Resorption Activity (resorption + activity)

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Kinds of Resorption Activity

  • bone resorption activity


  • Selected Abstracts


    Inhibitor of DASH proteases affects expression of adhesion molecules in osteoclasts and reduces myeloma growth and bone disease

    BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY, Issue 6 2009
    Angela Pennisi
    Summary Dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP) IV activity and/or structure homologues (DASH) are serine proteases implicated in tumourigenesis. We previously found that a DASH protease, fibroblast activation protein (FAP), was involved in osteoclast-induced myeloma growth. Here we further demonstrated expression of various adhesion molecules in osteoclasts cultured alone or cocultured with myeloma cells, and tested the effects of DASH inhibitor, PT-100, on myeloma cell growth, bone disease, osteoclast differentiation and activity, and expression of adhesion molecules in osteoclasts. PT-100 had no direct effects on viability of myeloma cells or mature osteoclasts, but significantly reduced survival of myeloma cells cocultured with osteoclasts. Real-time PCR array for 85 adhesion molecules revealed upregulation of 17 genes in osteoclasts after coculture with myeloma cells. Treatment of myeloma/osteoclast cocultures with PT-100 significantly downregulated 18 of 85 tested genes in osteoclasts, some of which are known to play roles in tumourigenesis and osteoclastogenesis. PT-100 also inhibited osteoclast differentiation and subsequent pit formation. Resorption activity of mature osteoclasts and differentiation of osteoblasts were not affected by PT-100. In primary myelomatous severe combined immunodeficient (SCID)-hu mice PT-100 reduced osteoclast activity, bone resorption and tumour burden. These data demonstrated that DASH proteases are involved in myeloma bone disease and tumour growth. [source]


    Expression of Mouse Osteoclast K-Cl Co-Transporter-1 and Its Role During Bone Resorption,

    JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH, Issue 7 2006
    Hiroshi Kajiya PhD
    Abstract To assess the role of Cl, transport during osteoclastic bone resorption, we studied the expression and function of K+/Cl, co-transporters (KCCs). KCC1 and chloride channel-7 were found to be expressed in mouse osteoclasts. The KCC inhibitor, R(+)-butylindazone (DIOA), KCC1 antisense oligo-nucleotides, and siRNA suppressed osteoclastic pit formation. DIOA also decreased Cl, extrusion and reduced H+ extrusion activity. These results show that KCC1 provides a Cl, extrusion mechanism accompanying the H+ extrusion during bone resorption. Introduction: Mice with deficient chloride (Cl,) channels, ClC7, show severe osteopetrosis, resulting from impairment of Cl, extrusion during osteoclastic bone resorption. However, the expression and functional role of Cl, transporters other than ClC7 in mammalian osteoclasts is unknown. The aim of this study was to determine expression of K+/Cl, co-transporters (KCCs) and their functional role for bone resorption in mouse osteoclasts. Materials and Methods: Mouse osteoclasts were derived from cultured bone marrow cells with macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) and RANKL or from co-culture of bone marrow cells and primary osteoblasts. We examined the expression of Cl, transporters using RT-PCR, immunochemical, and Western blot methods. The effects of Cl, transport inhibitors on H+ and Cl, extrusion were assessed by measuring intracellular H+ ([H+]i) and Cl, ([Cl,]i). The effects of inhibitors, antisense oligo-nucleotides, and siRNA for Cl, transporters on bone resorption activities were evaluated using a pit formation assay. Results and Conclusions: Mouse osteoclasts express not only ClC7 but also K+/Cl, co-transporter mRNA. The existence of KCC1 in the cell membrane of mouse osteoclasts was confirmed by immunochemical staining and Western blot analysis. KCC inhibitors and Cl, channels blockers increased [Cl,]i and [H+]i in resorbing osteoclasts, suggesting that the suppression of Cl, extrusion through KCC and Cl, channels leads to reduced H+ extrusion activity. The combination of both inhibitors greatly suppressed these extrusion activities. KCC inhibitors and Cl, channel blockers also decreased osteoclastic bone resorption in our pit area essay. Furthermore, KCC1 antisense oligo-nucleotides and siRNA suppressed osteoclastic pit formation as well as treatment of ClC7 inhibitors. These results indicate that K+/Cl, co-transporter-1 expressed in mouse osteoclasts acts as a Cl, extruder and plays an important role for H+ extrusion during bone resorption. [source]


    Brief communication: Identification of bone formation and resorption surfaces by reflected light microscopy

    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Issue 2 2010
    Cayetana Martinez-Maza
    Abstract Developmental and evolutionary changes in craniofacial morphology are a central issue in paleoanthropology, but the underlying bone growth processes have been scarcely studied. Relevant knowledge on bone growth dynamics can be obtained from the spatial distribution of bone formation and resorption activities. Determining these patterns from the valuable samples typically used in anthropology and palaeoanthropology necessarily implies nondestructive procedures. In this work, we present a methodology based on the analysis of high-resolution replicas by reflected light microscopy, describing how microfeatures related to bone formation and resorption activities are recognized on both recent and fossil bone surfaces. The proposed method yields highly similar images to those obtained with scanning electron microscope and has proven its utility in an analysis of a large sample of extant and extinct hominoids. Am J Phys Anthropol 143:313,320, 2010. © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]


    Alteration of RANKL-Induced Osteoclastogenesis in Primary Cultured Osteoclasts From SERCA2+/, Mice,,

    JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH, Issue 10 2009
    Yu-Mi Yang
    Abstract RANKL is essential for the terminal differentiation of monocytes/marcrophages into osteoclasts. RANKL induces long-lasting oscillations in the intracellular concentration of Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) only after 24 h of stimulation. These Ca2+ oscillations play a switch-on role in NFATc1 expression and osteoclast differentiation. Which Ca2+ transporting pathway is induced by RANKL to evoke the Ca2+ oscillations and its specific role in RANKL-mediated osteoclast differentiation is not known. This study examined the effect of a partial loss of sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase type2 (SERCA2) on osteoclast differentiation in SERCA2 heterozygote mice (SERCA2+/,). The BMD in the tibias of SERCA2+/, mice increased >1.5-fold compared with wildtype mice (WT). RANKL-induced [Ca2+]i oscillations were generated 48 h after RANKL treatment in the WT mice but not in the SERCA2+/, bone marrow,derived macrophages (BMMs). Forty-eight hours after RANKL treatment, there was a lower level of NFATc1 protein expression and markedly reduced translocation of NFATc1 into the nucleus during osteoclastogenesis of the SERCA2+/, BMMs. In addition, RANKL treatment of SERCA2+/, BMMs incompletely induced formation of multinucleated cells, leading to reduced bone resorption activity. These results suggest that RANKL-mediated induction of SERCA2 plays a critical role in the RANKL-induced [Ca2+]i oscillations that are essential for osteoclastogenesis. [source]


    Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotide Evidence That a Unique Osteoclastic Protein-Tyrosine Phosphatase Is Essential for Osteoclastic Resorption

    JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH, Issue 10 2001
    Sung Min Suhr
    Abstract This study tested the hypothesis that a unique osteoclastic transmembrane protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP-oc) is involved in osteoclastic resorption by determining whether suppression of PTP-oc expression with a specific phosphorothioated 20-mer PTP-oc antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (oligo) would inhibit basal, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3]-stimulated, and PTH-stimulated osteoclastic resorption. Treatment of rabbit osteoclasts with 1 ,M of the antisense oligo for up to 4 days showed a time-dependent reduction in PTP-oc protein level, indicating that this PTP-oc antisense oligo was effective. To assess the effect of PTP-oc antisense oligo on osteoclastic resorption, rabbit osteoclasts were pretreated for 3 days with 1 ,M of the antisense, a scramble oligo, or vehicle, respectively, followed by a 3-day treatment with vehicle, 10 nM of 1,25(OH)2D3, or 10 nM of parathyroid hormone (PTH). 1,25(OH)2D3 and PTH each alone increased PTP-oc cellular level and stimulated resorptive activity of rabbit osteoclasts. The antisense oligo treatment, but not the scramble oligo, decreased the basal and the stimulated resorption activity and reduced the PTP-oc protein level. Treatment with the PTP-oc antisense oligo, but not the scramble oligo, also markedly increased the Y527 phosphorylation level of c- src in rabbit osteoclasts. In conclusion, these results provide the first antisense oligo evidence that PTP-oc plays an essential role in osteoclastic resorption. [source]


    Bone resorbing activity and cytokine levels in gingival crevicular fluid before and after treatment of periodontal disease

    JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PERIODONTOLOGY, Issue 6 2004
    Anders Holmlund
    Abstract Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate bone resorption activity (BRA), interleukin-1, (IL-1,), IL-1, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) in sites with no signs of periodontol disease and in sites with horizontal or angular loss of periodontal bone. These assessments were performed before and after periodontal treatment. Methods: GCFs were collected from 10 individuals with filter strips from two healthy sites and four sites with deep pathological periodontal pockets, two of which showed horizontal bone loss and two with angular bone loss. All diseased pockets were treated with flap surgery and systemic Doxyferm®. Twelve months later GCF was collected again and treatment outcome evaluated. BRA in GCFs was assessed in a bone organ culture system by following the release of 45Ca from neonatal mouse calvariae. The amounts of IL-1,, IL-1, and IL-1ra in GCFs were quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results: Treatment resulted in reduction of pocket depths with 3.5±0.5 mm in sites with angular bone loss and 2.8±0.3 mm in sites with horizontal bone loss. Initially, BRA, IL-1,, IL-1, and IL-1ra were significantly higher in GCFs from diseased sites compared with healthy sites. No differences in BRA and cytokine levels were seen between GCFs from pockets with horizontal and angular bone losses. The levels of IL-1,, IL-1, and IL-1ra were significantly reduced after treatment of diseased pockets. Pocket depths were significantly correlated to BRA only in pre-treatment sites with angular bone loss. BRA was correlated to Il-1,, IL-1,, but not to IL-1ra, in diseased sites with angular bone loss, before and after treatment. The reductions of BRA in the individual sites, seen after treatment, were not correlated to the reductions of Il-1,, IL-1, or IL-1ra. Conclusions: These data show that BRA and cytokine levels are increased in GCFs from sites with periodontal disease and that periodontal treatment results in reduction of the cytokines. Our findings further indicate that IL-1, and IL-1, play important roles for the BRA present in GCFs, but that other factors also contribute to this activity. [source]


    Bone resorption activity of osteolytic metastatic lung and breast cancers

    JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH, Issue 6 2004
    Lih-Yuann Shih
    Abstract Production of bone resorption mediators and bone resorption activity were compared among osteolytic metastatic cancers, normal bone tissues, and soft tissue metastatic cancers to search for the possible factors leading to cancer-induced bone resorption. Twenty-five patients with untreated osteolytic metastatic breast or non-small cell lung cancers consisted of the study group. Normal bone tissues obtained from the same patient were used as internal controls; and tumor tissues from patients with soft tissue metastasis were used as external controls. Serum and urinary bone turnover markers were measured. Tissues harvested during surgery were subjected to tissue culture. The levels of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), tumor necrosis factor-, (TNF-,), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in the supernatant after 72 h of culture were measured. Bone resorption activity was measured by calcium release from cultured calvarias, and bone volume as well as osteoclast number in bone sections. Patients with osteolytic metastatic cancers showed significantly decreased serum osteocalcin, increased serum alkaline phosphatase, and urinary deoxypyridinoline levels. Osteolytic metastatic cancers produced significantly more PGE2 than both controls. Conditioned medium from osteolytic metastatic tumors showed significantly enhanced bone resorption activity, and indomethacin significantly reduced this activity. Levels of PGE2, and bone resorption activity increased in osteolytic tumor tissues than soft tissue metastatic tissues in the same patient indicated that the same tumor cells might respond differently to different microenvironments. Our observation showed that PGE2 was produced by osteolytic metastatic cancers and stimulated bone resorption in mice calvarias. PGE2 inhibitor may be applicable in reducing bone resorption by osteolytic metastatic cancers. © 2004 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. [source]


    Quantitative evaluation of bone resorption activity of osteoclast-like cells by measuring calcium phosphate resorbing area using incubator-facilitated and video-enhanced microscopy

    MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE, Issue 4 2009
    Yoshitaka Morimoto
    Abstract Quantitative evaluation of the ability of bone resorption activity in live osteoclast-like cells (OCLs) has not yet been reported on. In this study, we observed the sequential morphological change of OCLs and measured the resorbing calcium phosphate (CP) area made by OCLs alone and with the addition of elcatonin utilizing incubator facilitated video-enhanced microscopy. OCLs, which were obtained from a coculture of ddy-mouse osteoblastic cells and bone marrow cells, were cultured on CP-coated quartz cover slips. The CP-free area increased constantly in the OCLs alone, whereas it did not increase after the addition of elcatonin. This study showed that analysis of the resorbed areas under the OCL body using this method enables the sequential quantitative evaluation of the bone resorption activity and the effect of several therapeutic agents on bone resorption in vitro. Microsc. Res. Tech, 2009. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]


    Quantitative and reliable in vitro method combining scanning electron microscopy and image analysis for the screening of osteotropic modulators

    MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE, Issue 8 2006
    Gaël Grimandi
    Abstract The increased generation and up-regulated activity of bone resorbing cells (osteoclasts) play a part in the impairment of bone remodeling in many bone diseases. Numerous drugs (bisphosphonates, calcitonin, selective estrogen receptor modulators) have been proposed to inhibit this increased osteoclastic activity. In this report, we describe a pit resorption assay quantified by scanning electron microscopy coupled with image analysis. Total rabbit bone cells with large numbers of osteoclasts were cultured on dentin slices. The whole surface of the dentin slice was scanned and both the number of resorption pits and the total resorbed surface area were measured. Resorption pits appeared at 48 h and increased gradually up to 96 h. Despite the observation of a strong correlation between the total resorption area and the number of pits, we suggest that area measurement is the most relevant marker for osteoclastic activity. Osteotropic factors stimulating or inhibiting osteoclastic activity were used to test the variations in resorption activity as measured with our method. This reproducible and sensitive quantitative method is a valuable tool for screening for osteoclastic inhibitors and, more generally, for investigating bone modulators. Microsc. Res. Tech., 2006. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]


    Intracellular membrane trafficking in bone resorbing osteoclasts

    MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE, Issue 6 2003
    Mika Mulari
    Abstract There is ample evidence now that the two major events in bone resorption, namely dissolution of hydroxyapatite and degradation of the organic matrix, are performed by osteoclasts. The resorption cycle involves several specific cellular activities, where intracellular vesicular trafficking plays a crucial role. Although details of these processes started to open up only recently, it is clear that vesicular trafficking is needed in several specific steps of osteoclast functioning. Several plasma membrane domains are formed during the polarization of the resorbing cells. Multinucleated osteoclasts create a tight sealing to the extracellular matrix as a first indicator of their resorption activity. Initial steps of the sealing zone formation are ,v,3 -integrin mediated, but the final molecular interaction(s) between the plasma membrane and mineralized bone matrix is still unknown. A large number of acidic intracellular vesicles then fuse with the bone-facing plasma membrane to form a ruffled border membrane, which is the actual resorbing organelle. The formation of a ruffled border is regulated by a small GTP-binding protein, rab7, which indicates the late endosomal character of the ruffled border membrane. Details of specific membrane transport processes in the osteoclasts, e.g., the formation of the sealing zone and transcytosis of bone degradation products from the resorption lacuna to the functional secretory domain remain to be clarified. It is tempting to speculate that specific features of vesicular trafficking may offer several potential new targets for drug therapy of bone diseases. Microsc. Res. Tech. 61:496,503, 2003. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc. [source]


    Effect of interleukin-32, on differentiation of osteoclasts from CD14+ monocytes

    ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATISM, Issue 2 2010
    Yong-Gil Kim
    Objective Interleukin-32 (IL-32) induces various inflammatory molecules in human monocytes and differentiation of monocytes into macrophage-like cells. This study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of IL-32,, the most biologically active isoform, on the differentiation and activation of osteoclasts. Methods CD14+ monocytes were obtained from healthy volunteers, and samples of synovial tissue and synovial fluid were obtained from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and patients with osteoarthritis (OA). The concentration and expression levels of IL-32, in RA and OA samples were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblotting, respectively. To examine the osteoclastogenic effects and functional activities, isolated monocytes were treated with either IL-32, or IL-17 in the presence or absence of soluble RANKL (sRANKL) on a culture system and on Osteologic disks. The expression of RANKL and osteoprotegerin (OPG) messenger RNA (mRNA) in RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) was measured using reverse transcription,polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and real-time PCR. Results The concentration and expression levels of IL-32, were higher in the RA samples than in the OA samples. Upon costimulation with sRANKL, the osteoclast count and resorbed area increased more significantly in the IL-32,,stimulated cultures than in those stimulated with IL-17. In the IL-32,,treated group without sRANKL stimulation, osteoclasts were differentiated, but the cells displayed low resorption activity. In RA FLS, RANKL mRNA expression increased in the presence of both IL-32, and IL-17. However, transcription of OPG decreased following IL-32, stimulation, resulting in a significant increase in the RANKL:OPG ratio. Conclusion Our results suggest that IL-32, is a potent mediator of active osteoclast generation in the presence of sRANKL. Moreover, this novel cytokine creates more favorable conditions for osteoclastogenesis in the RA joint by increasing the RANKL:OPG ratio in FLS. [source]


    Peripheral blood T lymphocytes from patients with early rheumatoid arthritis express RANKL and interleukin-15 on the cell surface and promote osteoclastogenesis in autologous monocytes

    ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATISM, Issue 4 2006
    María-Eugenia Miranda-Carús
    Objective To investigate the osteoclastogenic potential of T cells from the peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on autologous monocytes, and to study the cytokines implicated in this process. Methods T cells and monocytes were isolated from the PB of 20 healthy subjects and 20 patients with early RA, and from the SF of 20 patients with established RA. Autologous T cell/monocyte cocultures were established in the absence of exogenous cytokines or growth factors in order to examine spontaneous ex vivo osteoclast differentiation by tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase staining and calcified matrix resorption activity. Results Surface RANKL was expressed on freshly isolated T cells from the PB of patients with early RA and the SF of patients with established RA. In addition, surface interleukin-15 (IL-15) was detected on freshly isolated T cells and monocytes from the PB of patients with early RA and the SF of patients with established RA. Autologous T cell/monocyte cocultures derived from the SF of patients with established RA and from the PB of patients with early RA, but not from the PB of healthy controls, resulted in osteoclast differentiation that was significantly inhibited by osteoprotegerin (OPG) and by neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to IL-15, IL-17, tumor necrosis factor , (TNF,), and IL-1,. OPG, anti-TNF,, and anti,IL-1, demonstrated a cooperative inhibitory effect. At 1-year followup, surface RANKL and IL-15 and ex vivo osteoclastogenesis were no longer observed on PB T cells or monocytes from patients with early RA in whom clinical remission had been achieved with treatment. Conclusion T cells are important contributors to the pathogenesis of bone erosions in RA through interaction with osteoclast precursors of the monocyte/macrophage lineage. [source]