甲状旁腺素和胰岛素样生长因子促成骨样细胞ROS 17/2.8增殖分化中的协同作用

 间歇性小剂量地给予甲状旁腺素 (parathyroid hormone,PTH)可促进成骨 .胰岛素样生长因子 - I(insulin- like growth factor- I,IGF- I)由成骨细胞所产生并贮存于骨基质中 ,可促进成骨细胞的增殖分化 .为进一步了解向钙性激素和骨源性生长因子对骨生长的影响 ,利用成骨样细胞 ROS1 7/ 2 .8进行体外实验 ,观察了 PTH和 IGF- I这两种在骨生长和代谢中有重要作用的激素和因子相互作用的效果 ,并对其相互作用机制作出初步探讨 .结果显示 :联合使用 IGF- I及 PTH(间歇性给药 )时 ,(1 ) SRB(sodium rhodamine B,SRB)染色显示经 PTH(1 0 -9mol/ L,间歇给药 )和 IGF- I(1 0 -9mol/ L)联合处理的细胞 ,其数目明显增加 ,且明显高于单独处理组 ;(2 ) 3H- Td R参入增加 ,也明显高于单独处理组 ;(3)与增殖相关的原癌基因 (c- fos,c- jun,c- ki- ras)的表达增强 ,明显高于单独处理组 ;(4)骨钙素 (osteocalcin)基因 m RNA表达增强 ,明显高于单独处理组 ;(5) IGF- I(1 0 -8mol/L,1 0 -9mol/ L)可使 PTH受体基因 m RNA表达增强 .这些结果提示 PTH和 IGF- I在成骨样细胞ROS 1 7/ 2 .8增殖分化中具有协同作用 ,原癌基因的表达增强可能是其作用的一个环节 .此外 ,IGF- I可能通过增强 PTH受体表达 ,使细胞对 PTH的反应性增强     

p53 and MDM2 are involved in the regulation of osteocalcin gene expression

Osteocalcin (OC) is a major noncollagenous bone matrix protein and an osteoblast marker whose expression is limited to mature osteoblasts during the late differentiation stage. In previous studies we have shown osteosarcomas to lose p53 function with a corresponding loss of osteocalcin gene expression. Introduction of wild type p53 resulted in re expression of the osteocalcin gene. Using gel shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, we have identified a putative p53 binding site within the rat OC promoter region and observed an increase in OC promoter activity when p53 accumulates using a CAT assay. The p53 inducible gene Mdm2 is a well-known downstream regulator of p53 levels. Our results showed a synergistic increase in the OC promoter activity when both p53 and MDM2 were transiently overexpressed. We further demonstrate that p53 is not degraded during overexpression of MDM2 protein. Increased OC expression was observed with concomitantly increased p53, VDR, and MDM2 levels in ROS17/2.8 cells during treatment with differentiation promoting (DP) media, but was significantly decreased when co-treated with DP media and the small molecule inhibitor of MDM2-p53 interaction, Nutlin-3. We have also observed a dramatic increase of the OC promoter activity in the presence of p53 and Mdm2 with inclusion of Cbfa-1 and p300 factors. Our results suggest that under some physiological conditions the oncoprotein MDM2 may cooperate with p53 to regulate the osteocalcin gene during osteoblastic differentiation.     

Differential effects of warfarin on mRNA levels of developmentally regulated vitamin K dependent proteins,osteocalcin, and matrix Gla protein in vitro

The role of the vitamin K dependent proteins, osteocalcin which is bone specific and matrix Gla protein (MGP) found in many tissues, has been studied by inhibition of synthesis of their characteristic amino acid, γ-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) with the anticoagulant sodium warfarin. The effect of sodium warfarin on expression of these proteins, and other phenotypic markers of bone and cartilage during cellular differentiation and development of tissue extracellular matrix, was examined in several model systems. Parameters assayed include cell growth (reflected by histone gene expression) and collagen types I and II, osteopontin, alkaline phosphatase, and mineralization. Studies were carried out in calvarial bone organ cultures, normal diploid rat osteoblast and chondrocyte cultures, and rat osteosarcoma cell lines ROS 17/2.8 and 25/1. In normal diploid cells, warfarin consistently stimulated cell proliferation (twofold). In osteoblast cultures, MGP mRNA levels were generally increased (three to tenfold). Notably, MGP mRNA levels were not affected in chondrocyte cultures, either with chronic or acute warfarin treatments. Osteocalcin mRNA levels and synthesis were decreased up to 50% in ROS 17/2.8 cells and in chronically treated (1 and 5 μg/ml sodium warfarin) rat osteoblast cultures after 22 days. Early stages of osteoblast phenotype development from the proliferation period to initial tissue formation (nodules) appeared unaffected; while after day 14, further growth and mineralization of the nodule areas were significantly decreased in warfarin-treated cultures. In summary, warfarin has opposing effects on the expression of two vitamin K dependent proteins, MGP and osteocalcin, in osteoblast cultures and MGP is regulated differently between cartilage and bone as reflected by cellular mRNA levels. Additionally, warfarin effects expression of nonvitamin K dependent proteins which may reflect the influence of warfarin on endoplasmic reticulum associated enzymes. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Watching osteogenesis: life monitoring of osteogenic differentiation using an osteocalcin reporter

Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells have the potential to differentiate into several cell types such as osteoblasts, chondrocytes, and adipocytes. When cultured under appropriate medium conditions stem cells can be directed toward the osteoblast lineage in vitro. Progression of osteogenic differentiation is accompanied by changes in the expression pattern of several marker proteins including bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (bALP), collagen I (Col I), and osteocalcin (OC) and can be analyzed by well-established methods like immunohistochemical staining and quantitative RT-PCR. Furthermore, expression of fluorescent protein driven by an osteogenesis promoter facilitates online monitoring of proceeding osteogenic differentiation in transiently transfected human bone marrow-derived cells. In the present study we established a new double reporter gene construct comprising OC promoter-driven expression of green fluorescent protein and constitutive expression of red fluorescent protein-tagged histone H2B for transient transfection of primary human bone cells (HBCs). Osteogenic differentiation of transiently transfected cells was visualized by fluorescence microscopy. Immunohistochemical analysis and RT-PCR confirmed the progression into the osteo-specific lineage of transfected cells. Transfection efficiency was determined by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS).     

Effect of gallium nitrate in vitro and in normal rats

Gallium nitrate (GN) is an inhibitor of bone resorption and thereby may result in a change in coupled bone formation. In the present investigation the effects of GN on bone formation were studied in the rat osteosarcoma (ROS) 17/2.8 cell line and normal diploid rat osteoblasts (ROB) in vitro and the femur of rats treated in vivo, measuring mRNA levels for two osteoblast parameters, type I collagen, a marker of matrix formation, and osteocalcin, a bone specific protein and also histone H₄, a marker of cell proliferation. GN, at 50 μM for 3 h, increased type I collagen mRNA levels by 132% in ROS 17/2.8 cells and by 122% in proliferating ROB cells. Osteocalcin (OC) mRNA levels were decreased by 61% in ROS 17/2.8 cells and by 97% in differentiated ROB cells. These changes occurred in the absence of any effects on cell proliferation. Seventy-day-old female rats were then treated with GN, 0.5 mg/kg/day, for 3 weeks. As previously reported, GN decreased serum calcium levels, but had no effect on lumbar or femoral bone density. In contrast to the in vitro effects, GN had no effect on type I collagen steady-state mRNA levels in the femur; however, it decreased OC steady-state mRNA levels in the femur by 58%. These results suggest that GN has similar in vitro effects in transformed and normal osteoblasts, while the collagen-stimulatory effects observed in vitro cannot be extrapolated to in vivo models. The consistent inhibition of osteocalcin in vitro and in vivo suggests a more specific target for GN that may relate to its effects in inhibiting bone resorption in normal rats.     

高浓度地塞米松通过下调LMP-1表达抑制大鼠成骨细胞的分化

为探讨地塞米松（dexamethasone,DEX)抑制成骨细胞分化的机制,观察了不同浓度DEX对体外培养大鼠成骨细胞的碱性磷酸酶活性,骨钙素（osteocalcin,OC)合成,I型胶原蛋白表达的影响。并用RT-PCR方法检测了成骨细胞中LIM矿化蛋白1mRNA的表达量,结果显示：低浓度（10^-9mol/L）的DEX能增强碱性磷酸酶的活性、OC的分泌和I型胶原蛋白的表达;而高浓度（10^-7mol/L)的DEX对它们则起抑制作用,并下调成骨细胞正调节因子LMP-1mRNA的表达,上述结果表明,低浓度的DEX促进成骨细胞的分化;高浓度的DEX则抑制成骨细胞的分化,其抑制作用可能是通过下调LMP-1mRNA的表达而实现的。