title: [Biological activity of E. coli expressed BMP-4].
abstract: BMP-4 is physiologically present in low concentrations in human bone matrix. So far the protein has only been produced in small quantities by expression in mammalian cell cultures. In this study we investigated the biological activity of E. coli-expressed BMP-4. In vitro neonatal rat muscle tissue was incubated together with BMP-4 during 4 h, followed by an incubation period of 14 days on cellulose acetate membranes in BMP-free medium. The addition of 0.4 microgram BMP-4 induced cartilage formation in 1/8 samples while 4 micrograms BMP-4 showed chondroneogenesis in 2/10 samples. When the BMP-4 concentration was increased to 40 micrograms, new cartilage formation was seen in 5/7 samples. In vivo BMP-4 was implanted intramuscularly for 3 weeks in ICR mice. Amounts of 10 micrograms rhBMP-4 and more (up to 100 micrograms) constantly induced heterotopic ossicle formation. BMP-4 was also combined with a collagen carrier and implanted for 2 and 4 weeks in the abdominal muscle of SD rats. While 0.4 microgram BMP-4 showed no bone or cartilage formation, the amount of 40 micrograms BMP-4 showed new heterotopic cartilage formation, followed by endochondral ossification in almost all samples. The results prove that E. coli-expressed BMP-4 possesses the same inductive properties as mammalian-cell-expressed BMP-4.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer-, Gesichtschirurgie, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Kübler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Faller
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sebald
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Reuther
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002356:Cartilage / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D002460:Cell Line; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005347:Fibroblasts; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology; D012516:Osteosarcoma; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C525809:BMP4 protein, human; C525810:Bmp4 protein, mouse; C525811:Bmp4 protein, rat; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
vernacular_title: Biologische Aktivität von E.-coli-exprimiertem BMP-4.