Extracellular matrix regulates induction of alkaline phosphatase expression by ascorbic acid in human fibroblasts |
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Authors: | Abe T Abe Y Aida Y Hara Y Maeda K |
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Affiliation: | Section of Periodontology, Division of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. tabe@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | During wound healing and inflammation, fibroblasts express elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP), but are not in contact with collagen fibrils in the fibronectin (FN)-rich granulation tissue. We hypothesized that the extracellular matrix (ECM) environment might influence the induction of ALP in fibroblasts. Here we tested this hypothesis by studying the ALP-inductive response of normal human gingival fibroblasts to ascorbic acid (AsA). AsA induced ALP activity and protein in cells in conventional monolayer culture. This induction was inhibited by blocking-antibodies to the FN receptor alpha 5 beta 1 integrin and by the proline analog 3,4-dehydroproline (DHP). DHP prevented cells from arranging FN fibrils into a pericellular network and reduced the activity of cell spreading on FN. Plating of cells on FN facilitated the up-regulation by AsA of ALP expression, but did not substitute for AsA. In contrast, AsA did not cause ALP induction in cells cultured on and in polymerized type I collagen gels. Collagen fibrils inhibited the up-regulation by AsA of ALP expression in cells plated on FN. These results indicate that the ECM regulates the induction of ALP expression by AsA in fibroblasts: FN enables them to express ALP in response to AsA through interaction with integrin alpha 5 beta 1, whereas type I collagen fibrils cause the suppression of ALP expression and overcome FN. |
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