Originally published as JHC exPRESS on March 31, 2008. doi:10.1369/jhc.2008.950758
Volume 56 (7): 629-638, 2008 Copyright ©The Histochemical Society, Inc. Effects of a Mixture of Growth Factors and Proteins on the Development of the Osteogenic Phenotype in Human Alveolar Bone Cell Cultures
Cell Culture Laboratory, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto (PTO,MAO,WMAM,KEVS,GEC,MMB,ALR), and Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PC), University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, and Laboratory for the Study of Calcified Tissues and Biomaterials, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (AN) Correspondence to: Prof. Dr. Paulo Tambasco de Oliveira, Division of Oral Histology, School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av. do Café, s/n, 14040-904 Ribeirão Preto SP, Brazil. E-mail: tambasco{at}usp.br
Strategies to promote bone repair have included exposure of cells to growth factor (GF) preparations from blood that generally include proteins as part of a complex mixture. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of such a mixture on different parameters of the development of the osteogenic phenotype in vitro. Osteoblastic cells were obtained by enzymatic digestion of human alveolar bone and cultured under standard osteogenic conditions until subconfluence. They were subcultured on Thermanox coverslips up to 14 days. Treated cultures were exposed during the first 7 days to osteogenic medium supplemented with a GFs + proteins mixture containing the major components found in platelet extracts [platelet-derived growth factor-BB, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, TGF-β2, albumin, fibronectin, and thrombospondin] and to osteogenic medium alone thereafter. Control cultures were exposed only to the osteogenic medium. Treated cultures exhibited a significantly higher number of adherent cells from day 4 onward and of cycling cells at days 1 and 4, weak alkaline phosphatase (ALP) labeling, and significantly decreased levels of ALP activity and mRNA expression. At day 14, no Alizarin red–stained nodular areas were detected in cultures treated with GFs + proteins. Results were confirmed in the rat calvaria–derived osteogenic cell culture model. The addition of bone morphogenetic protein 7 or growth and differentiation factor 5 to treated cultures upregulated Runx2 and ALP mRNA expression, but surprisingly, ALP activity was not restored. These results showed that a mixture of GFs + proteins affects the development of the osteogenic phenotype both in human and rat cultures, leading to an increase in the number of cells, but expressed a less differentiated state. (J Histochem Cytochem 56:629–638, 2008)
Key Words: cell culture osteoblasts growth factors cell proliferation alkaline phosphatase mineralization
THE TERM growth factor (GF) refers to a class of signaling proteins that stimulate the processes of cell proliferation and/or differentiation in target cells. The induced cellular effects depend on several parameters, which include the (a) concentration of GFs in the extracellular milieu, (b) time and duration of exposure, (c) target cell type and its differentiation state, (d) the expression of specific cell receptors, and (e) the presence of other GFs, which can promote synergistic or antagonistic effects (Giannobile et al. 1997
Because of the known effects of individual GFs on cell activities of different cell types, such proteins/peptides have been used in a series of strategies to promote tissue healing, usually in conjunction with delivery systems to control the speed, time, and quantity of release (reviewed in Lieberman et al. 2002 The objective of our study was to determine the effects of a PRP-like mixture of GFs and proteins (hereafter referred to as GFs + proteins) on human alveolar bone osteogenic cell cultures. To avoid the inherent variations in PRP preparations and results, we opted to experiment with a well-defined mixture formulated to contain the major components found in PRP extracts. Applications of these standardized mixtures show that they have inhibitory effects on in vitro osteogenic events, ultimately resulting in a complete lack of bone-like nodule formation.
Culture of Osteogenic Cells Derived From Human Alveolar Bone Human alveolar bone fragments were obtained from adult healthy donors, using the research protocols approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of the School of Dentistry of Ribeirão Preto of the University of São Paulo. Osteogenic cells were isolated by enzymatic digestion of the explants using type II collagenase (Gibco–Life Technologies; Grand Island, NY) as previously described (Mailhot and Borke 1998 -MEM (Invitrogen; Carlsbad, CA), supplemented with 10% FBS (Gibco), 50 µg/ml gentamicin (Gibco), 0.3 µg/ml Fungizone (Gibco), 10–7 M dexamethasone (Sigma; St. Louis, MO), 5 µg/ml ascorbic acid (Gibco), and 7 mM β-glycerophosphate (Sigma). Subconfluent cells in primary cultures were harvested after treatment with 1 mM EDTA (Gibco) and 0.25% trypsin (Gibco) and subcultured on Thermanox coverslips (Nunc; Rochester, NY) in 24-well polystyrene plates (Falcon; Franklin Lakes, NJ) at a density of 2 x 104 cells/well. Cells were grown at 37C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 and 95% air, and the medium was changed every 3 or 4 days.
Exposure of Osteogenic Cultures to a Mixture of GFs and Proteins
Fluorescence Labeling
Growth Curve and Cell Viability
Proportion of Cycling Cells
Total Protein Content
ALP Activity
RNA Extraction and Quantitative Real-time RT-PCR
Total RNA from cultures at day 14 was extracted using the Promega RNA extraction kit (Promega; Madison, WI), according to the manufacturer's instructions. The concentration of RNA was determined by optical density at a wavelength of 260 nm, using the GeneQuant (Amersham Biosciences; Piscataway, NJ). cDNA was synthesized using 2 µg of RNA through a reverse transcription reaction (M-MLV reverse transcriptase; Promega). Real-time PCR quantitative mRNA analyses were performed in an ABI Prism 7000 Sequence Detection System using the SybrGreen system (Applied Biosystems). SybrGreen PCR MasterMix (Applied Biosystems), specific primers, and 2.5 ng of cDNA were used in each reaction. The standard PCR conditions were 95C (10 min) and 40 cycles of 94C (1 min), 56C (1 min), and 72C (2 min), followed by the standard denaturation curve. For mRNA analyses, the relative level of gene expression was calculated in reference to β-actin expression and the control group using the cycle threshold (Ct) method (Livak and Schmittgen 2001
Mineralized Bone-like Nodule Formation
Statistical Analysis
Epifluorescence showed marked differences in cell morphology and tissue architecture during the progression of the cultures (Figure 1 ). At day 1, although both control and treated cells were polygonal in shape, cytoplasmic extensions were observed in a higher proportion of treated cells (Figures 1A, 1E, and 2) . At day 4, whereas treated cultures were confluent with areas of cell multilayering and abundant mitotic figures, control ones formed discrete cell aggregates (Figures 1B and 1F). At day 7, control cells formed a confluent layer and were oriented randomly, whereas in the GFs + proteins–treated group, cells generally oriented in the same direction (Figures 1C and 1G). Noticeably, no areas of calcified matrix were detected in treated cultures at day 14, whereas control cultures exhibited occasional Alizarin red–stained areas (Figures 1D and 1H).
Growth analyses indicated that there were significantly more cells in treated cultures from day 4 onward (Table 2 ). Significantly higher values in cell viability were detected for treated cultures only at day 10 (Table 2). The proportion of cycling cells was significantly higher for treated cultures both at days 1 and 4 (Figure 3 ; Table 2) compared with the control. Indeed, an increase of at least 40% in the population of Ki-67–positive cells was detected during the first 7 days of treatment with GFs + proteins.
Total protein content was significantly higher in treated cultures at all time points (Table 2) and the amount of ALP, as judged by activity measurements, Fast red staining and immunolabeling of the protein was reduced (Figure 4 ; Table 2).
Both control human and rat cell cultures exhibited an osteogenic phenotype as determined by qualitative and quantitative analysis of mineralized nodules (Figures 1D and 5A –5C, respectively; Table 2). Conversely, treated cultures showed no bone-like nodule formation at days 10 (Figure 5D) and 14 (Figures 1H, 5E, and 5F; Table 2).
Expression of Runx2 mRNA was not affected by the exposure of cultures to the mixture of GFs + proteins (Figure 6A ; Table 3 ). However, exposure of treated cultures to BMP-7 or GDF-5 generally resulted in a significant increase in Runx2 mRNA above levels found in untreated and GFs + proteins cultures (Figure 6A; Table 3). Strikingly, treatment with GFs + proteins resulted in the downregulation of ALP mRNA expression (Figure 6B; Table 3). Such inhibitory effect was reverted by the exposure of treated cultures to BMP-7 (0–7 days), GDF-5 (0–7 days), or GDF-5 (7–14 days) (Figure 6B; Table 3). However, ALP activity remained at significantly reduced levels for all groups compared with the control [control, 0.6 ± 0.14; GFs + proteins, 0.03 ± 0.03; BMP-7 (0–7 days), 0.009 ± 0.01; GDF-5 (0–7 days), 0.01 ± 0.006; BMP-7 (7–14 days), 0.05 ± 0.05; GDF-5 (7–14 days), 0.02 ± 0.01; Table 3).
The results of this study showed that a mixture of GFs + proteins containing the major components found in platelet extracts promotes a significant increase in cycling cells and cell number but dramatically reduces the osteogenic potential of both human alveolar bone and rat calvaria–derived cell cultures. There was a reduction in ALP activity and mRNA expression and inhibition of bone-like nodule formation. In addition, we showed that, whereas the inhibitory effects on ALP mRNA expression can be reverted by exposure of cells to BMP-7 or GDF-5, ALP activity is not restored.
During the processes of bone formation and repair, a complex sequence of signaling events takes place, which includes interaction of a series of GFs and other matrix proteins with receptors in various target cells at different stages of differentiation. The ensuing cell signaling events will promote the development of the osteoblastic phenotype, which ultimately results in bone tissue formation and remodeling. Because bone repair is a multifactorial process, molecular therapies for the local delivery of mixtures of GFs have been devised, such as found in PRP extracts (Marx et al. 1998
Inhibition of ALP activity and mRNA expression by GFs + proteins and no changes in Runx2 mRNA levels compared with control indicate that the expanding cell population was made up of cells with a less differentiated osteoblastic phenotype and thereby decreased capacity to lay down an osteogenic matrix and/or nucleate biological apatite. The lack of calvarial cell multilayering typically observed during development of bone-like nodules lends additional support to the interpretation that the treated osteogenic cells did not achieve a fully differentiated state. It has been proposed that the role of tissue nonspecific ALP (TNAP) in the bone matrix is to generate the Pi needed for hydroxyapatite crystallization (Majeska and Wuthier 1975
In an attempt to rescue the osteogenic phenotype, treated cultures were exposed to BMP-7 or GDF-5, two osteogenic GFs known to promote development of the osteoblastic phenotype (King et al. 1996 In conclusion, this study showed that exposure of osteogenic cells to a well-defined mixture of GFs + proteins, such as found in platelet preparations, causes downregulation of the osteogenic phenotype. The data are consistent with previous reports showing that PRP preparations do not promote bone formation under certain conditions. Intriguingly, the inhibitory effect of GFs + proteins was expressed even in presence of BMP-7 and GDF-5. However, ALP mRNA levels were restored in cultures first treated with GFs + proteins followed by GDF-5. Our results support the concept that the timing and duration of multiple component molecular therapies play an important role in their outcome and indicate the need for more comprehensive studies using combinations of GFs and proteins aiming to enhance bone formation particularly under unfavorable/adverse conditions.
This study was supported by the State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP; Brazil) and by the National Council of Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq; Brazil). A.N. wishes to acknowledge support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. M.A.O. is the recipient of a Masters scholarship from FAPESP. W.M.A.M. and K.E.V.S. were recipients of internship scholarships from FAPESP and CNPq, respectively. G.E.C. is grateful for a postdoctoral fellowship from FAPESP. The mouse monoclonal anti-human bone ALP antibody (B4-78), developed by Jerry A. Katzmann, was obtained from the Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank developed under the auspices of the NICHD and maintained by the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA). We thank Roger Rodrigo Fernandes and Júnia Ramos for invaluable technical assistance.
Received for publication January 4, 2008; accepted March 20, 2008
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