title: Comparative studies of osteoblast and fibroblast type I collagen in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta type IV.
abstract: The expression of type I collagen has been compared in fibroblast and osteoblast cultures of a patient with moderately severe osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type IV, with respect to control cells. Electrophoretic analysis of type I collagen showed that both OI osteoblasts and fibroblasts synthesized normal chains and chains with delayed migration. However, the osteoblasts contained a higher proportion of abnormal chains than fibroblasts from the proband. Pulse-chase experiments showed that the trimers containing abnormal chains were cleared more rapidly from osteoblasts than fibroblasts. Moreover, the collagen secreted by OI osteoblasts had thermal stability 1 degrees C higher than collagen secreted by OI fibroblasts. These results suggest that the abnormal collagen in osteoblasts may be more resistant to intra- and extracellular degradation and may thus have better survival than in fibroblasts. This finding could have implications for understanding the clinical phenotype of OI.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Organic Chemistry, Medical Academy, 15-230 Bialystok 8, Poland. angajko@amb.ac.bialystok.pl
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galicka
authors.forename: Slawomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wolczynski
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gindzienski
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000737:chemistry*; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D024042:Collagen Type I