title: [Zinc deficiency inhibited the proliferation and differentiation of rat osteoblast in vitro].
abstract: The effect of zinc deficiency on proliferation and differentiation of rat osteoblast was studied in vitro. The osteoblasts were isolated from the rat calvaria, and were subcultured in DMEM medium. Zinc deficiency model in cell culture was made by chelating zinc from the medium with a special chelator TPEN. Incorporation of 3H-thymidine was measured to show the DNA synthesis at different time point, and cell cycle was analyzed by flow cytometry. A histochemistry method was used to detect changes of osteoblast cytoskeleton. Incorporation of 3H-proline was measured to show the synthesis of collagen. Alkaline phosphatase activity (AKP) and osteocalcin content were measured by enzyme dynamics method and radioimmunoassay respectively. The results showed that the incorporation of 3H-thymidine in the zinc deficient group was significantly less than that in the control group at different time points. The cells were blocked at G2/M phase of cell cycle, which is related to the impairment of cytoskeleton. Collagen synthesis, osteocalcin content and AKP activity in the zinc deficient group were reduced significantly as compared with those in the control group. But no differences in all the measurements were observed between the control group and the group of zinc deficiency supplemented with zinc. Therefore, it was concluded that zinc deficiency inhibited the proliferation and differentiation of rat osteoblast in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition & Food Hygiene, Collage of Public Health, West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology*; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000032:analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015032:Zinc / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D015675:Osteocalcin; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D015032:Zinc