Osteogenesis imperfecta: a heterogeneous morphologic phenotype in cultured dermal fibroblasts |
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Authors: | Andrew P. Boright Gerald A. Lancaster Charles R. Scriver |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biology, Center for Human Genetics, McGill University, Canada;(2) Dedical Research Council Genetics Group, McGill University, Canada;(3) de Belle Laboratory for Biochemical Genetics, McGill University-Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, 2300 Tupper Street, H3H 1P3 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Abstract: | Summary Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a phenotype with clinical and biochemical heterogeneity. We report here that expression of the OI phenotype extends to the level of dermal fibroblast morphology in vitro. Growth characteristics and morphology of control (n=6) and OI cell strains (n=10, representing the four major OI categories, Sillence classification) were compared by measuring the following: (i) days required in culture to reach confluence after plating at uniform density; (ii) cell density at confluence; (iii) width and length of cells (measured on phase contrast micrographs at 300xmagnification). Our results show that: (i) OI fibroblasts take longer (11–27 days, mean 20 days) than control cells (10–19 days, mean 16 days) to reach stationary phase; (ii) all OI phenotypes achieve a lower cell density (0.87x106 cells/P60, range 0.3–1.6x106) at stationary phase relative to control cells (2.2x106 cells/P60, range 1.7–2.6x106; F4,77=56.1, p<0.01, indicating that OI cells are larger than normal). Cell shape (expressed as the width: length ratio) was also abnormal in OI cells. (F4,730=37.6, p<0.01), types I and II OI cells have significantly increased ratios (p<0.01) relative to control, type III, and type IV cells. Intra-group phenotypic heterogeneity was also apparent in the OI categories and also within the control population. These findings confirm deviant morphologic phenotypes in OI dermal fibroblasts and further demonstrate interindividual heterogeneity in the expression of genes that determine size and shape of dermal fibroblasts in both OI and normal donors.Publication No. 84013 from the Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute |
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