kinases (SAPK) in tendon cells following cyclic strain: the effects of strain frequency, strain magnitude, and cytosolic calcium. J Orthop Res 2002; 20:947-52. [PMID: 12382958 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-0266(02)00038-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cyclic strain has been shown to benefit tendon health. However, repetitive loading has also been implicated in the etiology of tendon overuse injuries. Recent studies demonstrated that in several cell lines cyclic strain was associated with an activation of stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs). These SAPKs, in turn, were shown to be important upstream regulators of a variety of cell processes including apoptosis. To examine the effect of repetitive loading on SAPK activation in tendon cells in vitro, canine patellar tendon cells were cyclically strained, and the cellular stress response evaluated by measuring c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation. The effects of strain frequency and strain magnitude as well as the role of calcium signaling in this mechanotransduction mechanism were also examined. Cyclic strain resulted in an immediate activation of JNK, which peaked at 30 min and returned to resting levels by 2 h. This activation was regulated by a magnitude-dependent but not frequency-dependent response and appeared to be mediated through a calcium-dependent mechanotransduction pathway. While transient JNK activation is associated with normal cell processes. persistent JNK activation has been linked to the initiation of the apoptotic cascade. A similar mechanism could be responsible for initiating the pathological events (localized cell death) seen in tendon overuse injury.
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- Steven P Arnoczky
- Laboratory for Comparative Orthopaedic Research, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA.
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Rubin J, Murphy TC, Fan X, Goldschmidt M, Taylor WR. Activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase is involved in mechanical strain inhibition of RANKL expression in bone stromal cells. J Bone Miner Res 2002; 17:1452-60. [PMID: 12162499 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2002.17.8.1452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Mechanical input is known to regulate skeletal mass. In vitro, application of strain inhibits osteoclast formation by decreasing expression of the ligand RANKL in bone stromal cells, but the mechanism responsible for this down-regulation is unknown. In experiments here, application of 1.8% equibiaxial strain for 6 h reduced vitamin D-stimulated RANKL mRNA expression by nearly one-half in primary bone stromal cells. Application of strain caused a rapid activation of ERK1/2, which returned to baseline by 60 minutes. Adding the ERK1/2 inhibitor PD98059 30 minutes before strain delivery prevented the strain effect on RANKL mRNA expression, suggesting that activation of ERK1/2 was required for transduction of the mechanical force. Mechanical strain also activated N-terminal Jun kinase (JNK) that, in contrast, did not return to baseline during 24 h of continuous strain. This suggests that JNK may represent an accessory pathway for mechanical transduction in bone cells. Our data indicate that strain modulation of RANKL expression involves activation of MAPK pathways.
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- Janet Rubin
- Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Yamaguchi N, Chiba M, Mitani H. The induction of c-fos mRNA expression by mechanical stress in human periodontal ligament cells. Arch Oral Biol 2002; 47:465-71. [PMID: 12102763 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9969(02)00022-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The periodontal ligament is subjected to mechanical loading during occlusion and mastication. Although internuclear transcription factors are associated with the regulatory pathway that converts these extracellular mechanical stimuli into a cellular response, there are no reports on these in human periodontal ligament fibroblasts. In this study, the amounts of c-fos mRNA in human periodontal ligament fibroblasts were investigated shortly after subjecting them to a cyclic tension force in vitro. The mRNA of alkaline phosphatase and the matrix proteins type I collagen, type III collagen, matrix Gla-protein, osteonectin, osteopontin, and osteocalcin were also examined. A significant, rapid, transient increase in c-fos mRNA was detected, which peaked 30 min after the application of mechanical force. However, there was no significant change in the mRNA for alkaline phosphatase or the matrix proteins. These results provide evidence that periodontal ligament fibroblasts and c-fos may play a critical part in the response of periodontal tissue to mechanical stimulation.
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- Nozomi Yamaguchi
- Department of Lifelong Oral Health Science, Division of Orthodontics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiry o-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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Nickolaychuk B, McNicol A, Gilchrist J, Birek C. Evidence for a role of mitogen-activated protein kinases in proliferating and differentiating odontogenic epithelia of inflammatory and developmental cysts. ORAL SURGERY, ORAL MEDICINE, ORAL PATHOLOGY, ORAL RADIOLOGY, AND ENDODONTICS 2002; 93:720-9. [PMID: 12142880 DOI: 10.1067/moe.2002.123496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The activation of intracellular signaling cascades involving serine/threonine kinases ERK1/2 has been variably reported either to stimulate or inhibit epithelial cell differentiation in response to extracellular signals. The purpose of our study was to determine the distribution of the signaling molecule ERK1 and its activated form pERK1/2 in the epithelial components of developmental and inflammatory odontogenic cysts in relation to parameters of differentiation and proliferation. STUDY DESIGN Thirty samples of dental follicles, dentigerous cysts, and radicular cysts were immunostained with antibodies to ERK1, pERK1/2, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (a marker for proliferation). The tissues were subclassified according to the pattern of histomorphological differentiation (ie, squamous differentiation) and the proliferation rate of their epithelial components. The significance of differences in the proportion of ERK1- and pERK1/2-expressing cells among the tissue groups was determined by chi-square analysis or Fisher's exact test. RESULTS ERK1 and pERK1/2 were found to be expressed in a significantly higher proportion of cells with differentiated and highly proliferating epithelial components, as compared with those of nondifferentiated, quiescent epithelial rests. The epithelium of radicular cysts exhibited the highest proportion of pERK1/2-positive cells. In both dentigerous and radicular cyst samples, pERK1/2 expression was significantly higher in the inflamed tissues. CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate that ERK1 and its active form pERK1/2 are associated with differentiating and actively proliferating epithelia of odontogenic cysts, and are consistent with pERK1/2 involvement in the activation of odontogenic epithelia in response to inflammation.
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- Brent Nickolaychuk
- Department of Preventive Dental Science, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Tang T, Arbiser JL, Brandt SJ. Phosphorylation by mitogen-activated protein kinase mediates the hypoxia-induced turnover of the TAL1/SCL transcription factor in endothelial cells. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:18365-72. [PMID: 11904294 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109812200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor TAL1 (or SCL), originally identified from its involvement by a chromosomal rearrangement in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, is required for hematopoietic development. TAL1 also has a critical role in embryonic vascular remodeling and is expressed in endothelial cells postnatally, although little is known about its function or regulation in this cell type. We report here that the important proangiogenic stimulus hypoxia stimulates phosphorylation, ubiquitination, and proteasomal breakdown of TAL1 in endothelial cells. Tryptic phosphopeptide mapping and chemical inhibitor studies showed that hypoxia induced the mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated phosphorylation of a single serine residue, Ser(122), in the protein, and site-directed mutagenesis demonstrated that Ser(122) phosphorylation was necessary for hypoxic acceleration of TAL1 turnover in an immortalized murine endothelial cell line. Finally, whereas TAL1 expression was detected in endothelial cells from both large and small vessels, hypoxia-induced TAL1 turnover was observed only in microvascular endothelial cells. Besides their implications for TAL1 function in angiogenic processes, these results demonstrate that a protein kinase(s) important for mitogenic signaling is also utilized in hypoxic endothelial cells to target a transcription factor for destruction.
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- Tong Tang
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Gault PC, Warocquier-Clerout R. Tooth auto-transplantation with double periodontal ligament stimulation to replace periodontally compromised teeth. J Periodontol 2002; 73:575-83. [PMID: 12027263 DOI: 10.1902/jop.2002.73.5.575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The healing process of autotransplantation puts 2 different tissues in competition: the ligament on the root surface and the bone tissue of the alveolus. This study shows the effects of a protocol with 2 surgical stages, which promote ligament repair, inhibit adhesion between bone and dental root, and reduce the occurrence of the ankylosis-root resorption phenomenon. METHODS Forty-three patients, 33 to 73 years old, received 47 transplantations of mature teeth (including retained teeth) during a 5-year period. During the first surgical step, the transplanted tooth is extracted, measured, immediately replaced in its origin site, and maintained with an original suture technique. The alveolus to which the tooth will be transplanted is adapted after extraction of the periodontally compromised tooth. The second surgery occurs at day 14, when regeneration of periodontal ligament (PDL) is at a maximum (first stimulation). The tooth is transplanted in its new alveolus and retained using the same suture technique to avoid a rigid splint and to create mechanical stimulation of the PDL (second stimulation). RESULTS The results were 95.75% positive with normal PDL, with a 4.25% failure rate (transplant loss) and no ankylosis. Mean probing reduction was 8.37 +/- 3.0 mm. Mean radiographic bone gain was 7.73 +/- 4.32 mm. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that auto-transplantation with double PDL stimulation can be a viable treatment in clinical practice, especially to replace teeth with large periodontal lesions, deep furcation defects, and/or root fractures. This study shows the high potential of stimulated PDL to regenerate alveolar bone and periodontal structures in severe destruction sites.
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- Philippe C Gault
- Biomaterials and Biocompatibility Research Department, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
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Doggett TA, Swarthout JT, Jefcoat SC, Wilhelm D, Dieckmann A, Angel P, Partridge NC. Parathyroid hormone inhibits c-Jun N-terminal kinase activity in rat osteoblastic cells by a protein kinase A-dependent pathway. Endocrinology 2002; 143:1880-8. [PMID: 11956171 DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.5.8759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Treatment of osteoblastic cells with PTH initiates dual signaling cascades resulting in activation of both PKA and PKC. It has been shown that PTH either inhibits or stimulates ERKs depending on dose of the hormone; nevertheless, the ability of PTH to regulate other members of the MAPK family is unknown. Another member of this family, c-Jun-NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK), is preferentially activated by cytokines and cellular stresses and plays a key role in regulating the activity of various transcription factors. We demonstrate that treatment of UMR 106-01 cells and rat calvarial osteoblasts with PTH (10(-8) M), N-terminal peptides of PTH that selectively activate PKA, or 8-bromo-cAMP (activates PKA) results in the inhibition of JNK activity from high basal levels. Examination of the upstream members of the JNK cascade revealed that both stress-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-related kinase kinase 1/MAPK kinase 4 and MAPK/extracellular signal-related kinase kinase kinase 1 activities were also inhibited after treatment with PTH (10(-8) M). We conclude that treatment of osteoblastic cells with PTH is sufficient to inhibit high basal JNK activity by activation of the PKA signaling cascade.
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- Teresa A Doggett
- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
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Martineau LC, Gardiner PF. Skeletal muscle is sensitive to the tension-time integral but not to the rate of change of tension, as assessed by mechanically induced signaling. J Biomech 2002; 35:657-63. [PMID: 11955505 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9290(01)00249-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mechanical forces regulate many cellular processes. Mechanotransduction, however, is poorly understood. In skeletal muscle, mechanical forces have a major impact on the regulation of cellular volume, yet the nature of the mechanical stimulation to which muscle is most sensitive is unknown. It was recently demonstrated that activation of the mechanically-sensitive kinase p54 jun-N-terminal-kinase (JNK), is a quantitative marker of mechanical stimulation in skeletal muscle. This marker was shown to be more sensitive to peak tension than to other tension-related parameters such as the tension-time integral (TTI) and the rate of change of tension (dT/dt). The purpose of the present study was to parcel out the contribution of TTI and dT/dt to mechanical stimulation of muscle under conditions of constant peak tension. The rat medial gastrocnemius in situ was subjected to one of four 5-min passive stretch protocols consisting of equal length excursions, but differing in displacement-time integral (4%, 40%, or 100%) and/or rate of stretch (0, 3, or 30 mm/s), and the resulting p54-JNK phosphorylation was assessed. A linear relationship between TTI and p54-JNK signaling was observed. However, no effect of dT/dt was observed. It is concluded that peak tension and TTI are necessary parameters for modeling the mechanical stimulus-response of muscle. Additionally, the mechanism of mechanotransduction is sensitive to peak tension and TTI, but not to dT/dt, and thus exhibits spring-like behavior. These findings may contribute to the refinement of disuse atrophy countermeasures.
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- Louis C Martineau
- Department of Kinesiology, Neuromuscular Plasticity Laboratory, Université de Montréal, P.O. Box 6128, Centre-Ville, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 3J7
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Hatakeyama D, Kozawa O, Niwa M, Matsuno H, Ito H, Kato K, Tatematsu N, Shibata T, Uematsu T. Upregulation by retinoic acid of transforming growth factor-beta-stimulated heat shock protein 27 induction in osteoblasts: involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1589:15-30. [PMID: 11909638 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4889(01)00183-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We investigated whether transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) stimulates the induction of heat shock protein (HSP) 27 and HSP70 in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells and the mechanism underlying the induction. TGF-beta increased the level of HSP27 but had no effect on the HSP70 level. TGF-beta stimulated the accumulation of HSP27 dose-dependently, and induced an increase in the level of mRNA for HSP27. TGF-beta induced the phosphorylation of p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase and p38 MAP kinase. The HSP27 accumulation induced by TGF-beta was significantly suppressed by PD98059, an inhibitor of the upstream kinase of p44/p42 MAP kinase, or SB203580, an inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase. PD98059 and SB203580 suppressed the TGF-beta-stimulated increase in the level of mRNA for HSP27. Retinoic acid, a vitamin A (retinol) metabolite, which alone had little effect on the HSP27 level, markedly enhanced the HSP27 accumulation stimulated by TGF-beta. Retinoic acid enhanced the TGF-beta-induced increase of mRNA for HSP27. The amplification of TGF-beta-stimulated HSP27 accumulation by retinoic acid was reduced by PD98059 or SB203580. Retinoic acid failed to affect the TGF-beta-induced phosphorylation of p44/p42 MAP kinase or p38 MAP kinase. These results strongly suggest that p44/p42 MAP kinase and p38 MAP kinase take part in the pathways of the TGF-beta-stimulated HSP27 induction in osteoblasts, and that retinoic acid upregulates the TGF-beta-stimulated HSP27 induction at a point downstream from p44/p42 MAP kinase and p38 MAP kinase.
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- Daijiro Hatakeyama
- Department of Pharmacology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan
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Mogford JE, Tawil N, Chen A, Gies D, Xia Y, Mustoe TA. Effect of age and hypoxia on TGFbeta1 receptor expression and signal transduction in human dermal fibroblasts: impact on cell migration. J Cell Physiol 2002; 190:259-65. [PMID: 11807830 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.10060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Wound healing is critically affected by age, ischemia, and growth factors such as TGFbeta1. The combined effect of these factors on fibroblast migration, an essential component of wound healing, is poorly understood. To address this deficiency, we examined expression of TGFbeta receptor type I and II (TGFbetaRI and RII) under normoxia or hypoxia (1% O(2)) in cultured human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) from young (ages 24-33) and aged (ages 61-73) adults. TGFbetaRI and RII expression was similar in both groups under normoxia. Hypoxia did not alter receptor levels in young HDFs but significantly decreased TGFbetaRI in aged cells (12 and 43%, respectively). Additionally, young cells displayed a 50% increase in activation of p42/p44 mitogen-activated kinase by TGFbeta1 (2-200 pg/ml) under hypoxia while aged cell levels of active p42/p44 decreased up to 24%. To determine functional outcomes of these findings, we measured the migratory capacity of the cells on type I collagen using a gold salt migration assay. Hypoxia increased the migratory index (MI) of young HDFs over normoxia by 30% but had no effect on aged cells. Under normoxia, TGFbeta1 (1-1000 pg/ml) increased young HDF migration in a concentration-dependent manner up to 109% over controls but minimally increased aged HDF migration (37%). Under hypoxia, TGFbeta1 significantly increased young cell MI at all concentrations but was without effect on the aged HDF response. These data demonstrate that aged fibroblasts have an impaired migratory capacity with complete loss of responsiveness to hypoxia and deficits in the migratory and signal transduction responsiveness to TGFbeta1 that may partly explain diminished healing capabilities often observed in aged patients.
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- Jon E Mogford
- Wound Healing Research Laboratory, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Wadhwa S, Godwin SL, Peterson DR, Epstein MA, Raisz LG, Pilbeam CC. Fluid flow induction of cyclo-oxygenase 2 gene expression in osteoblasts is dependent on an extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling pathway. J Bone Miner Res 2002; 17:266-74. [PMID: 11811557 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2002.17.2.266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mechanical loading of bone may be transmitted to osteocytes and osteoblasts via shear stresses at cell surfaces generated by the flow of interstitial fluid. The stimulated production of prostaglandins, which mediates some effects of mechanical loading on bone, is dependent on inducible cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) in bone cells. We examined the fluid shear stress (FSS) induction of COX-2 gene expression in immortalized MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cells stably transfected with -371/+70 base pairs (bp) of the COX-2 5'-flanking DNA (Pluc371) and in primary osteoblasts (POBs) from calvaria of mice transgenic for Pluc371. Cells were plated on collagen-coated glass slides and subjected to steady laminar FSS in a parallel plate flow chamber. FSS, from 0.14 to 10 dynes/cm2, induced COX-2 messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein. FSS (10 dynes/cm2) induced COX-2 mRNA within 30 minutes, with peak effects at 4 h in MC3T3-E1 cells and at > or = 8 h in POBs. An inhibitor of new protein synthesis puromycin blocked the peak induction of COX-2 mRNA by FSS. COX-2 promoter activity, measured as luciferase activity, correlated with COX-2 mRNA expression in both MC3T3-E1 and POB cells. FSS induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in MC3T3-E1 cells, with peak effects at 5 minutes. Inhibiting ERK phosphorylation with the specific inhibitor PD98059 inhibited FSS induction of COX-2 mRNA by 55-70% and FSS stimulation of luciferase activity by > or = 80% in both MC3T3-E1 and POB cells. We conclude that FSS transcriptionally induces COX-2 gene expression in osteoblasts, that the maximum induction requires new protein synthesis, and that induction occurs largely via an ERK signaling pathway.
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- Sunil Wadhwa
- Department of Orthodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030, USA
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Tawadros T, Formenton A, Dudler J, Thompson N, Nicod P, Leisinger HJ, Waeber G, Haefliger JA. The scaffold protein IB1/JIP-1 controls the activation of JNK in rat stressed urothelium. J Cell Sci 2002; 115:385-93. [PMID: 11839789 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.115.2.385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) is critical for cell survival, differentiation, apoptosis and tumorigenesis. This signalling pathway requires the presence of the scaffold protein Islet-Brain1/c-Jun N-terminal kinase interacting protein-1 (IB1/JIP-1). Immunolabeling and in situ hybridisation of bladder sections showed that IB1/JIP-1 is expressed in urothelial cells. The functional role of IB1/JIP-1 in the urothelium was therefore studied in vivo in a model of complete rat bladder outlet obstruction. This parietal stress, which is due to urine retention, reduced the content of IB1/JIP-1 in urothelial cells and consequently induced a drastic increase in JNK activity and AP-1 binding activity. Using a viral gene transfer approach, the stress-induced activation of JNK was prevented by overexpressing IB1/JIP-1. Conversely, the JNK activity was increased in urothelial cells where the IB1/JIP-1 content was experimentally reduced using an antisense RNA strategy. Furthermore, JNK activation was found to be increased in non-stressed urothelial cells of heterozygous mice carrying a selective disruption of the IB1/JIP-1 gene. These data established that mechanical stress in urothelial cells in vivo induces a robust JNK activation as a consequence of regulated expression of the scaffold protein IB1/JIP-1. This result highlights a critical role for that scaffold protein in the homeostasis of the urothelium and unravels a new potential target to regulate the JNK pathway in this tissue.
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- Thomas Tawadros
- Department of Internal Medicine, Service of Urology, University Hospital, CHUV-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Suzuki A, Guicheux J, Palmer G, Miura Y, Oiso Y, Bonjour JP, Caverzasio J. Evidence for a role of p38 MAP kinase in expression of alkaline phosphatase during osteoblastic cell differentiation. Bone 2002; 30:91-8. [PMID: 11792570 DOI: 10.1016/s8756-3282(01)00660-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In the present study, we investigate the implication of the mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) Erk, p38, and JNK in mediating the effect of fetal calf serum (FCS) on the differentiation of MC3T3-E1 osteoblast-like cells. Erk is stimulated by FCS in proliferating, early-differentiating, as well as in mature cells. Activation of p38 by FCS is not detected in proliferating cells but is observed as the cells differentiate. JNK is activated in response to FCS throughout the entire differentiation process, but a maximal stimulation is observed in early differentiating cells. The roles of Erk and p38 pathways in mediating MC3T3-E1 cell differentiation was determined using specific inhibitors such as U0126 and SB203580, respectively. These experiments confirmed that the Erk pathway is essential for mediating cell proliferation in response to FCS, but indicated that this MAP kinase has little effect in regulating the differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells. In contrast, p38 only marginally influenced proliferation, but appeared to be critical for the control of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) expression in differentiating cells. Finally, results obtained with high doses of SB203580, which also affected JNK activity, suggest that p38 and/or JNK are probably also involved in the control of type 1 collagen and osteocalcin expression in differentiating cells. The data indicate that MAPKs regulate different stages of MC3T3-E1 cell development in response to FCS. Distinct MAPK pathways seem to independently modulate osteoblastic cell proliferation and differentiation, with Erk playing an essential role in cell replication, whereas p38 is involved in the regulation of ALP expression during osteoblastic cell differentiation. JNK is also probably involved in the regulation of osteoblastic cell differentiation, but its precise role requires further investigation.
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- A Suzuki
- Division of Bone Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Bruinink A, Siragusano D, Ettel G, Brandsberg T, Brandsberg F, Petitmermet M, Müller B, Mayer J, Wintermantel E. The stiffness of bone marrow cell-knit composites is increased during mechanical load. Biomaterials 2001; 22:3169-78. [PMID: 11603589 DOI: 10.1016/s0142-9612(01)00069-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A novel device for mechanical stimulation of primary adult rat bone marrow cells cultured on three-dimensional knitted textiles has been prototyped. A method has been developed ensuring a well-defined, high-density, and reproducible cell seeding on the knitted fabric. After culturing for 18-52 days the cell-knit composites were subjected to uniaxial 2% stretching and relaxation. The frequency was altered between 0.1 Hz (196 min, loading phase) and 0.01 Hz (360 min, resting phase). Identically treated knits without cells exhibited a slight stiffness reduction, whereas the stiffness of knits with cells increased from cycle to cycle. The stiffness increase was found to depend on the duration of the culture period before mechanical loading. Our data suggest that the extracellular matrix deposited by the cells on the knit and intact microtubuli of living cells cause the observed stiffness increase. In comparison to the unstrained static cell-knit composites cell proliferation and bone cell differentiation were reduced by the mechanical load.
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- A Bruinink
- Department of Materials, Biocompatible Materials Science and Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute-Technology, ETH Zürich, Schlieren.
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Karsdal MA, Fjording MS, Foged NT, Delaissé JM, Lochter A. Transforming growth factor-beta-induced osteoblast elongation regulates osteoclastic bone resorption through a p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase- and matrix metalloproteinase-dependent pathway. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:39350-8. [PMID: 11477097 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m008738200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) is a powerful modulator of bone metabolism, and both its anabolic and catabolic effects on bone have been described. Here we have tested the hypothesis that TGF-beta-induced changes in osteoblast shape promote bone resorption by increasing the surface area of bone that is accessible to osteoclasts. The addition of TGF-beta1 to MC3T3-E1 cells resulted in cytoskeletal reorganization, augmented expression of focal adhesion kinase, and cell elongation, accompanied by an increase in the area of cell-free substratum. TGF-beta1 also triggered activation of Erk1/2 and p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase. The p38 MAP kinase inhibitor PD169316, but not an inhibitor of the Erk1/2 pathway, abrogated the effect of TGF-beta1 on cell shape. The matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor GM6001 also interfered with osteoblast elongation. Treatment of MC3T3-E1 cells seeded at confluence onto bone slices to mimic a bone lining cell layer with TGF-beta1 also induced cell elongation and increased pit formation by subsequently added osteoclasts. These effects were again blocked by PD169316 and GM6001. We propose that this novel pathway regulating osteoblast morphology plays an important role in the catabolic effects of TGF-beta on bone metabolism.
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- M A Karsdal
- OSTEOPRO A/S, Herlev Hovedgade 207, 2730 Herlev, Denmark.
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Pavlin D, Zadro R, Gluhak-Heinrich J. Temporal pattern of stimulation of osteoblast-associated genes during mechanically-induced osteogenesis in vivo: early responses of osteocalcin and type I collagen. Connect Tissue Res 2001; 42:135-48. [PMID: 11718468 DOI: 10.3109/03008200109014255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Mechanical loading is an essential environmental factor in skeletal homeostasis, but the response of osteoblast-associated genes to mechanical osteogenic signal is largely unknown. This study uses our recently characterized in vivo osteoinductive model to analyze the sequence of stimulation and the time course of expression of osteoblast-associated genes in mechanically loaded mouse periodontium. Temporal pattern of regulation of osteocalcin (OC), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and type I collagen (collagen I) was determined during mechanically-induced osteoblast differentiation in vivo, using a mouse tooth movement model earlier shown to induce bone formation and cell-specific regulation of genes in osteoblasts. The expression of target genes was determined after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 days of orthodontic movement of the mouse first molar. mRNA levels were measured in the layer of osteoblasts adjacent to the alveolar bone surface, using in situ hybridization and a relative quantitative video image analysis of cell-specific hybridization intensity, with non-osseous mesenchymal periodontal cells as an internal standard. After 24 hours of loading, the level of OC in osteoblasts slightly decreased, followed by a remarkable 4.6-fold cell-specific stimulation between 1 and 2 days of treatment. The high level expression of OC was maintained throughout the treatment with a peak 7-fold stimulation at day 4. The expression of collagen I gene was not significantly affected after 1 day, but it was stimulated 3-fold at day 2, and maintained at a similar level through day 6. The ALP gene, which we previously found to be mechanically stimulated during the first 24 hours, remained enhanced from 1.8- to 2.2-fold throughout the 6 days of treatment. Thus, in an intact alveolar bone compartment, mechanical loading resulted in a defined temporal sequence of induction of osteoblast-associated genes. Stimulation of OC 48 h after the onset of loading (and 24 h prior to deposition of osteoid) temporally coincided with that of collagen I, and was preceded for 24 h by an enhancement of ALP. Identification of OC as a mechanically responsive gene induced in functionally active osteoblasts in this study is consistent with its potential role in limiting the rate of mechanically-induced bone modeling. Furthermore, these results show that temporal progression of mechanically-induced osteoblast phenotype in this in vivo model occurs very rapidly. This suggests that physiologically relevant mechanical osteoinductive signal in vivo is targeting a population of committed osteoblast precursor cells that are capable of rapidly responding by entering a differentiation pathway and initiating an anabolic skeletal adaptation process.
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- D Pavlin
- Department of Orthodontics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78284-7910, USA.
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Haÿ E, Lemonnier J, Fromigué O, Marie PJ. Bone morphogenetic protein-2 promotes osteoblast apoptosis through a Smad-independent, protein kinase C-dependent signaling pathway. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:29028-36. [PMID: 11395480 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m011265200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), a member of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) family, regulates osteoblast differentiation and bone formation. Here we show a novel function of BMP-2 in human osteoblasts and identify a signaling pathway involved in this function. BMP-2 promotes apoptosis in primary human calvaria osteoblasts and in immortalized human neonatal calvaria osteoblasts, as shown by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated nick end labeling analysis. In contrast, TGF-beta 2 inhibits apoptosis in human osteoblasts. Studies of the mechanisms of action showed that BMP-2 increases the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, whereas TG beta-2 has a negative effect. Moreover, BMP-2 increases the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c to the cytosol. Consistent with these results, BMP-2 increases caspase-9 and caspase-3, -6, and -7 activity, and an anti-caspase-9 agent suppresses BMP-2-induced apoptosis. Overexpression of dominant-negative Smad1 effectively blocks BMP-2-induced expression of the osteoblast transcription factor Runx2 but not the activation of caspases or apoptosis induced by BMP-2, indicating that the Smad1 signaling pathway is not involved in the BMP-2-induced apoptosis. The proapoptotic effect of BMP-2 is PKC-dependent, because BMP-2 increases PKC activity, and the selective PKC inhibitor calphostin C blocks the BMP-2-induced increased Bax/Bcl-2, caspase activity, and apoptosis. In contrast, the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A inhibitor H89, the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580, and the MEK inhibitor PD-98059 have no effect. The results show that BMP-2 uses a Smad-independent, PKC-dependent pathway to promote apoptosis via a Bax/Bcl-2 and cytochrome c-caspase-9-caspase-3, -6, -7 cascade in human osteoblasts.
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- E Haÿ
- Laboratory of Osteoblast Biology and Pathology, INSERM U 349, Affiliated CNRS, Lariboisière Hospital, 75475 Cedex 10 Paris, France
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Kozawa O, Otsuka T, Hatakeyama D, Niwa M, Matsuno H, Ito H, Kato K, Matsui N, Uematsu T. Mechanism of prostaglandin D(2)-stimulated heat shock protein 27 induction in osteoblasts. Cell Signal 2001; 13:535-41. [PMID: 11483406 DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(01)00180-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We previously showed that prostaglandin D(2) (PGD(2)) stimulates activation of protein kinase C (PKC). We investigated whether PGD(2) stimulates the induction of heat shock protein (HSP) 27 and HSP70 in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells and the mechanism underlying the induction. PGD(2) increased the levels of HSP27 while having little effect on HSP70 levels. PGD(2) stimulated the accumulation of HSP27 dose dependently in the range between 10 nM and 10 microM. PGD(2) induced an increase in the levels of mRNA for HSP27. The PGD(2)-stimulated accumulation of HSP27 was reduced by staurosporine or calphostin C, inhibitors of PKC. PGD(2) induced the phosphorylation of p44/p42 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase and p38 MAP kinase. The HSP27 accumulation induced by PGD(2) was significantly suppressed by PD98059, an inhibitor of the upstream kinase of p44/p42 MAP kinase, or SB203580, an inhibitor of p38 MAP kinase. Calphostin C suppressed the PGD(2)-induced phosphorylation of p44/p42 MAP kinase and p38 MAP kinase. PD98059 or SB203580 suppressed the PGD(2)-increased levels of mRNA for HSP27. These results strongly suggest that PGD(2) stimulates HSP27 induction through p44/p42 MAP kinase activation and p38 MAP kinase activation in osteoblasts and that PKC acts at a point upstream from both the MAP kinases.
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- O Kozawa
- Department of Pharmacology, Gifu University School of Medicine, 500-8705, Gifu, Japan.
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Granet C, Boutahar N, Vico L, Alexandre C, Lafage-Proust MH. MAPK and SRC-kinases control EGR-1 and NF-kappa B inductions by changes in mechanical environment in osteoblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 284:622-31. [PMID: 11396946 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bone loss occurs in microgravity whereas an increase in bone mass is observed after skeletal loading. This tissue adaptation involves changes in osteoblastic proliferation and differentiation whose mechanisms remain largely unknown. In this context, we investigated the expression and the nuclear translocation of Egr-1 and NF-kappa B, in a simulated microgravity model (clinostat) and in a model of mechanical strain (Flexcell). We performed RT-PCR and immunocytochemistry analyses at baseline and up to 2 h after stimulation (a mitogenic regimen, 1% stretch, 0.05 Hz, 10 min, or clinorotation 50 rpm, 10 min) in osteoblastic ROS17/2.8 cells. Egr-1 induction as well as NF-kappa B nuclear translocation were activated by mechanical changes. PKC downregulation and COX1/2 inhibition did not alter these inductions. In contrast, ERK1/2, p38(MAPK) and src-kinases pathways were differentially involved in both models. Thus, we demonstrated that changes in the mechanical environment induced an activation of Egr-1 and NF-kappa B with specific kinetics and involved various transduction pathways including MAPKs and src-kinases. These could partially explain the later alterations of proliferation observed.
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- C Granet
- Laboratoire de Biologie et de Biochimie du Tissu Osseux LBBTO, INSERM E9901, Faculté de Médecine, 15 rue A. Paré, 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 2, France.
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Das M, Bouchey DM, Moore MJ, Hopkins DC, Nemenoff RA, Stenmark KR. Hypoxia-induced proliferative response of vascular adventitial fibroblasts is dependent on g protein-mediated activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:15631-40. [PMID: 11278727 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010690200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hypoxia has been shown to act as a proliferative stimulus for adventitial fibroblasts of the pulmonary artery. The signaling pathways involved in this growth response, however, remain unclear. We tested the hypothesis that hypoxia-induced proliferation of fibroblasts would be dependent on distinct (compared with serum) activation and utilization patterns of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases initiated by Galpha(i/o) proteins. We found that hypoxia stimulated increases in DNA synthesis and growth of quiescent fibroblasts in the absence of exogenous mitogens and also markedly augmented serum-stimulated growth responses. Hypoxia caused a transient activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), the time course and pattern of which was somewhat similar to that induced by serum but which was of lesser magnitude. On the other hand, hypoxia-induced activation of p38 MAP kinase was biphasic, whereas serum-stimulated activation of p38 MAP kinase was transient, and the magnitude of activation was greater for hypoxia compared with that of serum stimulation. ERK1/2, JNK1, and p38 MAP kinase but not JNK2 were necessary for hypoxia-induced proliferation because PD98059, SB202190, and JNK1 antisense oligonucleotides nearly ablated the growth response. JNK2 appeared to act as a negative modulator of hypoxia-induced growth because JNK2 antisense oligonucleotides led to an increase in DNA synthesis. In serum-stimulated cells, antisense JNK1 oligonucleotides and PD98059 had inhibitory effects on proliferation, whereas SB202190 led to an increase in DNA synthesis. Pertussis toxin, which blocks Galpha(i/o)-mediated signaling, markedly attenuated hypoxia-induced DNA synthesis and activation of ERK and JNK but not p38 MAP kinase. We conclude that hypoxia itself can act as a growth promoting stimulus for subsets of bovine neonatal adventitial fibroblasts largely through Galpha(i/o)-mediated activation of a complex network of MAP kinases whose specific contributions to hypoxia-induced proliferation differ from traditional serum-induced growth signals.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Aorta, Thoracic/cytology
- Aorta, Thoracic/physiology
- Cattle
- Cell Division/drug effects
- Cell Hypoxia/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Culture Media, Serum-Free
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Fibroblasts/cytology
- Fibroblasts/physiology
- GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Imidazoles/pharmacology
- JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
- Kinetics
- MAP Kinase Signaling System/physiology
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1/metabolism
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/genetics
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/physiology
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- Pertussis Toxin
- Phosphorylation
- Pulmonary Artery/cytology
- Pulmonary Artery/physiology
- Pyridines/pharmacology
- Virulence Factors, Bordetella/pharmacology
- p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
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- M Das
- Cardiovascular Pulmonary and Developmental Lung Biology Research Labs and the Department of Renal Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA.
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Hara F, Fukuda K, Asada S, Matsukawa M, Hamanishi C. Cyclic tensile stretch inhibition of nitric oxide release from osteoblast-like cells is both G protein and actin-dependent. J Orthop Res 2001; 19:126-31. [PMID: 11332608 DOI: 10.1016/s0736-0266(00)00011-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Recent reports indicate the alteration of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis with mechanical stress loaded on the osteoblast and NO is considered to have a significant role in mechanotransduction. We found the involvement of guanine-nucleotide-binding regulatory proteins (G proteins), especially Gi, in stress-inhibited NO release of osteoblast-like cells (JOR:17;593-597, 1999). To determine further the mechanism involved in this process, we measured c-Jun N-terminal kinase/stress-activated protein kinase (JNK/SAPK) activity under cyclic tensile stretch loaded on osteoblast-like cells. Cyclic stretch significantly enhanced JNK/SAPK activity and pertussis toxin clearly reversed stress-enhanced JNK/SAPK activity. Cytochalasin D, actin microfilament disrupting reagent, also abolished the stress activation of JNK/SAPK. We propose a model for signaling events induced by cyclic tensile stretch, namely a transmembrane mechanosensor which couples Gi-protein, actin cytoskeleton and finally activates JNK/SAPK activity of osteoblasts.
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- F Hara
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kinki University, School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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Li W, Duzgun A, Sumpio BE, Basson MD. Integrin and FAK-mediated MAPK activation is required for cyclic strain mitogenic effects in Caco-2 cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2001; 280:G75-87. [PMID: 11123200 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.2001.280.1.g75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Rhythmic strain stimulates Caco-2 proliferation. We asked whether mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation mediates strain mitogenicity and characterized upstream signals regulating MAPK. Caco-2 cells were subjected to strain on collagen I-precoated membranes or antibodies to integrin subunits. Twenty-four hours of cyclic strain increased cell numbers compared with static conditions. MAPK-extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase inhibition (20 microM PD-98059) blocked strain mitogenicity. p38 Inhibition (10 microM SB-202190) did not. Strain rapidly and time-dependently activated focal adhesion kinase (FAK), paxillin, ERK1 and 2, and p38 on collagen. c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK)1 and 2 exhibited delayed activation. Similar activation occurred when Caco-2 cells were subjected to strain on a substrate of functional antibody to the alpha2-, alpha3-, alpha6-, or beta1-integrin subunits but not on a substrate of functional antibody to the alpha5-subunit. FAK inhibition by FAK397 transfection blocked ERK2 and JNK1 activation by in vitro kinase assays, but pharmacological protein kinase C inhibition did not block ERK1 or 2 activation by strain. Strain-induced ERK signals mediate strain's mitogenic effects and may require integrins and FAK activation.
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- W Li
- Department of Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8062, USA
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Yamaguchi T, Chattopadhyay N, Kifor O, Sanders JL, Brown EM. Activation of p42/44 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases by extracellular calcium-sensing receptor agonists induces mitogenic responses in the mouse osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cell line. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 279:363-8. [PMID: 11118293 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Recently, substantial evidence has accumulated that the G-protein-coupled, extracellular calcium (Ca(2+)(o))-sensing receptor (CaR) is expressed in bone marrow-derived cells, including osteoblasts, stromal cells, monocytes-macrophages, and osteoclast precursor cells. Our previous studies have shown that the mouse osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cell line also expresses the CaR and exhibits mitogenic responses when exposed to various CaR agonists. In this study, in order to understand the signaling pathway(s) mediating this response, we studied the effects of CaR agonists on the phosphorylation of p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) (Erk1/2), p38 MAPK, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) in MC3T3-E1 cells. Raising the level of Ca(2+)(o) (4.5 mM) or addition of the polycationic CaR agonists, gadolinium (Gd(3+)) (25 microM), neomycin (300 microM) or spermine (1 mM), each stimulated phosphorylation of both p42/44 and p38 MAPKs, but not JNK, as assessed using phospho-specific antibodies to the respective MAPKs. Furthermore, phosphorylation of p42/44 and p38 MAPK were markedly inhibited by their selective and potent inhibitors, PD98059 (50 microM) and SB203580 (10 microM), respectively. Finally, the two inhibitors suppressed [(3)H]thymidine incorporation into DNA in MC3T3-E1 cells at a normal level of Ca(2+)(o) (1.8 mM) as well as when stimulated by high (4.5 mM) Ca(2+)(o), Gd(3+), or neomycin. Thus, in mouse osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells, both the p42/44 and p38 MAPK cascades play pivotal roles in CaR-stimulated mitogenic responses.
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- T Yamaguchi
- Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
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Matsuda N, Horikawa M, Wang LH, Yoshida M, Okaichi K, Okumura Y, Watanabe M. Differential activation of ERK 1/2 and JNK in normal human fibroblast-like cells in response to UVC radiation under different oxygen tensions. Photochem Photobiol 2000; 72:334-9. [PMID: 10989603 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)072<0334:daoeaj>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The mechanisms by which mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) respond to the input of UV-induced signal transduction pathways and the resulting biological functions are not well understood. We investigated whether the level of oxygen tension of culture was responsible for the differential activation of MAPK and different cellular outcomes in UVC-irradiated cells. The intracellular oxidative level of normal human fibroblast-like cells in a normal atmosphere (normoxic, 20% O2) was increased within 30 min after UVC irradiation. When cells were cultured at lower oxygen tension in the presence of an antioxidant N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) or under physiologically hypoxic (5% O2) conditions, the elevation of the oxidative level by UV-irradiation was significantly reduced. Among MAPK, extracellular-signal related kinase (ERK) 1/2 was activated by UV regardless of the oxidative level, while c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation was inhibited in NAC-treated and in hypoxic cultures. In addition, in cultures at lower oxygen tension, there was less apoptosis and cell survival was enhanced. These results suggest that UV-induced oxidative stress was responsible for intracellular signaling through the JNK pathway. Furthermore, the balance between ERK1/2 and JNK activities after UV irradiation under different oxygen tensions possibly modified cellular outcome in response to UV.
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- N Matsuda
- Radioisotope Center, Nagasaki University, Japan.
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Lee HS, Millward-Sadler SJ, Wright MO, Nuki G, Salter DM. Integrin and mechanosensitive ion channel-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion proteins and beta-catenin in human articular chondrocytes after mechanical stimulation. J Bone Miner Res 2000; 15:1501-9. [PMID: 10934648 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2000.15.8.1501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Mechanical forces influence chondrocyte metabolism and function. We have previously shown that 0.33 Hz cyclical pressure-induced strain (PIS) results in membrane hyperpolarization of normal human articular chondrocytes (HAC) by activation of Ca(2+)-dependent K+ small conductance potassium activated calcium (SK) channels. The mechanotransduction pathway involves alpha 5 beta 1-integrin, stretch-activated ion channels (SAC) actin cytoskeleton and tyrosine protein kinases, with subsequent release of the chondroprotective cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4). The objective of this study was to examine in detail tyrosine phosphorylation events in the mechanotransduction pathway. The results show tyrosine phosphorylation of three major proteins, p125, p90, and p70 within 1 minute of onset of mechanical stimulation. Immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation show these to be focal adhesion kinase (pp125FAK), beta-catenin, and paxillin, respectively. Tyrosine phosphorylation of all three proteins is inhibited by RGD containing oligopeptides and gadolinium, which is known to block SAC. beta-catenin coimmunoprecipitates with FAK and is colocalized with alpha 5-integrin and pp125FAK. These results indicate a previously unrecognized role for an integrin-beta-catenin signaling pathway in human articular chondrocyte (HAC) responses to mechanical stimulation.
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- H S Lee
- Department of Pathology, Edinburgh University Medical School, U.K
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Yu J, Deuel TF, Kim HR. Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor-alpha activates c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase-1 and antagonizes PDGF receptor-beta -induced phenotypic transformation. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:19076-82. [PMID: 10777515 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m910329199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a potent mitogen for mesenchymal cells. The PDGF B-chain (c-sis proto-oncogene) homodimer (PDGF BB) and v-sis, its viral counterpart, activate both alpha- and beta-receptor subunits (alpha-PDGFR and beta-PDGFR) and mediate anchorage-independent growth in NIH3T3 cells. In contrast, the PDGF A chain homodimer (PDGF AA) activates alpha-PDGFR only and fails to induce phenotypic transformation. In the present study, we investigated alpha- and beta-PDGFR specific signaling pathways that are responsible for the differences between the transforming ability of PDGF AA and BB. To study PDGF BB activation of beta-PDGFR, we established NIH3T3 clones in which alpha-PDGFR signaling is inhibited by a dominant-negative alpha-PDGFR, or an antisense construct of alpha-PDGFR. Here, we demonstrate that beta-PDGFR activation alone is sufficient for PDGF BB-mediated anchorage-independent cell growth. More importantly, inhibition of alpha-PDGFR signaling enhanced PDGF BB-mediated phenotypic transformation, suggesting that alpha-PDGFR antagonizes beta-PDGFR-induced transformation. While both alpha- and beta-receptors effectively activate ERKs, alpha-PDGFR, but not beta-PDGFR, activates stress-activated protein kinase-1/c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase-1 (JNK-1). Inhibition of JNK-1 activity using a dominant-negative JNK-1 mutant markedly enhanced PDGF BB-mediated anchorage-independent cell growth, demonstrating an antagonistic role for JNK-1 in PDGF-induced transformation. Consistently, overexpression of wild-type JNK-1 reduced PDGF BB-mediated transformation. Taken together, the present study showed that alpha- and beta-PDGFRs differentially regulate Ras-mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways critical for regulation of cell transformation, and transformation suppressing activity of alpha-PDGFR involves JNK-1 activation.
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- J Yu
- Department of Pathology, Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
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Physical signals, in particular mechanical loading, are clearly important regulators of bone turnover. Indeed, the structural success of the skeleton is due in large part to the bone's capacity to recognize some aspect of its functional environment as a stimulus for achievement and retention of a structurally adequate morphology. However, while the skeleton's ability to respond to its mechanical environment is widely accepted, identification of a reasonable mechanism through which a mechanical "load" could be transformed to a signal relevant to the bone cell population has been elusive. In addition, the downstream response of bone cells to load-induced signals is unclear. In this work, we review evidence suggesting that gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) contributes to mechanotransduction in bone and, in so doing, contributes to the regulation of bone cell differentiation by biophysical signals. In this context, mechanotransduction is defined as transduction of a load-induced biophysical signal, such as fluid flow, substrate deformation, or electrokinetic effects, to a cell and ultimately throughout a cellular network. Thus, mechanotransduction would include interactions of extracellular signals with cellular membranes, generation of intracellular second messengers, and the propagation of these messengers, or signals they induce, through a cellular network. We propose that gap junctions contribute largely to the propagation of intracellular signals.
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- H J Donahue
- Musculoskeletal Research Laboratory, Departments of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation and Cellular & Molecular Physiology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA.
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