title: Pleiotrophin regulates bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-induced ectopic osteogenesis.
abstract: We previously isolated pleiotrophin (PTN) from bovine bone as a protein and showed that it stimulated osteoblastic growth and differentiation. Further details of its function, however, have not been fully clarified. The aim of this paper was to elucidate the effects of PTN on bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-induced ectopic osteogenesis. Recombinant human BMP (rhBMP)-2 (1.2 microg) was combined with a fibrous glass membrane, which had been established as an effective carrier. Various amounts of the purified bovine PTN (5, 10, 50, and 100 microg) or rhPTN (5 and 10 microg) were added to the rhBMP-2/carrier composites and implanted into rats subcutaneously as reported. It was found that the amount of bone induced in the system increased with the addition of 10 microg of either purified PTN or rhPTN. However, the amount of bone decreased with the addition of 50 or 100 microg of purified PTN dose-dependently, as judged by both alkaline phosphatase activity and calcium content in the retrieved implants. It was concluded that purified PTN or rhPTN, at ratios of concentration of 10-100 microg of PTN to 1.2 microg of rhBMP-2 in the carrier, regulated the ectopic bone-inducing activity of rhBMP-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Functional Science, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8586, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takita
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohata
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuboki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002417:Cattle; D016207:Cytokines / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D016207:Cytokines; C066845:pleiotrophin