title: Growth factor-induced expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in osteoblasts: relevance to the plasminogen activator system.
abstract: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a cytokine that mediates inflammatory processes in a variety of tissues. In this study, we examined the expression of MIF mRNA in the mouse osteoblastic cell line MC3T3-E1, whose proliferation is promoted by various growth factors. In the subconfluent state, transforming growth factor-beta, basic fibroblast growth factor, insulin-like growth factor-II, and fetal calf serum markedly upregulated MIF mRNA expression. The upregulation of MIF mRNA was less extensive when the cells were stimulated by the same growth factors in the overconfluent state. We also investigated the expression of MIF mRNA through a whole cell cycle from G0 phase when the osteoblastic cells were synchronized by serum starvation. The MIF mRNA expression, which gradually increased from the G0 and reached its maximum at the S phase, was nonperiodic. Moreover, human recombinant MIF upregulated the expression of urokinase plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) precursor mRNA in human osteoblastic Saos-2 cells. Plasminogen activator (PA) is known to play an important role in bone metabolism, for example, in activation of procollagenase or growth factors indirectly via the formation of plasmin, and in mitogenic activity for osteoblastic cells. Our results suggest that MIF modulates the proliferation of osteoblasts and, moreover, bone tissue remodeling through the PA and plasmin system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onodera
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujinaga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishihira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000187:drug effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000737:chemistry*; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000502:physiology; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors; D017395:Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010960:Plasminogen Activators