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Marahleh A, Kitaura H, Ohori F, Noguchi T, Mizoguchi I. The osteocyte and its osteoclastogenic potential. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2023; 14:1121727. [PMID: 37293482 PMCID: PMC10244721 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1121727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023] Open
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The skeleton is an organ of dual functionality; on the one hand, it provides protection and structural competence. On the other hand, it participates extensively in coordinating homeostasis globally given that it is a mineral and hormonal reservoir. Bone is the only tissue in the body that goes through strategically consistent bouts of bone resorption to ensure its integrity and organismal survival in a temporally and spatially coordinated process, known as bone remodeling. Bone remodeling is directly enacted by three skeletal cell types, osteoclasts, osteoblasts, and osteocytes; these cells represent the acting force in a basic multicellular unit and ensure bone health maintenance. The osteocyte is an excellent mechanosensory cell and has been positioned as the choreographer of bone remodeling. It is, therefore, not surprising that a holistic grasp of the osteocyte entity in the bone is warranted. This review discusses osteocytogenesis and associated molecular and morphological changes and describes the osteocytic lacunocanalicular network (LCN) and its organization. We highlight new knowledge obtained from transcriptomic analyses of osteocytes and discuss the regulatory role of osteocytes in promoting osteoclastogenesis with an emphasis on the case of osteoclastogenesis in anosteocytic bones. We arrive at the conclusion that osteocytes exhibit several redundant means through which osteoclast formation can be initiated. However, whether osteocytes are true "orchestrators of bone remodeling" cannot be verified from the animal models used to study osteocyte biology in vivo. Results from studying osteocyte biology using current animal models should come with the caveat that these models are not osteocyte-specific, and conclusions from these studies should be interpreted cautiously.
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- Aseel Marahleh
- Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences (FRIS), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Division of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Aguirre JI, Castillo EJ, Kimmel DB. Biologic and pathologic aspects of osteocytes in the setting of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). Bone 2021; 153:116168. [PMID: 34487892 PMCID: PMC8478908 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2021.116168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a potentially severe, debilitating condition affecting patients with cancer and patients with osteoporosis who have been treated with powerful antiresorptives (pARs) or angiogenesis inhibitors (AgIs). Oral risk factors associated with the development of MRONJ include tooth extraction and inflammatory dental disease (e.g., periodontitis, periapical infection). In bone tissues, osteocytes play a bidirectional role in which they not only act as the "receiver" of systemic signals from blood vessels, such as hormones and drugs, or local signals from the mineralized matrix as it is deformed, but they also play a critical role as "transmitter" of signals to the cells that execute bone modeling and remodeling (osteoclasts, osteoblasts and lining cells). When the survival capacity of osteocytes is overwhelmed, they can die. Osteocyte death has been associated with several pathological conditions. Whereas the causes and mechanisms of osteocyte death have been studied in conditions like osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH), few studies of the causes and mechanisms of osteocyte death have been done in MRONJ. The three forms of cell death that affect most of the different cells in the body (apoptosis, autophagy, and necrosis) have been recognized in osteocytes. Notably, necroptosis, a form of regulated cell death with "a necrotic cell death phenotype," has also been identified as a form of cell death in osteocytes under certain pathologic conditions. Improving the understanding of osteocyte death in MRONJ may be critical for preventing disease and developing treatment approaches. In this review, we intend to provide insight into the biology of osteocytes, cell death, in general, and osteocyte death, in particular, and discuss hypothetical mechanisms involved in osteocyte death associated with MRONJ.
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- J I Aguirre
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, United States of America.
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, United States of America.
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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The Osteocyte: From "Prisoner" to "Orchestrator". J Funct Morphol Kinesiol 2021; 6:jfmk6010028. [PMID: 33802907 PMCID: PMC8006231 DOI: 10.3390/jfmk6010028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Osteocytes are the most abundant bone cells, entrapped inside the mineralized bone matrix. They derive from osteoblasts through a complex series of morpho-functional modifications; such modifications not only concern the cell shape (from prismatic to dendritic) and location (along the vascular bone surfaces or enclosed inside the lacuno-canalicular cavities, respectively) but also their role in bone processes (secretion/mineralization of preosseous matrix and/or regulation of bone remodeling). Osteocytes are connected with each other by means of different types of junctions, among which the gap junctions enable osteocytes inside the matrix to act in a neuronal-like manner, as a functional syncytium together with the cells placed on the vascular bone surfaces (osteoblasts or bone lining cells), the stromal cells and the endothelial cells, i.e., the bone basic cellular system (BBCS). Within the BBCS, osteocytes can communicate in two ways: by means of volume transmission and wiring transmission, depending on the type of signals (metabolic or mechanical, respectively) received and/or to be forwarded. The capability of osteocytes in maintaining skeletal and mineral homeostasis is due to the fact that it acts as a mechano-sensor, able to transduce mechanical strains into biological signals and to trigger/modulate the bone remodeling, also because of the relevant role of sclerostin secreted by osteocytes, thus regulating different bone cell signaling pathways. The authors want to emphasize that the present review is centered on the morphological aspects of the osteocytes that clearly explain their functional implications and their role as bone orchestrators.
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Conditional deletion of E11/Podoplanin in bone protects against ovariectomy-induced increases in osteoclast formation and activity. Biosci Rep 2021; 40:221743. [PMID: 31894854 PMCID: PMC6954370 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20190329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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E11/Podoplanin (Pdpn) is implicated in early osteocytogenesis and the formation of osteocyte dendrites. This dendritic network is critical for bone modelling/remodelling, through the production of receptor activator of nuclear factor κ B (RANK)-ligand (RANKL). Despite this, the role of Pdpn in the control of bone remodelling is yet to be established in vivo. Here we utilised bone-specific Pdpn conditional knockout mice (cKO) to examine the role of Pdpn in the bone loss associated with ovariectomy (OVX). MicroCT revealed that Pdpn deletion had no significant effect on OVX-induced changes in trabecular microarchitecture. Significant differences between genotypes were observed in the trabecular pattern factor (P<0.01) and structure model index (P<0.01). Phalloidin staining of F-actin revealed OVX to induce alterations in osteocyte morphology in both wild-type (WT) and cKO mice. Histological analysis revealed an expected significant increase in osteoclast number in WT mice (P<0.01, compared with sham). However, cKO mice were protected against such increases in osteoclast number. Consistent with this, serum levels of the bone resorption marker Ctx were significantly increased in WT mice following OVX (P<0.05), but were unmodified by OVX in cKO mice. Gene expression of the bone remodelling markers Rank, Rankl, Opg and Sost were unaffected by Pdpn deletion. Together, our data suggest that an intact osteocyte dendritic network is required for sustaining osteoclast formation and activity in the oestrogen-depleted state, through mechanisms potentially independent of RANKL expression. This work will enable a greater understanding of the role of osteocytes in bone loss induced by oestrogen deprivation.
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Osteocytes are an ancient cell, appearing in fossilized skeletal remains of early fish and dinosaurs. Despite its relative high abundance, even in the context of nonskeletal cells, the osteocyte is perhaps among the least studied cells in all of vertebrate biology. Osteocytes are cells embedded in bone, able to modify their surrounding extracellular matrix via specialized molecular remodeling mechanisms that are independent of the bone forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts. Osteocytes communicate with osteoclasts and osteoblasts via distinct signaling molecules that include the RankL/OPG axis and the Sost/Dkk1/Wnt axis, among others. Osteocytes also extend their influence beyond the local bone environment by functioning as an endocrine cell that controls phosphate reabsorption in the kidney, insulin secretion in the pancreas, and skeletal muscle function. These cells are also finely tuned sensors of mechanical stimulation to coordinate with effector cells to adjust bone mass, size, and shape to conform to mechanical demands.
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- Alexander G Robling
- Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA;
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- Indiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA;
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Bone Healing Evaluation Following Different Osteotomic Techniques in Animal Models: A Suitable Method for Clinical Insights. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/app10207165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Osteotomy is a common step in oncological, reconstructive, and trauma surgery. Drilling and elevated temperature during osteotomy produce thermal osteonecrosis. Heat and associated mechanical damage during osteotomy can impair bone healing, with consequent failure of fracture fixation or dental implants. Several ex vivo studies on animal bone were recently focused on heating production during osteotomy with conventional drill and piezoelectric devices, particularly in endosseous dental implant sites. The current literature on bone drilling and osteotomic surface analysis is here reviewed and the dynamics of bone healing after osteotomy with traditional and piezoelectric devices are discussed. Moreover, the methodologies involved in the experimental osteotomy and clinical studies are compared, focusing on ex vivo and in vivo findings.
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Taylor-King JP, Buenzli PR, Chapman SJ, Lynch CC, Basanta D. Modeling Osteocyte Network Formation: Healthy and Cancerous Environments. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:757. [PMID: 32793566 PMCID: PMC7387425 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Advanced cancers, such as prostate and breast cancers, commonly metastasize to bone. In the bone matrix, dendritic osteocytes form a spatial network allowing communication between osteocytes and the osteoblasts located on the bone surface. This communication network facilitates coordinated bone remodeling. In the presence of a cancerous microenvironment, the topology of this network changes. In those situations, osteocytes often appear to be either overdifferentiated (i.e., there are more dendrites than healthy bone) or underdeveloped (i.e., dendrites do not fully form). In addition to structural changes, histological sections from metastatic breast cancer xenografted mice show that number of osteocytes per unit area is different between healthy bone and cancerous bone. We present a stochastic agent-based model for bone formation incorporating osteoblasts and osteocytes that allows us to probe both network structure and density of osteocytes in bone. Our model both allows for the simulation of our spatial network model and analysis of mean-field equations in the form of integro-partial differential equations. We considered variations of our model to study specific physiological hypotheses related to osteoblast differentiation; for example predicting how changing biological parameters, such as rates of bone secretion, rates of cancer formation, and rates of osteoblast differentiation can allow for qualitatively different network topologies. We then used our model to explore how commonly applied therapies such as bisphosphonates (e.g., zoledronic acid) impact osteocyte network formation.
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- Jake P Taylor-King
- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland.,Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Integrated Mathematical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Tumor Biology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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- Integrated Mathematical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, United States
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Prondvai E, Witten PE, Abourachid A, Huysseune A, Adriaens D. Extensive chondroid bone in juvenile duck limbs hints at accelerated growth mechanism in avian skeletogenesis. J Anat 2019; 236:463-473. [PMID: 31670843 PMCID: PMC7018642 DOI: 10.1111/joa.13109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Modern altricial birds are the fastest growing vertebrates, whereas various degrees of precocity (functional maturity) result in slower growth. Diaphyseal osteohistology, the best proxy for inferring relative growth rates in fossils, suggests that in the earliest birds, posthatching growth rates were more variable than in modern representatives, with some showing considerably slow growth that was attributed to their assumed precocial flight abilities. For finding clues how precocial or altricial skeletogenesis and related growth acceleration could be traced in avian evolution, as a case study we investigated the growing limb diaphyseal histology in an ontogenetic series of ducks which, among several other avian taxa, show a combination of altricial wing and precocial leg development. Here we report the unexpected discovery that chondroid bone, a skeletal tissue family intermediate between cartilage and bone, extensively contributes to the development of limb bone shaft in ducks up to at least 30 days posthatching age. To our knowledge, chondroid bone has never been reported in such quantities and with an ontogenetically extended deposition period in post‐embryonic, non‐pathological periosteal bone formation of any tetrapod limb. It shows transitional cellular/lacunar morphologies and matrix staining properties between cartilage and woven bone and takes a significant part in the diametric growth of the limb bone shaft. Its amount and distribution through duckling ontogeny seems to be associated with the disparate functional and growth trajectories of the altricial wings vs. precocial legs characteristic of duck limb development. The presence of isogenous cell groups in the periosteal chondroid bone implies that cartilage‐like interstitial growth took place before matrix mineralization complementing appositional bone growth. Based on these characteristics and on its fast formation rate in all previously reported normal as well as pathological cases, we suggest that chondroid bone in ducks significantly accelerates diametric limb bone growth. Related to this growth acceleration, we hypothesize that chondroid bone may be generally present in the growing limb bones of modern birds and hence may have key skeletogenic importance in achieving extreme avian growth rates and placing birds among the fastest growing vertebrates. Thus, we encourage future studies to test this hypothesis by investigating the occurrence of chondroid bone in a variety of precocial and altricial bird species, and to explore the presence of similar tissues in the growing limbs of other extant and extinct tetrapods in order to understand the evolutionary significance of chondroid bone in accelerated appendicular skeletogenesis.
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- Edina Prondvai
- Department of Biology, Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,MTA-MTM-ELTE Research Group for Paleontology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biology, Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Département Adaptations du Vivant, UMR 7179 Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle - CNRS, Paris, France
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- Department of Biology, Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biology, Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Faure-Brac MG, Pelissier F, Cubo J. The influence of plane of section on the identification of bone tissue types in amniotes with implications for paleophysiological inferences. J Morphol 2019; 280:1282-1291. [DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Mathieu G. Faure-Brac
- Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie-Paris (CR2P); Paris France
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- Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie-Paris (CR2P); Paris France
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- Sorbonne Université, MNHN, CNRS, Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie-Paris (CR2P); Paris France
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Fleischle CV, Wintrich T, Sander PM. Quantitative histological models suggest endothermy in plesiosaurs. PeerJ 2018; 6:e4955. [PMID: 29892509 PMCID: PMC5994164 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Plesiosaurs are marine reptiles that arose in the Late Triassic and survived to the Late Cretaceous. They have a unique and uniform bauplan and are known for their very long neck and hydrofoil-like flippers. Plesiosaurs are among the most successful vertebrate clades in Earth’s history. Based on bone mass decrease and cosmopolitan distribution, both of which affect lifestyle, indications of parental care, and oxygen isotope analyses, evidence for endothermy in plesiosaurs has accumulated. Recent bone histological investigations also provide evidence of fast growth and elevated metabolic rates. However, quantitative estimations of metabolic rates and bone growth rates in plesiosaurs have not been attempted before. Methods Phylogenetic eigenvector maps is a method for estimating trait values from a predictor variable while taking into account phylogenetic relationships. As predictor variable, this study employs vascular density, measured in bone histological sections of fossil eosauropterygians and extant comparative taxa. We quantified vascular density as primary osteon density, thus, the proportion of vascular area (including lamellar infillings of primary osteons) to total bone area. Our response variables are bone growth rate (expressed as local bone apposition rate) and resting metabolic rate (RMR). Results Our models reveal bone growth rates and RMRs for plesiosaurs that are in the range of birds, suggesting that plesiosaurs were endotherm. Even for basal eosauropterygians we estimate values in the range of mammals or higher. Discussion Our models are influenced by the availability of comparative data, which are lacking for large marine amniotes, potentially skewing our results. However, our statistically robust inference of fast growth and fast metabolism is in accordance with other evidence for plesiosaurian endothermy. Endothermy may explain the success of plesiosaurs consisting in their survival of the end-Triassic extinction event and their global radiation and dispersal.
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- Corinna V Fleischle
- Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Dinosaur Institute, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, USA
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Breast cancer bone metastasis develops as the result of a series of complex interactions between tumor cells, bone marrow cells, and resident bone cells. The net effect of these interactions are the disruption of normal bone homeostasis, often with significantly increased osteoclast and osteoblast activity, which has provided a rational target for controlling tumor progression, with little or no emphasis on tumor eradication. Indeed, the clinical course of metastatic breast cancer is relatively long, with patients likely to experience sequential skeletal-related events (SREs), often over lengthy periods of time, even up to decades. These SREs include bone pain, fractures, and spinal cord compression, all of which may profoundly impair a patient's quality-of-life. Our understanding of the contributions of the host bone and bone marrow cells to the control of tumor progression has grown over the years, yet the focus of virtually all available treatments remains on the control of resident bone cells, primarily osteoclasts. In this perspective, our focus is to move away from the current emphasis on the control of bone cells and focus our attention on the hallmarks of bone metastatic tumor cells and how these differ from primary tumor cells and normal host cells. In our opinion, there remains a largely unmet medical need to develop and utilize therapies that impede metastatic tumor cells while sparing normal host bone and bone marrow cells. This perspective examines the impact of metastatic tumor cells on the bone microenvironment and proposes potential new directions for uncovering the important mechanisms driving metastatic progression in bone based on the hallmarks of bone metastasis.
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- Rachelle W Johnson
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA.
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Ikpegbu E, Basta L, Clements DN, Fleming R, Vincent TL, Buttle DJ, Pitsillides AA, Staines KA, Farquharson C. FGF-2 promotes osteocyte differentiation through increased E11/podoplanin expression. J Cell Physiol 2018; 233:5334-5347. [PMID: 29215722 PMCID: PMC5900964 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.26345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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E11/podoplanin is critical in the early stages of osteoblast‐to‐osteocyte transitions (osteocytogenesis), however, the upstream events which regulate E11 expression are unknown. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of FGF‐2 on E11‐mediated osteocytogenesis and to reveal the nature of the underlying signaling pathways regulating this process. Exposure of MC3T3 osteoblast‐like cells and murine primary osteoblasts to FGF‐2 (10 ng/ml) increased E11 mRNA and protein expression (p < 0.05) after 4, 6, and 24 hr. FGF‐2 induced changes in E11 expression were also accompanied by significant (p < 0.01) increases in Phex and Dmp1 (osteocyte markers) expression and decreases in Col1a1, Postn, Bglap, and Alpl (osteoblast markers) expression. Immunofluorescent microscopy revealed that FGF‐2 stimulated E11 expression, facilitated the translocation of E11 toward the cell membrane, and subsequently promoted the formation of osteocyte‐like dendrites in MC3T3 and primary osteoblasts. siRNA knock down of E11 expression achieved >70% reduction of basal E11 mRNA expression (p < 0.05) and effectively abrogated FGF‐2‐related changes in E11 expression and dendrite formation. FGF‐2 strongly activated the ERK signaling pathway in osteoblast‐like cells but inhibition of this pathway did not block the ability of FGF‐2 to enhance E11 expression or to promote acquisition of the osteocyte phenotype. The results of this study highlight a novel mechanism by which FGF‐2 can regulate osteoblast differentiation and osteocyte formation. Specifically, the data suggests that FGF‐2 promotes osteocytogenesis through increased E11 expression and further studies will identify if this regulatory pathway is essential for bone development and maintenance in health and disease.
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- Ekele Ikpegbu
- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.,Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Abia, Nigeria
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Arthritis Research UK Centre for Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease, The University of Sheffield Medical School, Sheffield, UK
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Anesi A, Ferretti M, Cavani F, Salvatori R, Bianchi M, Russo A, Chiarini L, Palumbo C. Structural and ultrastructural analyses of bone regeneration in rabbit cranial osteotomy: Piezosurgery versus traditional osteotomes. J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2018; 46:107-118. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2017.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Yair R, Cahaner A, Uni Z, Shahar R. Maternal and genetic effects on broiler bone properties during incubation period. Poult Sci 2017; 96:2301-2311. [DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Staines KA, Javaheri B, Hohenstein P, Fleming R, Ikpegbu E, Unger E, Hopkinson M, Buttle DJ, Pitsillides AA, Farquharson C. Hypomorphic conditional deletion of E11/Podoplanin reveals a role in osteocyte dendrite elongation. J Cell Physiol 2017; 232:3006-3019. [PMID: 28488815 PMCID: PMC5575468 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The transmembrane glycoprotein E11/Podoplanin (Pdpn) has been implicated in the initial stages of osteocyte differentiation. However, its precise function and regulatory mechanisms are still unknown. Due to the known embryonic lethality induced by global Pdpn deletion, we have herein explored the effect of bone‐specific Pdpn knockdown on osteocyte form and function in the post‐natal mouse. Extensive skeletal phenotyping of male and female 6‐week‐old Oc‐cre;Pdpnflox/flox (cKO) mice and their Pdpnflox/flox controls (fl/fl) has revealed that Pdpn deletion significantly compromises tibial cortical bone microarchitecture in both sexes, albeit to different extents (p < 0.05). Consistent with this, we observed an increase in stiffness in female cKO mice in comparison to fl/fl mice (p < 0.01). Moreover, analysis of the osteocyte phenotype by phalloidin staining revealed a significant decrease in the dendrite volume (p < 0.001) and length (p < 0.001) in cKO mice in which deletion of Pdpn also modifies the bone anabolic loading response (p < 0.05) in comparison to age‐matched fl/fl mice. Together, these data confirm a regulatory role for Pdpn in osteocyte dendrite formation and as such, in the control of osteocyte function. As the osteocyte dendritic network is known to play vital roles in regulating bone modeling/remodeling, this highlights an essential role for Pdpn in bone homeostasis.
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- Katherine A Staines
- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, UK.,School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Sighthill Campus, Edinburgh, UK
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- Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, UK
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, UK
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, UK.,Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Nigeria
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, UK
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- Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK
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- Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, UK
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Cubo J, Hui M, Clarac F, Quilhac A. Static osteogenesis does not precede dynamic osteogenesis in periosteal ossification of Pleurodeles
(Caudata, Amphibia) and Pogona
(Squamata, Lepidosauria). J Morphol 2017; 278:621-628. [DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Jorge Cubo
- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 6, CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (ISTeP); 4 place Jussieu - BC 19 Paris 75005 France
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 6, CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (ISTeP); 4 place Jussieu - BC 19 Paris 75005 France
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 6, CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (ISTeP); 4 place Jussieu - BC 19 Paris 75005 France
- Département Histoire de la Terre, Museum National D'histoire Naturelle; UMR 7207 (CR2P), Sorbonne Universités, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN)/CNRS/UPMC; Bâtiment De Géologie Paris Cedex 05 F-75231 France
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- Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 6, CNRS, Institut des Sciences de la Terre de Paris (ISTeP); 4 place Jussieu - BC 19 Paris 75005 France
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Role of cortical bone in hip fracture. BONEKEY REPORTS 2017; 6:867. [PMID: 28277562 DOI: 10.1038/bonekey.2016.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 09/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In this review, I consider the varied mechanisms in cortical bone that help preserve its integrity and how they deteriorate with aging. Aging affects cortical bone in two ways: extrinsically through its effects on the individual that modify its mechanical loading experience and 'milieu interieur'; and intrinsically through the prolonged cycle of remodelling and renewal extending to an estimated 20 years in the proximal femur. Healthy femoral cortex incorporates multiple mechanisms that help prevent fracture. These have been described at multiple length scales from the individual bone mineral crystal to the scale of the femur itself and appear to operate hierarchically. Each cortical bone fracture begins as a sub-microscopic crack that enlarges under mechanical load, for example, that imposed by a fall. In these conditions, a crack will enlarge explosively unless the cortical bone is intrinsically tough (the opposite of brittle). Toughness leads to microscopic crack deflection and bridging and may be increased by adequate regulation of both mineral crystal size and the heterogeneity of mineral and matrix phases. The role of osteocytes in optimising toughness is beginning to be worked out; but many osteocytes die in situ without triggering bone renewal over a 20-year cycle, with potential for increasing brittleness. Furthermore, the superolateral cortex of the proximal femur thins progressively during life, so increasing the risk of buckling during a fall. Besides preserving or increasing hip BMD, pharmaceutical treatments have class-specific effects on the toughness of cortical bone, although dietary and exercise-based interventions show early promise.
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El Deeb Zakhary I, Wenger K, Elsalanty M, Cray J, Sharawy M, Messer R. Characterization of primary osteocyte-like cells from rat mandibles. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2016; 123:37-43. [PMID: 27746153 DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2016.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The mandible is continuously undergoing remodeling as a result of mechanobiologic factors, such as chewing forces, tooth loss, orthodontic forces, and periodontitis. The effects of mechanical stress and biologic signals in bone homeostasis have been the focus of many investigations. However, much of this research utilized osteocytes derived from long bones, but little is known about the mandible-derived osteocytes. This study tests a protocol to isolate and grow osteocytes from rat mandible. STUDY DESIGN Rat mandibles were harvested, sectioned into small pieces, and subjected to a sequence chemical treatment and enzymatic digestion. The treated tissues were cultured for a few weeks while cells emerged. Cells were sorted by using the osteocyte marker podoplanin, an early marker for osteocyte differentiation. The cells were then characterized according to morphology, biochemical markers (osteocalcin, podoplanin, and sclerostin), and alkaline phosphatase activity and compared with an isotype cell line MLO-Y4 cells. RESULTS The mandibular osteocytic cells had stellate shape and were positive for osteocalcin, podoplanin, and sclerostin and lower alkaline phosphatase activity compared with MLO-Y4 osteocyte-like cells. CONCLUSIONS The protocol to isolate osteocyte-like cells will allow the investigators to investigate the mechanobiologic differences in biomechanical response between these mandibular and long bone osteocyte-like cells under various conditions.
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- Ibrahim El Deeb Zakhary
- Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Detroit-Mercy, Detroit, MI, USA
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- Chief Scientific Officer, Regencor LLC, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Associate Professor, Department of Oral Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Health Sciences, College of Dental Medicine, University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Professor, Department of Oral Biology, Augusta University, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Associate Professor, Department of Oral Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.
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Cavani F, Ferretti M, Smargiassi A, Palumbo C. PTH(1-34) effects on repairing experimentally drilled holes in rat femur: novel aspects - qualitative vs. quantitative improvement of osteogenesis. J Anat 2016; 230:75-84. [PMID: 27523886 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The timetable of effects on bone repair of the active fraction-parathyroid hormone, PTH(1-34), was analytically investigated from the morphometric viewpoint in 3-month-old male Sprague-Dawley rats, whose femurs were drilled at mid-diaphyseal level (transcortical holes). The animals were divided into groups with/without PTH(1-34) administration, and sacrificed at different times (10, 28, 45 days after surgery). The observations reported here need to be framed in the context of our previous investigations regarding bone histogenesis (Ferretti et al. Anat Embryol. 2002; 206: 21-29) in which we demonstrated the occurrence of two successive bone-forming processes during both skeletal organogenesis and bone repair, i.e. static and dynamic osteogenesis: the former (due to stationary osteoblasts, haphazardly grouped in cords) producing preliminary bad quality trabecular bone, the latter (due to typical polarized osteoblasts organized in ordered movable laminae) producing mechanically valid bone tissue. The primary function of static osteogenesis is to provide a rigid scaffold containing osteocytes (i.e. mechano-sensors) for osteoblast laminae acting in dynamic osteogenesis. In the present work, histomorphometric analysis revealed that, already 10 days after drilling, despite the holes being temporarily filled by the same amount of newly formed trabecular bone by static osteogenesis independently of the treatment, the extent of the surface of movable osteoblast-laminae (covering the trabecular surface) was statistically higher in animals submitted to PTH(1-34) administration than in control ones; this datum strongly suggests the effect of PTH(1-34) alone in anticipating the occurrence of dynamic osteogenesis involved in the production of good quality bone (with more ordered collagen texture) more suitable for loading. This study could be crucial in further translational clinical research in humans for defining the best therapeutic strategies to be applied in recovering severe skeletal lesions, particularly as regards the time of PTH(1-34) administration.
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- Francesco Cavani
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e Neuroscienze - Sez. Morfologia umana, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e Neuroscienze - Sez. Morfologia umana, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e Neuroscienze - Sez. Morfologia umana, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Metaboliche e Neuroscienze - Sez. Morfologia umana, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Fritz A, Bertin A, Hanna P, Nualart F, Marcellini S. A Single Chance to Contact Multiple Targets: Distinct Osteocyte Morphotypes Shed Light on the Cellular Mechanism Ensuring the Robust Formation of Osteocytic Networks. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2016; 326:280-9. [PMID: 27381191 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The formation of the complex osteocytic network relies on the emission of long cellular processes involved in communication, mechanical strain sensing, and bone turnover control. Newly deposited osteocytic processes rapidly become trapped within the calcifying matrix, and, therefore, they must adopt their definitive conformation and contact their targets in a single morphogenetic event. However, the cellular mechanisms ensuring the robustness of this unique mode of morphogenesis remain unknown. To address this issue, we examined the developing calvaria of the amphibian Xenopus tropicalis by confocal, two-photon, and super-resolution imaging, and described flattened osteocytes lying within a woven bone structured in lamellae of randomly oriented collagen fibers. While most cells emit peripheral and perpendicular processes, we report two osteocytes morphotypes, located at different depth within the bone matrix and exhibiting distinct number and orientation of perpendicular cell processes. We show that this pattern is conserved with the chick Gallus gallus and suggest that the cellular microenvironment, and more particularly cell-cell contact, plays a fundamental role in the induction and stabilization of osteocytic processes. We propose that this intrinsic property might have been evolutionarily selected for its ability to robustly generate self-organizing osteocytic networks harbored by the wide variety of bone shapes and architectures found in extant and extinct vertebrates.
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- Alan Fritz
- Laboratory of Development and Evolution, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratory of Development and Evolution, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratory of Development and Evolution, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile
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- Center for Advanced Microscopy (CMA Bio-Bio), University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile
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- Laboratory of Development and Evolution, Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile
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Staines KA, Prideaux M, Allen S, Buttle DJ, Pitsillides AA, Farquharson C. E11/Podoplanin Protein Stabilization Through Inhibition of the Proteasome Promotes Osteocyte Differentiation in Murine in Vitro Models. J Cell Physiol 2015; 231:1392-404. [PMID: 26639105 PMCID: PMC4832367 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The transmembrane glycoprotein E11 is considered critical in early osteoblast-osteocyte transitions (osteocytogenesis), however its function and regulatory mechanisms are still unknown. Using the late osteoblast MLO-A5 cell line we reveal increased E11 protein/mRNA expression (P < 0.001) concomitant with extensive osteocyte dendrite formation and matrix mineralization (P < 0.001). Transfection with E11 significantly increased mRNA levels (P < 0.001), but immunoblotting failed to detect any correlative increases in E11 protein levels, suggestive of post-translational degradation. We found that exogenous treatment of MLO-A5 and osteocytic IDG-SW3 cells with 10 μM ALLN (calpain and proteasome inhibitor) stabilized E11 protein levels and induced a profound increase in osteocytic dendrite formation (P < 0.001). Treatment with other calpain inhibitors failed to promote similar osteocytogenic changes, suggesting that these effects of ALLN rely upon its proteasome inhibitor actions. Accordingly we found that proteasome-selective inhibitors (MG132/lactacystin/ Bortezomib/Withaferin-A) produced similar dose-dependent increases in E11 protein levels in MLO-A5 and primary osteoblast cells. This proteasomal targeting was confirmed by immunoprecipitation of ubiquitinylated proteins, which included E11, and by increased levels of ubiquitinylated E11 protein upon addition of the proteasome inhibitors MG132/Bortezomib. Activation of RhoA, the small GTPase, was found to be increased concomitant with the peak in E11 levels and its downstream signaling was also observed to promote MLO-A5 cell dendrite formation. Our data indicate that a mechanism reliant upon blockade of proteasome-mediated E11 destabilization contributes to osteocytogenesis and that this may involve downstream targeting of RhoA. This work adds to our mechanistic understanding of the factors regulating bone homeostasis, which may lead to future therapeutic approaches.
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- Katherine A Staines
- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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- The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
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- Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Infection and Immunity, The University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, The University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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Prideaux M, Staines KA, Jones ER, Riley GP, Pitsillides AA, Farquharson C. MMP and TIMP temporal gene expression during osteocytogenesis. Gene Expr Patterns 2015; 18:29-36. [PMID: 25982959 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Revised: 04/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Osteocytes within bone differentiate from osteoblast precursors which reside in a mineralised extracellular matrix (ECM). Fully differentiated osteocytes are critical for bone development and function but the factors that regulate this differentiation process are unknown. The enzymes primarily responsible for ECM remodelling are matrix metalloproteinases (MMP); however, the expression and role of MMPs during osteocytogenesis is undefined. Here we used MLO-A5 cells to determine the temporal gene expressions of the MMP family and their endogenous inhibitors--tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) during osteocytogenesis. RT-qPCR revealed expression of 14 Mmps and 3 Timps in MLO-A5 cells. Mmp2, Mmp23 and Mmp28 were decreased concurrent with mineralisation onset (P < 0.05*). Mmp14 and Mmp19 mRNAs were also significantly increased at day 3 (P < 0.05*) before returning to baseline levels at day 6. Decreased expressions of Timp1, Timp2 and Timp3 mRNA were observed by day 6 compared to day 0 (P < 0.05*). To examine whether these changes are linked to osteocytogenesis, we determined Mmp/Timp mRNA expressions in mineralisation-limited conditions. RT-qPCR revealed that the previously observed decreases in Mmp2, Mmp23 and Mmp28 were not observed in these mineralisation-limited cultures, therefore closely linking these MMPs with osteocyte differentiation. Similarly, we found differential expression of Timp1, Timp2 and Timp3 mRNA in mineralisation-restricted cultures (P < 0.05*). In conclusion, we have identified several members of the MMP/TIMP families as regulators of ECM remodelling necessary for the acquisition of the osteocyte phenotype.
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- M Prideaux
- The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG.
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- University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Royal Veterinary College, Royal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK
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- Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Midlothian, EH25 9RG
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Prondvai E, Stein KHW, de Ricqlès A, Cubo J. Development-based revision of bone tissue classification: the importance of semantics for science. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Edina Prondvai
- MTA-ELTE Lendület Dinosaur Research Group; Eötvös Loránd University; Pázmány Péter s. 1/c, 1117 Budapest Hungary
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- Museum für Naturkunde Berlin; Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science; Invalidenstrasse 43 10115 Berlin Germany
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- UPMC; UMR 7193, ISTeP; Sorbonne Universités; Univ Paris 06 4 Place Jussieu BC 19 F-75005 Paris France
- CNRS; UMR 7193, ISTeP; 4 place Jussieu BC 19 F-75005 Paris France
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- UPMC; UMR 7193, ISTeP; Sorbonne Universités; Univ Paris 06 4 Place Jussieu BC 19 F-75005 Paris France
- CNRS; UMR 7193, ISTeP; 4 place Jussieu BC 19 F-75005 Paris France
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Reeve J, Loveridge N. The fragile elderly hip: mechanisms associated with age-related loss of strength and toughness. Bone 2014; 61:138-48. [PMID: 24412288 PMCID: PMC3991856 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Revised: 12/24/2013] [Accepted: 12/31/2013] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Every hip fracture begins with a microscopic crack, which enlarges explosively over microseconds. Most hip fractures in the elderly occur on falling from standing height, usually sideways or backwards. The typically moderate level of trauma very rarely causes fracture in younger people. Here, this paradox is traced to the decline of multiple protective mechanisms at many length scales from nanometres to that of the whole femur. With normal ageing, the femoral neck asymmetrically and progressively loses bone tissue precisely where the cortex is already thinnest and is also compressed in a sideways fall. At the microscopic scale of the basic remodelling unit (BMU) that renews bone tissue, increased numbers of actively remodelling BMUs associated with the reduced mechanical loading in a typically inactive old age augments the numbers of mechanical flaws in the structure potentially capable of initiating cracking. Menopause and over-deep osteoclastic resorption are associated with incomplete BMU refilling leading to excessive porosity, cortical thinning and disconnection of trabeculae. In the femoral cortex, replacement of damaged bone or bone containing dead osteocytes is inefficient, impeding the homeostatic mechanisms that match strength to habitual mechanical usage. In consequence the participation of healthy osteocytes in crack-impeding mechanisms is impaired. Observational studies demonstrate that protective crack deflection in the elderly is reduced. At the most microscopic levels attention now centres on the role of tissue ageing, which may alter the relationship between mineral and matrix that optimises the inhibition of crack progression and on the role of osteocyte ageing and death that impedes tissue maintenance and repair. This review examines recent developments in the understanding of why the elderly hip becomes fragile. This growing understanding is suggesting novel testable approaches for reducing risk of hip fracture that might translate into control of the growing worldwide impact of hip fractures on our ageing populations.
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- Jonathan Reeve
- NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Institute of Musculoskeletal Science, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford OX3 7HE, UK.
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- Orthopaedic Research Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK.
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D'Emic MD, Benson RBJ. Measurement, variation, and scaling of osteocyte lacunae: a case study in birds. Bone 2013; 57:300-10. [PMID: 23954754 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 08/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Basic issues surrounding osteocyte biology are still poorly understood, including the variability of osteocyte morphology within and among bones, individuals, and species. Several studies have suggested that the volume or shape of osteocytes (or their lacunae) is related to bone and/or organismal growth rate or metabolism, but the nature of this relationship, if any, is unclear. Furthermore, several studies have linked osteocyte lacuna volume with genome size or growth rate and suggested that osteocyte lacuna volume is unrelated to body size. Herein the scaling of osteocyte lacuna volume with body mass, growth and basal metabolic rates, genome size, and red blood cell size is examined using a broad sample of extant birds within a phylogenetic framework. Over 12,000 osteocyte lacuna axes were measured in a variety of bones from 34 avian and four non-avian dinosaur species. Osteocyte lacunae in parallel-fibered bone are scalene ellipsoids; their morphology and volume cannot be reliably estimated from any single thin section, and using a prolate ellipsoid model to estimate osteocyte lacuna volume results in a substantial (ca. 2-7 times) underestimate relative to true lacunar volume. Orthogonal thin sections reveal that in birds, even when only observing parallel-fibered, primary, cortical bone, intra-skeletal variation in osteocyte lacuna volume and shape is very high (volumes vary by a factor of 5.4 among different bones), whereas variation among homologous bones of the same species is low (1.2-44%; mean=12%). Ordinary and phylogenetically informed bivariate and multiple regressions demonstrate that in birds, osteocyte volume scales significantly but weakly with body mass and mass-specific basal metabolic rate and moderately with genome size, but not with erythrocyte size. Avian whole-body growth rate and osteocyte lacuna volume are weakly and inversely related. Finally, we present the first three-dimensionally calculated osteocyte volumes for several non-avian dinosaurs, which are much larger than previously reported values and smaller than those of large extant avians. Osteocyte volumes estimated from a single transverse section and assuming prolate morphology, as done in previous studies, are relative underestimates in theropod dinosaurs compared to sauropod dinosaurs, raising the possibility that no major change in osteocyte volumes (and genome size) occurred within Theropoda on the lineage leading to birds. Osteocyte volume is intertwined with several organismal attributes whose relative importance varies at a number of hierarchical levels.
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- Michael D D'Emic
- Anatomical Sciences Department, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
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Bone is a tissue that dynamically adapts mass and architecture to the mechanical loads that occur in daily life in a world with gravity. Bone architecture and mass are influenced by the applied tension peak, whereas the bone formation rate is modulated by the stimulus frequency. In bone tissue, osteocytes govern the detection of mechanical afferents and their transformation into biochemical messages, therefore these cells can be considered a mechanosensor that directs osteogenesis to where it is most needed to increase bone strength. The stimulation of osteocytes occurs with several modalities: shear stress and stretch, extracellular pressure modifications, strains, variations of electric field in and around osteocytes lacunae. The osteocyte network, under physiological conditions, activates osteoclastogenesis and suppresses osteoblast function enhancing bone resorption and inhibiting bone formation. In the unloaded condition, the functions of the osteocyte network are augmented, whereas exercise could decrease inhibitory effects on bone mass by reducing both osteoclastogenesis and inhibition on osteoblast function.
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Few investigators think of bone as an endocrine gland, even after the discovery that osteocytes produce circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 that targets the kidney and potentially other organs. In fact, until the last few years, osteocytes were perceived by many as passive, metabolically inactive cells. However, exciting recent discoveries have shown that osteocytes encased within mineralized bone matrix are actually multifunctional cells with many key regulatory roles in bone and mineral homeostasis. In addition to serving as endocrine cells and regulators of phosphate homeostasis, these cells control bone remodeling through regulation of both osteoclasts and osteoblasts, are mechanosensory cells that coordinate adaptive responses of the skeleton to mechanical loading, and also serve as a manager of the bone's reservoir of calcium. Osteocytes must survive for decades within the bone matrix, making them one of the longest lived cells in the body. Viability and survival are therefore extremely important to ensure optimal function of the osteocyte network. As we continue to search for new therapeutics, in addition to the osteoclast and the osteoblast, the osteocyte should be considered in new strategies to prevent and treat bone disease.
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- Sarah L Dallas
- PhD, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 650 East 25th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64108.
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Stein K, Prondvai E. Rethinking the nature of fibrolamellar bone: an integrative biological revision of sauropod plexiform bone formation. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2013; 89:24-47. [DOI: 10.1111/brv.12041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Revised: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 04/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Koen Stein
- Steinmann Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie; University of Bonn; Bonn Germany
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- Hungarian Academy of Sciences-Eötvös Loránd University “Lendület” Dinosaur Research Group; Eötvös Loránd University; Budapest Hungary
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Skedros JG, Knight AN, Clark GC, Crowder CM, Dominguez VM, Qiu S, Mulhern DM, Donahue SW, Busse B, Hulsey BI, Zedda M, Sorenson SM. Scaling of Haversian canal surface area to secondary osteon bone volume in ribs and limb bones. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2013; 151:230-44. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 03/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- John G. Skedros
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Bone and Joint Research Laboratory; Salt Lake City; UT
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Bone and Joint Research Laboratory; Salt Lake City; UT
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Bone and Joint Research Laboratory; Salt Lake City; UT
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- Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner; Armed Forces Medical Examiner System; Dover AFB; DE
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- Bone and Mineral Research Laboratory; Henry Ford Hospital; Detroit; MI
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering; Colorado State University; Fort Collins; CO
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- Department of Osteology and Biomechanics (IOBM); University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf; Hamburg; Germany
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- Department of Animal Biology; University of Sassari; Sassari; Italy
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- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Bone and Joint Research Laboratory; Salt Lake City; UT
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Schweitzer MH, Zheng W, Cleland TP, Bern M. Molecular analyses of dinosaur osteocytes support the presence of endogenous molecules. Bone 2013; 52:414-23. [PMID: 23085295 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Revised: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The discovery of soft, transparent microstructures in dinosaur bone consistent in morphology with osteocytes was controversial. We hypothesize that, if original, these microstructures will have molecular features in common with extant osteocytes. We present immunological and mass spectrometry evidence for preservation of proteins comprising extant osteocytes (Actin, Tubulin, PHEX, Histone H4) in osteocytes recovered from two non-avian dinosaurs. Furthermore, antibodies to DNA show localized binding to these microstructures, which also react positively with DNA intercalating stains propidium iodide (PI) and 4',6'-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride (DAPI). Each antibody binds dinosaur cells in patterns similar to extant cells. These data are the first to support preservation of multiple proteins and to present multiple lines of evidence for material consistent with DNA in dinosaurs, supporting the hypothesis that these structures were part of the once living animals. We propose mechanisms for preservation of cells and component molecules, and discuss implications for dinosaurian cellular biology.
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- Mary Higby Schweitzer
- Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
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Pazzaglia UE, Congiu T, Marchese M, Spagnuolo F, Quacci D. Morphometry and patterns of lamellar bone in human Haversian systems. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2012; 295:1421-9. [PMID: 22807326 DOI: 10.1002/ar.22535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The lamellar architecture of secondary osteons (Haversian systems) has been studied with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in transverse sections of human cortical bone. Na(3) PO(4) etching was used to improve the resolution of the interface between neighboring lamellae and the precision of measurements. These technical improvements permitted testing of earlier morphometry assumptions concerning lamellar thickness while revealing the existence of different lamellar patterns. The mean lamellar thickness was 9.0 ± 2.13 μm, thicker and with a wider range of variation with respect to earlier measurements. The number of lamellae showed a direct correlation with the lamellar bone area, and their thickness had a random distribution for osteonal size classes. The circular, concentrical pattern was the more frequently observed, but spiral and crescent-moon-shaped lamellae were also documented. Selected osteons were examined by either SEM or SEM combined with polarized light microscopy allowing comparisons of corresponding sectors of the osteon. The bright bands observed with polarized light corresponded to the grooves observed in etched sections by SEM. The dark bands corresponded to the lamellar surface with the cut fibrils oriented approximately longitudinally along the central canal axis. However, lamellae with large and blurred bright bands could be observed, which did not correspond to a groove observed by SEM. These findings are in contrast with the assumption that all the fibril layers within a lamella are oriented along a constant and unchangeable angle. The different lamellar patterns may be explained by the synchronous or staggered recruitment and activation of osteoblasts committed to the osteon's completion.
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- Ugo E Pazzaglia
- Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università degli Studi di Brescia, II Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
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Prideaux M, Loveridge N, Pitsillides AA, Farquharson C. Extracellular matrix mineralization promotes E11/gp38 glycoprotein expression and drives osteocytic differentiation. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36786. [PMID: 22586496 PMCID: PMC3346717 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 04/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Osteocytes are terminally differentiated osteoblasts which reside in a mineralized extracellular matrix (ECM). The factors that regulate this differentiation process are unknown. We have investigated whether ECM mineralization could promote osteocyte formation. To do this we have utilised MLO-A5 pre-osteocyte-like cells and western blotting and comparative RT-PCR to examine whether the expression of osteocyte-selective markers is elevated concurrently with the onset of ECM mineralization. Secondly, if mineralization of the ECM is indeed a driver of osteocyte formation, we reasoned that impairment of ECM mineralization would result in a reversible inhibition of osteocyte formation. Supplementation of MLO-A5 cell cultures with ascorbic acid and phosphate promoted progressive ECM mineralization as well as temporally associated increases in expression of the osteocyte-selective markers, E11/gp38 glycoprotein and sclerostin. Consistent with a primary role for ECM mineralization in osteocyte formation, we also found that inhibition of ECM mineralization, by omitting phosphate or adding sodium pyrophosphate, a recognized inhibitor of hydroxyapatite formation, resulted in a 15-fold decrease in mineral deposition that was closely accompanied by lower expression of E11 and other osteocyte markers such as Dmp1, Cd44 and Sost whilst expression of osteoblast markers Ocn and Col1a increased. To rule out the possibility that such restriction of ECM mineralization may produce an irreversible modification in osteoblast behaviour to limit E11 expression and osteocytogenesis, we also measured the capacity of MLO-A5 cells to re-enter the osteocyte differentiation programme. We found that the mineralisation process was re-initiated and closely allied to increased expression of E11 protein after re-administration of phosphate or omission of sodium pyrophosphate, indicating an ECM mineralization-induced restoration in osteocyte formation. These results emphasise the importance of cell-ECM interactions in regulating osteoblast behaviour and, more importantly, suggest that ECM mineralization exerts pivotal control during terminal osteoblast differentiation and acquisition of the osteocyte phenotype.
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- Matthew Prideaux
- Division of Developmental Biology, The Roslin Institute, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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Power J, Doube M, van Bezooijen RL, Loveridge N, Reeve J. Osteocyte recruitment declines as the osteon fills in: interacting effects of osteocytic sclerostin and previous hip fracture on the size of cortical canals in the femoral neck. Bone 2012; 50:1107-14. [PMID: 22353552 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Revised: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 01/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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There is little information on the distribution of osteocytes within the individual cortical osteon, but using direct 3-D imaging in a single subject, Hannah et al. found a gradient with a two-fold higher density of cells adjacent to the cement line compared to near the canal. Since a limiting factor for bone formation might be the availability of osteoblasts due to their recruitment as osteocytes, we studied distributions of osteonal osteocytes in frozen sections of the femoral neck cortex. Osteocytes were stained with an anti-sclerostin antibody and counter-stained with toluidine blue. Adjacent sections were stained for alkaline phosphatase (ALP). Each osteonal osteocyte was categorised as being sclerostin-positive (scl+) or negative (scl-). ImageJ was used to measure the perimeter and area of each osteon and canal, while special purpose routines were used to measure the minimum distances of each osteocyte from the cement line and the canal. Canal area was strongly correlated with osteon area. Osteocytes were most dense close to the cement line; and their areal density within the matrix declined up to three-fold between the cement line and the canal, depending on osteon diameter. Large and small osteons had similar densities of osteocytes close to the cement line, but fractured neck of femur cases had significantly lower densities of osteocytes close to the canal. Higher osteocyte density close to the canal was associated with ALP expression. It is concluded that entombment of osteocytes newly drawn from the osteoblast pool into the mineralising matrix is independent of preceding bone resorption depth. As osteonal infilling proceeds, osteocyte formation declines more rapidly than matrix formation, leading to a progressive reduction in osteocyte density. A shrinking supply of precursor osteoblasts due to previous osteocyte recruitment, apoptosis, or both could produce this effect. In a statistically significant contrast, sclerostin negative osteocytes adjacent to the canal had the expected effect of reducing canal size in controls but this was not seen in hip fracture. This demonstrated the failure of osteonal osteoblasts to sustain bone formation through a complete remodelling cycle in osteoporosis, perhaps due to insufficient osteoblasts remaining capable of mineralized matrix formation. The failure of osteocytic sclerostin suppression to associate with bone formation in these osteons might alternatively be explained by downstream interference with sclerostin's effect on wnt signalling.
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- Jon Power
- University Department of Medicine, Bone Division, Box 157, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
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Riccio M, Resca E, Maraldi T, Pisciotta A, Ferrari A, Bruzzesi G, De Pol A. Human dental pulp stem cells produce mineralized matrix in 2D and 3D cultures. Eur J Histochem 2010; 54:e46. [PMID: 21263745 PMCID: PMC3167326 DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2010.e46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Revised: 09/28/2010] [Accepted: 10/01/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to characterize the in vitro osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) in 2D cultures and 3D biomaterials. DPSCs, separated from dental pulp by enzymatic digestion, and isolated by magnetic cell sorting were differentiated toward osteogenic lineage on 2D surface by using an osteogenic medium. During the differentiation process, DPSCs express specific bone proteins like Runx-2, Osx, OPN and OCN with a sequential expression, analogous to those occurring during osteoblast differentiation, and produce extracellular calcium deposits. In order to differentiate cells in a 3D space that mimes the physiological environment, DPSCs were cultured in two distinct bioscaffolds, Matrigel™ and Collagen sponge. With the addition of a third dimension, osteogenic differentiation and mineralized extracellular matrix production significantly improved. In particular, in Matrigel™ DPSCs differentiated with osteoblast/osteocyte characteristics and connected by gap junction, and therefore formed calcified nodules with a 3D intercellular network. Furthermore, DPSCs differentiated in collagen sponge actively secrete human type I collagen micro-fibrils and form calcified matrix containing trabecular-like structures. These neo-formed DPSCs-scaffold devices may be used in regenerative surgical applications in order to resolve pathologies and traumas characterized by critical size bone defects.
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- M Riccio
- Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
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Schneider P, Meier M, Wepf R, Müller R. Towards quantitative 3D imaging of the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network. Bone 2010; 47:848-58. [PMID: 20691297 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Revised: 07/26/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Osteocytes are the most abundant cells in bone and the only cells embedded in the bone mineral matrix. They form an extended, three-dimensional (3D) network, whose processes interconnecting the cell bodies reside in thin canals, the canaliculi. Together with the osteocyte lacunae, the canaliculi form the lacuno-canalicular network (LCN). As the negative imprint of the cellular network within bone tissue, the LCN morphology is considered to play a central role for bone mechanosensation and mechanotransduction. However, the LCN has neither been visualized nor quantified in an adequate way up to now. On this account, this article summarizes the current state of knowledge of the LCN morphology and then reviews different imaging methods regarding the quantitative 3D assessment of bone tissue in general and of the LCN in particular. These imaging methods will provide new insights in the field of bone mechanosensation and mechanotransduction and thus, into processes of strain sensation and transduction, which are tightly associated with osteocyte viability and bone quality.
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Gorustovich AA. Imaging resin-cast osteocyte lacuno-canalicular system at bone-bioactive glass interface by scanning electron microscopy. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2010; 16:132-136. [PMID: 20187991 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927610000097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The morphology of the osteocyte lacuno-canalicular system at the bone-biomaterial implant-interface has not been fully investigated. In this study, the resin-cast scanning electron microscopy technique was used, for the first time, to image the lacuno-canalicular network within neoformed bone around bioactive glass (BG) particles implanted in rat tibia bone marrow. The most salient finding was that the osteocyte canaliculi pass through the calcium-phosphorus layer formed at the bone-BG interface and reach the silica-rich layer of the reacted BG.
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Bell LS, Kayser M, Jones C. The mineralized osteocyte: A living fossil. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2008; 137:449-56. [DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Ferretti M, Palumbo C, Bertoni L, Cavani F, Marotti G. Does static precede dynamic osteogenesis in endochondral ossification as occurs in intramembranous ossification? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 288:1158-62. [PMID: 17031842 DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Endochondral ossification takes place with calcified cartilage cores providing a rigid scaffold for new bone formation. Intramembranous ossification begins in connective tissue and new bone formed by a process of static ossification (SO) followed by dynamic ossification (DO) as previously described. The aim of the present study was to determine if the process of endochondral ossification is similar to that of intramembranous ossification with both a static and a dynamic phase of osteogenesis. Endochondral ossification centers of the tibiae and humeri of newborn and young growing rabbits were studied by light and transmission electron microscopy. The observations clearly showed that in endochondral ossification, the calcified trabeculae appeared to be lined first by osteoclasts. The osteoclasts were then replaced by flattened cells (likely cells of the reversal phase) and finally by irregularly arranged osteoblastic laminae, typical of DO. This cellular sequence did not include osteoblasts seen in the phase of SO. These findings clearly support our working hypothesis that SO only forms in soft tissues to provide a rigid framework for DO, and that DO requires a rigid mineralized surface. The presence of osteocytes in contact with the calcified cartilage also suggests the existence of stationary osteoblasts in endochondral ossification. Stationary osteoblasts did not appear to be a unique feature of SO. The presence of stationary osteoblasts may appear to provide the initial osteocytes during osteogenesis that may function as mechanosensors throughout the bone tissue. If this is the case, then bone would be capable of sensing mechanical strains from its inception.
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- Marzia Ferretti
- Dipartimento di Anatomia e Istologia, Sezione di Anatomia Umana, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Zhang K, Barragan-Adjemian C, Ye L, Kotha S, Dallas M, Lu Y, Zhao S, Harris M, Harris SE, Feng JQ, Bonewald LF. E11/gp38 selective expression in osteocytes: regulation by mechanical strain and role in dendrite elongation. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:4539-52. [PMID: 16738320 PMCID: PMC1489126 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02120-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Within mineralized bone, osteocytes form dendritic processes that travel through canaliculi to make contact with other osteocytes and cells on the bone surface. This three-dimensional syncytium is thought to be necessary to maintain viability, cell-to-cell communication, and mechanosensation. E11/gp38 is the earliest osteocyte-selective protein to be expressed as the osteoblast differentiates into an osteoid cell or osteocyte, first appearing on the forming dendritic processes of these cells. Bone extracts contain large amounts of E11, but immunostaining only shows its presence in early osteocytes compared to more deeply embedded cells, suggesting epitope masking by mineral. Freshly isolated primary osteoblasts are negative for E11 expression but begin to express this protein in culture, and expression increases with time, suggesting differentiation into the osteocyte phenotype. Osteoblast-like cell lines 2T3 and Oct-1 also show increased expression of E11 with differentiation and mineralization. E11 is highly expressed in MLO-Y4 osteocyte-like cells compared to osteoblast cell lines and primary osteoblasts. Differentiated, mineralized 2T3 cells and MLO-Y4 cells subjected to fluid flow shear stress show an increase in mRNA for E11. MLO-Y4 cells show an increase in dendricity and elongation of dendrites in response to shear stress that is blocked by small interfering RNA specific to E11. In vivo, E11 expression is also increased by a mechanical load, not only in osteocytes near the bone surface but also in osteocytes more deeply embedded in bone. Maximal expression is observed not in regions of maximal strain but in a region of potential bone remodeling, suggesting that dendrite elongation may be occurring during this process. These data suggest that osteocytes may be able to extend their cellular processes after embedment in mineralized matrix and have implications for osteocytic modification of their microenvironment.
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- Keqin Zhang
- Department of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, University of Missouri at Kansas City, 630 East 25th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108-2784, USA
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Skedros JG. Osteocyte Lacuna Population Densities in Sheep, Elk and Horse Calcanei. Cells Tissues Organs 2006; 181:23-37. [PMID: 16439816 DOI: 10.1159/000089966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Osteocytes, the most prevalent cell type in bone, appear to communicate via gap junctions. In limb-bone diaphyses, it has been hypothesized that these cellular networks have the capacity to monitor habitual strains, which can differ significantly between cortical locations of the same bone. Regional differences in microdamage associated with prevalent/predominant strain mode (tension, compression, or shear) and/or magnitude may represent an important "variable" detected by this network. This hypothesis was indirectly addressed by examining bones subjected to habitual bending for correlations of osteocyte lacuna population densities (n/mm(2) bone area, Ot.Lc.N/B.Ar) with locations experiencing high and low strain, and/or prevalent/predominant tension, compression, and shear. We examined dorsal ("compression"), plantar ("tension"), and medial/lateral ("shear" or neutral axis) cortices of mid-diaphyseal sections of calcanei of adult sheep, elk, and horses. Ot.Lc.N/B.Ar data, quantified in backscattered electron images, were also evaluated in a context of various additional structural and material variables (e.g. % ash, cortical thickness, porosity, and secondary osteon population). Results showed significant differences in dorsal versus plantar comparisons with the highest Ot.Lc.N/B.Ar in dorsal cortices of sheep and elk (p < 0.0001); but this was a statistical trend in the equine calcanei (p = 0.14). There were no consistent transcortical (pericortical to endocortical) differences, and Ot.Lc.N/B.Ar in neutral axes was not consistently different from dorsal/plantar cortices. Correlations of Ot.Lc.N/B.Ar with structural and material parameters were also poor and/or inconsistent within or between species. These results provide little or no evidence that the number of osteocyte lacunae has a functional role in mechanotransduction pathways that are typically considered in bone adaptation. Although dorsal/plantar differences may be adaptations for prevalent/predominant strain modes and/or associated microdamage, it is also plausible that they are strongly influenced by differences in the bone formation rates that produced the tissue in these locations.
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- John G Skedros
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84107, USA.
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Gu G, Nars M, Hentunen TA, Metsikkö K, Väänänen HK. Isolated primary osteocytes express functional gap junctions in vitro. Cell Tissue Res 2005; 323:263-71. [PMID: 16175387 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0066-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2005] [Accepted: 07/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The osteocyte is the most abundant cell type in bone and is embedded in mineralized bone matrix. Osteocytes are still poorly characterized because of their location and the lack of primary osteocyte isolation methods. Data on the cell biology of osteocytes is especially limited. We have isolated primary osteocytes from rat cortical bone by applying repeated enzymatic digestion and decalcification. The isolated osteocytes expressed typical osteocytic morphology with cell-cell contacts via long protrusions after a 1-day culture. These cells were negative or faintly positive for alkaline phosphatase but expressed high levels of osteocalcin, PHEX (phosphate-regulating gene with homology to endopeptidases on the X chromosome), and DMP1 (dentin matrix protein 1). These cells also revealed patchy membrane staining for connexin43. For studying the function of gap junctions in isolated osteocytes, we microinjected rhodamine-labeled dextran (MW: 10,000) and Lucifer yellow (MW: 457) and found that Lucifer yellow was rapidly transmitted to several surrounding cells, whereas dextran remained in the injected cells. Heptanol and 18alpha-glycyrrhetinic acid inhibited the transfer of Lucifer yellow. This clearly showed the existence of functional gap junctions in cultured osteocytes. Enveloped viruses, such as vesicular stomatitis virus and influenza A virus, were used for studying cell polarity. We were unable to demonstrate plasma membrane polarization with enveloped viruses in isolated primary osteocytes in culture. Our results suggest that osteocytes do not possess apical and basolateral plasma membrane domains as do osteoblasts, which are their precursors.
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- Guoliang Gu
- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku 20520, Finland
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Costessi A, Pines A, D'Andrea P, Romanello M, Damante G, Cesaratto L, Quadrifoglio F, Moro L, Tell G. Extracellular nucleotides activate Runx2 in the osteoblast-like HOBIT cell line: a possible molecular link between mechanical stress and osteoblasts' response. Bone 2005; 36:418-32. [PMID: 15777650 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2004.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2004] [Revised: 10/18/2004] [Accepted: 10/18/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dynamic mechanical loading increases bone density and strength and promotes osteoblast proliferation, differentiation and matrix production, by acting at the gene expression level. Molecular mechanisms through which mechanical forces are conversed into biochemical signalling in bone are still poorly understood. A growing body of evidence point to extracellular nucleotides (i.e., ATP and UTP) as soluble factors released in response to mechanical stimulation in different cell systems. Runx2, a fundamental transcription factor involved in controlling osteoblasts differentiation, has been recently identified as a target of mechanical signals in osteoblastic cells. We tested the hypothesis that these extracellular nucleotides could be able to activate Runx2 in the human osteoblastic HOBIT cell line. We found that ATP and UTP treatments, as well as hypotonic stress, promote a significant stimulation of Runx2 DNA-binding activity via a mechanism involving PKC and distinct mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades. In fact, by using the specific inhibitors SB203580 (specific for p38 MAPK) and PD98059 (specific for ERK-1/2 MAPK), we found that ERK-1/2, but not p38, play a major role in Runx2 activation. On the contrary, another important transcription factor, i.e., Egr-1, that we previously demonstrated being activated by extracellular released nucleotides in this osteoblastic cell line, demonstrated to be susceptible to both ERK-1/2 and p38 kinases. These data suggest a possible differential involvement of these two transcription factors in response to extracellularly released nucleotides. The biological relevance of our data is strengthened by the finding that a target gene of Runx2, i.e., Galectin-3, is up-regulated by ATP stimulation of HOBIT cells with a comparable kinetic of that found for Runx2. Since it is known that osteocytes are the primary mechanosensory cells of the bone, we hypothesize that they may signal mechanical loading to osteoblasts through release of extracellular nucleotides. Altogether, these data suggest a molecular mechanism explaining the purinoreceptors-mediated activation of specific gene expression in osteoblasts and could be of help in setting up new pharmacological strategies for the intervention in bone loss pathologies.
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- Adalberto Costessi
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy
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Skedros JG, Grunander TR, Hamrick MW. Spatial Distribution of Osteocyte Lacunae in Equine Radii and Third Metacarpals: Considerations for Cellular Communication, Microdamage Detection and Metabolism. Cells Tissues Organs 2005; 180:215-36. [PMID: 16330878 DOI: 10.1159/000088938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/18/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Osteocytes, which are embedded in bone matrix, are the most abundant cells in bone. Despite the ideal location of osteocytes to sense the local environment and influence bone remodeling, their functions, and the relative importance of these functions, remain controversial. In this study, we tested several hypotheses that address the possibilities that population densities of osteocyte lacunae (Ot.Lc.N/B.Ar) correlate with strain-, remodeling- or metabolism-related aspects of the local biomechanical environments of mid-third diaphyseal equine radii and third metacarpals from skeletally mature animals. Ot.Lc.N/B.Ar data, quantified in multiple cortical locations, were analyzed for possible correlations with (1) structural and material characteristics (e.g., cortical thickness, percent ash, secondary osteon population density, mean osteon cross-sectional area, and predominant collagen fiber orientation), (2) strain characteristics, including prevalent/predominant strain magnitude and mode (tension, compression, shear), (3) hypothesized strain-mode-related microdamage characteristics, which might be perceived by osteocyte 'operational' networks, and (4) variations in remodeling dynamics and/or metabolism (i.e. presumably higher in endocortical regions than in other transcortical locations). Results showed relatively uniform Ot.Lc.N/B.Ar between regions with highly non-uniform strain and strain-related environments and markedly heterogeneous structural and material organization. These results suggest that population densities of these cells are poorly correlated with mechanobiological characteristics, including local variations in metabolic rate and strain magnitude/mode. Although osteocytes hypothetically evolved both as strain sensors and fatigue damage sensors able to direct the removal of damage as needed, the mechanisms that govern the distribution of these cells remain unclear. The results of this study provide little or no evidence that the number of osteocyte lacunae has a functional role in mechanotransduction pathways that are typically considered in bone adaptation.
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- John G Skedros
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.
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