title: Isolation and culture of two cell populations from chick calvaria by density gradient: prostaglandin synthesis by the cells in culture and coculture.
abstract: In previous studies we demonstrated that PTH stimulates production of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) by intact chick calvaria. In the present series of experiments, two cell populations were isolated from chick calvaria by centrifugation on a 25%/55% Percoll gradient. Cells harvested from the upper band of the Percoll gradient (designated F-1) appeared large and spindle-shaped in culture. Cells harvested from the lower band of the Percoll gradient (designated F-2) were relatively small and polygonal-shaped. Both cell populations required fetal bovine serum (FBS) for attachment and proliferation. In the presence of FBS the cells formed multilayers, but they formed confluent monolayers in the presence of heat-inactivated FBS. The pattern of cAMP responses to different effectors and biochemical determinations for alkaline and acid phosphatase suggests that the F-2 fraction consists primarily of osteoblasts. No cells with osteoclastic patterns appeared in either fraction. Both cell types synthesized predominantly PGD2. PGE2 was also produced, however, in considerably smaller quantities. PG production in the presence of ionophore A23187 (1 microM) or arachidonate (10 microM) increased significantly when the F-1 and F-2 cells were cocultured at a 1:1 ratio. These results suggest that cell to cell or cell to matrix interactions normally present in intact bone influence PG synthesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biology, Henry M. Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry, Boston University, Massachusetts 02118.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Gonnerman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Menconi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Polgar
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000494:pharmacology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005312:Fetal Blood; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D015230:Prostaglandin D2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019379:Teriparatide
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011453:Prostaglandins; D019379:Teriparatide; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D000001:Calcimycin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D015232:Dinoprostone; D015230:Prostaglandin D2