Cellular and molecular phenotypes of osteogenic cells isolated from the medullary bone of the hen in vitro |
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Authors: | Hiyama Shinji Sugiyama Toshie Kusuhara Seiji Uchida Takashi |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Oral Biology, Division of Molecular Medical Science, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan;bDepartment of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University, Ikarashi 2-8050, Niigata 950-2181, Japan |
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Abstract: | In this study, cells isolated from hen medullary bone were cultured to examine their matrix formation. Furthermore, we compared medullary bone cells with rat bone marrow cells regarding the temporal changes in osteoblast developmental markers. Medullary bone cells were positive for alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and formed bone nodules, apparent with Alcian blue and von Kossa staining. The intensity of these stains became stronger with the maturation of those bone nodules. In this developmental process, the expression patterns of osteoblast phenotypes of medullary bone cells differed from those of rat bone marrow cells. ALP mRNA was expressed at the maximum level in the proliferation stage and gradually decreased in medullary bone cells, but that expression showed the opposite pattern in rat bone marrow cells. Medullary bone cells strongly expressed two non-collagenous protein mRNAs from the early stages, but the expression of these mRNAs in rat bone marrow cells increased only in the later stages. These results suggest that the features of medullary bone osteoblasts differ from those of mammalian osteoblasts and are reflected in the characteristics of medullary bone in vivo. |
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Keywords: | Bone marrow cells Laying hen Medullary bone Mineralization Osteoblasts Osteoblast developmental markers Rat |
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