title: Regulation of osteoblast, chondrocyte, and osteoclast functions by fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-18 in comparison with FGF-2 and FGF-10.
abstract: This study investigated the actions of fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-18, a novel member of the FGF family, on osteoblasts, chondrocytes, and osteoclasts and compared them with those of FGF-2 and FGF-10. FGF-18 stimulated the proliferation of cultured mouse primary osteoblasts, osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells, primary chondrocytes, and prechondrocytic ATDC5 cells, although it inhibited the differentiation and matrix synthesis of these cells. FGF-18 up-regulated the phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in both osteoblasts and chondrocytes and up-regulated the phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase only in chondrocytes. FGF-18 mitogenic actions were blocked by a specific inhibitor of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in both osteoblasts and chondrocytes and by a specific inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase in chondrocytes. With regard to the action of FGF-18 on bone resorption, FGF-18 not only induced osteoclast formation through receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand and cyclooxygenase-2 but also stimulated osteoclast function to form resorbed pits on a dentine slice in the mouse coculture system. All these effects of FGF-18 bore a close resemblance to those of FGF-2, whereas FGF-10 affects none of these cells. FGF-18 may therefore compensate for the action of FGF-2 on bone and cartilage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimoaka
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: Akiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yonamine
authors.forename: Daichi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chikazu
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D002356:Cartilage / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D008024:Ligands; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013997:Time Factors; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; C496464:Fgf10 protein, mouse; C496465:Fgf10 protein, rat; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008024:Ligands; D016328:NF-kappa B; C113569:fibroblast growth factor 18; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D014443:Tyrosine; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases