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  • 1
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    FEMS microbiology letters 251 (2005), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1574-6968
    Quelle: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: We identified a cadherin-like domain (CHDL) using computational analysis. The CHDL domain is mostly distributed in Proteobacteria and Cyanobacteria, although it is also found in some eukaryotic proteins. Prediction of three-dimensional protein folding indicated that the CHDL domain has an immunoglobulin β-sandwich fold and belongs to the cadherin superfamily. The CHDL domain does not have LDRE and DxNDN motifs, which are conserved in the cadherin domain, but has three other motifs: PxAxxD, DxDxD and YT-V/I-S/T-D, which might contribute to forming a calcium-binding site. The identification of this cadherin-like domain indicates that the cadherin superfamliy may exhibit wider sequence and structural diversity than previously appreciated. Domain architecture analysis revealed that the CHDL domain is also associated with other adhesion domains as well as enzyme domains. Based on computational analysis and previous experimental data, we predict that the CHDL domain has calcium-binding and also carbohydrate-binding activity.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Kit ligand ; c-Kit ; Steel factor ; Interleukin-3 ; Bone turnover ; Mastocytosis ; Parathyroid hormone
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract  Mast cells accumulate in hyperparathyroid bone, but the reason is not clear. We compared the distribution of mast cells and related growth factors in normal and hyperparathyroid bone. Mast cell formation was strongly affected by proximity to bone-forming surfaces of hyperparathyroid bone. Hyperparathyroidism greatly increased the production by active, bone-synthesizing osteoblasts of stem cell factor (SCF) but not of IL-3. Osteoblast SCF was distributed to the basolateral cell membranes, and its cDNA sequence (GenBank AF119835) is homologous to the murine membrane-bound SCF. Quiescent osteoblasts did not produce detectable SCF. Synthetic osteoblasts in normal bone were SCF positive, but comprised a much smaller population of cells, in keeping with the slow turnover of normal bone. Major SCF isoforms on immunoblot analysis of osteoblast-fraction proteins from high-turnover bone had Mrs of about 48 and 40 kDa. Similar SCF isoforms were produced by MG63 osteoblast-derived cells and were identified by several anti-SCF antibodies. SCF is expressed in several mesenchymal cell types in a complementary fashion with cells bearing its receptor. SCF potently facilitates differentiation of mast cells, so the increase in paratrabecular mast cells in hyperparathyroid bone is probably driven by osteoblastic SCF. However, since mast cells are not normal components of bone, osteoblastic SCF probably regulates other cells, with mast cell differentiation occurring as a side effect greatly increased osteoblastic activity.
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  • 3
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    Springer
    Calcified tissue international 51 (1992), S. 48-53 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Schlagwort(e): Osteoclasts ; Monocytes ; Blood ; Chicken
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin , Physik
    Notizen: Summary The osteoclast is known to be derived from a marrow-residing precursor that is a member of the mononuclear phagocyte family, but the means by which this cell moves from marrow to bone is unknown. We herein demonstrate that mononuclear progenitors capable of differentiating, in vitro, into cells exhibiting the osteoclast phenotype circulate in chickens. The mononuclear fraction was isolated on a density gradient from blood drawn from calcium-deprived laying hens and the plastic-adherent population was obtained. These cells are members of the mononuclear phagocyte family, as demonstrated by nonspecific esterase and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) activities, expression of the macrophage-specific mannose receptor, and their ability to phagocytose latex particles. When cultured in the presence of devitalized bone, these cells undergo progressive multinucleation and ultimately become essentially indistinguishable from isolated osteoclasts and those generated from bone marrow precursors. Specifically, the blood-derived polykaryons are TRAP-positive, exhibit characteristic ruffled membranes, and express the osteoclast antigens 121F and 23C6. When placed on bone slices, these cells from typical resorptive “pits.” Moreover, when cultured with 3H-proline-labeled bone, the blood monocytegenerated osteoclasts mobilize matrix as effectively as those derived from marrow. Thus, osteoclast precursors circulate in the blood of laying hens and can be induced to differentiate in vitro.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Schlagwort(e): Osteoblast conditioned medium ; Osteoclast precursors ; Bone resorption
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin , Physik
    Notizen: Summary Osteoblasts are thought to secrete factors that regulate the rate of osteoclastic bone resorption. We studied the effect of osteoblast conditioned medium on bone degradation by multinucleated osteoclast-like cells generated in vitro from mononuclear precursors and found that the medium stimulates bone degradation primarily through interactions with osteoclast precursors. The conditioned medium also stimulates expression of the osteoclast-specific antigen 121F. The increased bone degradation, but not increased 121F expression, is due to the conditioned medium maintaining activity of the osteoclast precursors. Although the osteoclast precursors exhibit the DNA fragmentation characteristic of apoptosis, the osteoblast conditioned medium does not prevent such fragmentation. Chicken macrophage growth factor neither mimics nor augments the ability of the conditioned medium to stimulate bone degradation. Studies of osteoclast generation or function should carefully consider whether the effects are dependent on the viability of the resorbing cells.
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  • 5
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 48 (1992), S. 401-410 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): bone resorption ; osteoclast ; gallium ; hypercalcemia ; osteoporosis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: Gallium(III) is a new therapeutic agent for hypercalcemia. Ga3+ reduces osteoclast action, but how it inhibits the cell's physiology is unknown. In vivo, 7-12 μM Ga(III) reduces calcium release from bone, but surprisingly, 10-100 μM Ga3+; added to isolated avian osteoclasts did not reduce their degradation of L-(5-3H)-proline bone. 3H-proline labels bone collagen specifically, and collagenolysis is an excellent indicator of bone dissolution because collagen is the least soluble component of bone. Ga(III) 〉 100 μM inhibited osteoclasts in vitro, but also killed the cells. To resolve this apparent conflict, we measured 67 Ga distribution between bone, cells, and media. Gallium binds avidly but slowly to bone fragments. One hundred micrograms of bone clears 60% of 1 μM gallium from 500 μI of tissue culture medium, with steady state at 〉 24 h. Osteoclasts on bone inhibited gallium binding capacity ∼ 40%, indicating a difference in available binding area and suggesting that osteoclasts protect their substrate from Ga binding. Less gallium binds to bone in serum-containing medium than in phosphate-buffered saline; 30% reduction of the affinity constant suggests that the serum containing medium competes with bone binding. Consequently, the effect of [Ga] on bone degradation was studied using accurately controlled amounts of Ga(III) pre-bound to the bone. Under these conditions, gallium sensitivity of osteoclasts is striking. At 2 days, 100 μg of bone pre-incubated with 1 ml of 1 μM Ga3+, with 10 pmoles Ga3+/μg bone, was degraded at 50% the rate of control bone; over 50 pM Ga3+/μg bone, resorption was essentially zero. In contrast, pre-treatment of bone with [Ga3+] as high as 15 μM had no significant effect on bone resorption rate beyond 3 days, indicating that gallium below ∼150 pg/μg bone acts for a limited time and does not permanently damage the cells. We conclude that bone-bound Ga(III) from medium concentrations 〈 15 μM inhibits osteoclasts reversibly, while irreversible toxicity occurs at solution [Ga3+] 〉 50 μM.
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    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 6
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, N.Y. : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 61 (1996), S. 629-637 
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): bone resorption ; tyrphostins ; genistein ; herbimycin ; osteoporosis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: We compared the effects of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein, a naturally occurring isoflavone, to those of tyrphostin A25, tyrphostin A47, and herbimycin on avian osteoclasts in vitro. Inactive analogs daidzein and tyrphostin A1 were used to control for nonspecific effects. None of the tyrosine kinase inhibitors inhibited bone attachment. However, bone resorption was inhibited by genistein and herbimycin with ID50s of 3 μM and 0.1 μM, respectively; tyrphostins and daidzein were inactive at concentrations below 30 μM, where nonspecific effects were noted. Genistein and herbimycin thus inhibit osteoclastic activity via a mechanism independent of cellular attachment, and at doses approximating those inhibiting tyrosine kinase autophosphorylation in vitro; the tyrphostins were inactive at meaningful doses. Because tyrosine kinase inhibitors vary widely in activity spectrum, effects of genistein on cellular metabolic processes were compared to herbimycin. Unlike previously reported osteoclast metabolic inhibitors which achieve a measure of selectivity by concentrating on bone, neither genistein nor herbimycin bound significantly to bone. Osteoclastic protein synthesis, measured as incorporation of 3H-leucine, was significantly inhibited at 10 μM genistein, a concentration greater than that inhibiting bone degradation, while herbimycin reduced protein synthesis at 10 nM. These data suggested that genistein may reduce osteoclastic activity at pharmacologically attainable levels, and that toxic potential was lower than that of herbimycin. To test this hypothesis in a mammalian system, bone mass was measured in 200 g ovariectomized rats treated with 44 μmol/day genistein, relative to untreated controls. During 30 d of treatment, weights of treated and control group animals were indistinguishable, indicating no toxicity, but femoral weight in the treated group was 12% greater than controls (P 〈 0.05). Our data indicate that the isoflavone inhibitor genistein suppresses osteoclastic activity in vitro and in vivo at concentrations consistent with its ID50s on tyrosine kinases, with a low potential for toxicity. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 7
    ISSN: 0730-2312
    Schlagwort(e): calmodulin antagonists ; calmodulin binding proteins ; osteoclast ; phosphodiesterase ; H+-ATPase ; trifluoperazine ; centchroman ; cischroman ; calcium ; bone resorption ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Chemie und Pharmazie , Medizin
    Notizen: We studied effects of calmodulin antagonists on osteoclastic activity and calmodulin-dependent HCl transport. The results were compared to effects on the calmodulin-dependent phosphodiesterase and antagonist-calmodulin binding affinity. Avian osteoclast degradation of labeled bone was inhibited ∼40% by trifluoperazine or tamoxifen with half-maximal effects at 1-3 μM. Four benzopyrans structurally resembling tamoxifen were compared: d-centchroman inhibited resorption 30%, with half-maximal effect at ∼100 nM, cischroman and CDRI 85/287 gave 15-20% inhibition, and l-centchroman was ineffective. No benzopyran inhibited cell attachment or protein synthesis below 10 μM. However, ATP-dependent membrane vesicle acridine transport showed that H+-ATPase activity was abolished by all compounds with 50% effects at 0.25-1 μM. All compounds also inhibited calmodulin-dependent cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase at micromolar calcium. Relative potency varied with assay type, but d- and l-centchroman, surprisingly, inhibited both H+-ATPase and phosphodiesterase activity at similar concentrations. However, d- and l-centchroman effects in either assay diverged at nanomolar calcium. Of benzopyrans tested, only the d-centchroman effects were calcium-dependent. Interaction of compounds with calmodulin at similar concentrations were confirmed by displacement of labeled calmodulin from immobilized trifluoperazine. Thus, the compounds tested all interact with calmodulin directly to varying degrees, and the observed osteoclast inhibition is consistent with calmodulin-mediated effects. However, calmodulin antagonist activity varies between specific reactions, and free calcium regulates specificity of some interactions. Effects on whole cells probably also reflect other properties, including transport into cells. J. Cell. Biochem. 66:358-369, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
    Zusätzliches Material: 6 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 8
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Physiology 129 (1986), S. 111-123 
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Schlagwort(e): Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: A monospecific antibody to rat uterine collagenase has been produced and employed to study the cell of origin and the time course of production of this enzyme in the involuting rat uterus. The specificity of the anti-collagenase antibody was confirmed by immunoprecipitation, Western analysis, and by its ability to inhibit the activity of collagenase. Parallel measurements of functional enzyme, both latent and active, bound to tissue collagen were also made in nonpregnant, gravid, and postpartum rat uteri. Immunohistochemical staining of collagenase in sections of rat uterus showed the enzyme to be present in the perinuclear region of the smooth muscle cells only of the involuting myometrium. No detectable collagenase was present in the prepartum or nonpregnant uterus. Identity of the smooth muscle cells was confirmed using an anti-smooth muscle actin antibody. In addition, the cultured uterine cells from which the immunizing antigen was obtained were also identified as smooth muscle cells. Specificity of the tissue staining was confirmed by the ability of pure rat uterine collagenase to block the reaction of the antibody with the tissue. These observations indicate that smooth muscle cells are capable of producing collagenase and are consistent with the hypothesis that this enzyme presides over the massive collagen degradation seen in postpartum uterine involution. Furthermore, measurement of collagenase bound to uterine collagen revealed that collagenase activity could be detected only at the time that the cells could be seen to be producing the enzyme by immunolocalization. These findings support the concept that collagenase is produced only as needed and not stored, either intra- or extracellularly.
    Zusätzliches Material: 7 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 9
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Schlagwort(e): Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: We have recently shown that degradation of bone collagen by osteoclasts occurs via proteolytic enzyme activity that depends on an acidic milieu. Since bone resorption occurs in an extracellular, acidic compartment located at the cell-matrix attachment site, the osteoclast must deliver the acid collagenolytic enzymes to the cell surface. These observations raise the possibility that the mannose-6-phosphate (M-6-P) receptor, known to sort acidic proteases in other cells, is involved in trafficking lysosomal enzymes to the plasmalemma of bone resorbing cells. To this end we studied receptor-mediated uptake, distribution and release, by isolated chicken osteoclasts, of 125l-hexosaminidase, a M-6-P bearing enzyme. We found that at 4°C, the bone-resorbing polykaryons bind ∼ 10,000 molecules of radioligand/cell with a Kd of 0.7 nM, which is endocytosed by osteoclasts at 37°C by a calcium-independent process. Furthermore, 125l-hexosaminidase uptake is unaffected by mannosylated albumin, documenting specificity of the receptor-mediated event. Release of endocytosed enzyme from the cell is also much more rapid than its degradation, attesting to a pathway of uptake and secretion. By autoradiography, the M-6-P bearing ligand is concentrated at the site of osteoclast-bone attachment. Thus, osteoclasts also have the capacity to deliver M-6-P bearing degradative enzymes to their surface at the site of matrix degradation.
    Zusätzliches Material: 6 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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  • 10
    Digitale Medien
    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Journal of Cellular Physiology 160 (1994), S. 17-28 
    ISSN: 0021-9541
    Schlagwort(e): Life and Medical Sciences ; Cell & Developmental Biology
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Osteoclasts mediate acid dissolution of bone for maintenance of serum [Ca2+] and for replacement of old bone in terrestrial vertebrates. Recent findings point to the importance of intracellular signals, particularly Ca2+, in osteoclast regulation. However, acid degradation of bone mineral subjects the osteoclast to uniquely high extracellular [Ca2+]. We hypothesized that this high calcium environment would affect calcium signalling mechanisms, and studied the calcium binding regulatory protein, calmodulin, in the osteoclast. Avian osteoclast bone resorption was inhibited 30% at 1 μM and 90% at 7 μM by the calmodulin antagonist trifluoperazine. Osteoclast bone attachment was not affected by 10 μM trifluoperazine. Quantitative immunofluorescence using fluorescein-labelled calmodulin monoclonal antibody showed a severalfold increase of calmodulin concentration in bone attached relative to plastic attached osteoclasts. Western blots confirmed this, showing two to threefold increased osteoclast calmodulin per milligram of cell protein in 3-day bone-attached vs. nonattached cells. Scanning confocal microscopy showed calmodulin polarization to areas of bone attachment. Electron micrographs with 9nm colloidal gold labelling showed calmodulin in the acid secreting ruffled membrane. ATP-dependent acid transport in osteoclast membrane vesicles was inhibited by the calmodulin antagonist calmidazolium. This effect was reversed by addition of excess calmodulin, showing that the inhibition is specific. Vesicle acid transport inhibition reflects an approximately fourfold shift in the apparent Km for ATP of vesicular acid transport in the presence of the calmodulin antagonist. We conclude that calmodulin concentration and distribution is modified by bone attachment, and that osteoclastic acid secretion is calmodulin regulated. © 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
    Zusätzliches Material: 8 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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