title: Osteoblast-osteoclast relationships in bone resorption: osteoblasts enhance osteoclast activity in a serum-free co-culture system.
abstract: Osteoblast-osteoclast relationships in bone resorption are unclear. We investigated whether osteoblasts constitutively influence osteoclast activity. We employed a serum-free co-culture system in which chicken osteoclasts and chick calvaria or, alternatively, isolated chick osteoblasts were cultured in two different compartments separated by a 0.45 micron porous membrane permeable to soluble molecules. Osteoclastic bone resorption, evaluated by release of 3H-proline from prelabeled bone fragments, was significantly enhanced by bone cells resident in the calvaria, as well as by isolated osteoblasts. Stimulation was specific, since periosteal cells, or skin fibroblasts, failed to mimic osteoblast activity. Conditioned medium from osteoblast cultures stimulated osteoclast function in a similar manner, indicating that paracrine signals, capable of crossing the porous membrane separating the two compartments, are released by the bone forming cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Anatomy, School of Pharmacy, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colucci
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Cantatore
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Loperfido
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Zallone
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption; D002450:Cell Communication; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens; D003094:Collagen / Q000096:biosynthesis; D046508:Culture Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D011392:Proline / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015675:Osteocalcin; D003094:Collagen; D011392:Proline; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase