title: [Regulatory factors of osteogenic phenotypical experession by fibroblasts in vitro].
abstract: In order to explore further the regulatory factors to the potentiality in inducing osteogenesis by fibroblasts, the fibroblasts were isolated, and purified from human skin, and were grown in incubation in the media of EGF, IL-6, TNF-alpha and BMP2 at different concentrations for two weeks, then, the markers for osteogenic features were investigated by biochemistry, histochemistry and electron microscopic observations. It was found that the combined use of TNF-alpha and BMP2 could stimulate fibroblasts to secrete alkaline phosphatase, osteocalcin and collagen, and the morphological changes of the fibroblasts were also very striking. In the extracellular matrix, the collagen fibrils, with or without periodicity, were arranged regularly or randomly oriented, and numerous minute calcium granules were interspersed among them. The fibroblasts were interwoven one on top of another in the form of multilayer structure and on the surface, there were secreting granules and piling up of calcium crystals which coalessed steadily and increased in size in forming bony nodules. It was considered that TNF-alpha and BMP2 were capable of inducing the fibroblasts to form bone.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Biology, Second Medical University of Shanghai, P.R. China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chai
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000378:metabolism; D010012:Osteogenesis; D011897:Random Allocation; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C525718:BMP2 protein, human; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D006133:Growth Substances; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D015675:Osteocalcin; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase