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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Osteoclast ; Bone resorption ; Cytochalasin D ; Cytoskeleton
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Summary The osteoclastic cytoskeleton has been demonstrated to be composed of microfilaments. Osteoclastic multinucleated cells were suspended on dentine slices and cultured for 24 hours in the presence or absence of cytochalasin D (CD), a specific and potent inhibitor of actin filament elongation to determine the role of this cytoskeleton. Cultured cells and co-cultured dentine slices were examined ultrastructurally. Unlike those in control cultures without CD, osteoclasts in CD-treated cultures became spherical in shape and lacked microvilli on their basolateral cell surfaces. Most importantly, CD treatment induced a complete disappearance of the ruffled border-clear zone complexes in osteoclasts, which resulted in loss of osteoclast-cytoplasmic polarity. Morphometric analysis of backscattered electron micrographs of co-cultured dentine slices revealed that CD treatment strongly inhibited the formation of resorption lacunae in a dose-dependent manner. These results suggest that the cytoarchitecture, as well as the bone-resorbing function, of the osteoclast is highly regulated by the F-actin-containing microfilamentous cytoskeleton in the ruffled border-clear zone complex.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1435-5604
    Keywords: Key words: osteoclastogenesis ; osteoclast ; macrophage-colony stimulating factor ; osteoclast precursors ; osteoclast differentiation factor
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract: We have isolated osteoclast precursors (OCPs) from cocultures of mouse calvarial cells and bone marrow cells without adding any osteotropic factors. OCPs expressed Mac-1, Mac-2, and Gr-1 antigens but not osteoclast markers such as tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) and calcitonin receptors, and they differentiated into TRAP-positive cells within 48 h on a fixed calvarial cell layer pretreated with osteotropic factors such as 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. In the present study, we investigated the regulatory mechanisms of OCP formation from hemopoietic cells and TRAP-positive cell formation from OCPs. Calvarial osteoblasts obtained from macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) -deficient op/op mice failed to support OCP formation or the differentiation of OCPs into TRAP-positive cells. Both OCP formation and TRAP-positive cell formation supported by osteoblasts were completely inhibited by osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor (OCIF, also called OPG), which is a decoy receptor of osteoclast differentiation factor (ODF; also called TRANCE, RANKL, and OPGL). When bone marrow cells were cultured for 4 days with soluble ODF (sODF/sRANKL) together with M-CSF, OCPs were formed even in the absence of osteoblasts. When OCPs were treated with sODF/sRANKL and M-CSF in the absence of osteoblasts, they differentiated into TRAP-positive cells within 48 h even in the presence of hydroxyurea. Northern blotting analysis revealed that osteoblasts constitutively expressed a certain level of ODF/RANKL mRNA. These results indicated that M-CSF and sODF/sRANKL produced by osteoblasts are two essential factors for both OCP formation and TRAP-positive osteoclast formation.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Keywords: Key words ; osteoclast ; focal adhesion kinase ; tyrosine kinase ; tyrosine phosphorylation ; podosome ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Involvement of tyrosine phosphorylation in osteoclastic bone resorption was examined using osteoclast-like multinucleated cells prepared from co-cultures of mouse osteoblastic cells and bone marrow cells in the presence of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3. When osteoclast-like cells were plated on culture dishes in the presence of 10% fetal bovine serum, they were sharply stained in their peripheral region by anti-phosphotyrosine antibody. Western blot analysis revealed that 115-to 130-kD proteins were tyrosine-phosphorylated in osteoclast-like cells. Using immunoprecipitation and immunoblotting, one of the proteins with 115-130 kD was identified as focal adhesion kinase (p125FAK), a tyrosine kinase, which is localized in focal adhesions. Immunostaining with anti-p 125FAK antibody revealed that p125FAK was mainly localized at the periphery of osteoclast-like cells. Herbimycin A, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, not only suppressed tyrosine phosphorylation of p125FAK but also changed the intracellular localization of p125FAK and disrupted a ringed structure of F-actin-containing podosomes in osteoclast-like cells. Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to p125FAK inhibited dentine resorption by osteoclast-like cells, whereas sense oligodeoxynucleotides did not. These results suggest that p125FAK is involved in osteoclastic bone resorption and that tyrosine phosphorylation of p125FAK is critical for regulating osteoclast function.
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