title: Bone marrow cells from normal and ovariectomized rats respond differently to basic fibroblast growth factor and bone morphogenetic protein 2 treatment in vitro.
abstract: The protein growth factors basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) are being actively pursued for bone tissue engineering. Although both proteins are capable of stimulating osteogenic activity of bone marrow cells (BMCs), no studies have addressed the effect of estrogen deficiency on the growth factor responsiveness of BMCs. This study investigated the osteogenic response of BMCs from normal and ovariectomized (OVX) rats to bFGF and BMP- 2. In the absence of growth factors, a higher number of total colony-forming units (t-CFU) and alkaline phosphatase-expressing CFU (ALP-CFU) were obtained with BMCs derived from OVX rats. The percentage of ALP-CFU, however, was not significantly different between BMCs from the two groups of rats. Whereas BMP-2 did not influence the t-CFU and percentage of ALP-CFU, bFGF decreased t-CFU in BMCs derived from OVX rats and reduced the percentage of ALP-CFU in BMCs from both types of rats. Consistent with the higher t-CFU, the number of mineralized colonies (min-CFU) was also higher for BMCs derived from OVX rats. The number of min-CFU was not influenced by BMP-2 treatment, but was reduced with bFGF treatment. Comparison of the growth factor effects on a per-cell (DNA) basis confirmed the expected stimulatory effect of BMP-2 on ALP activity and mineralization in BMCs from normal rats, but these two parameters were not unequivocally stimulated in BMCs from OVX rats. We conclude that BMCs derived from normal and OVX rats exhibited significant differences in their osteogenic response to bFGF and BMP-2 treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: Takrima
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haque
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uludag
authors.forename: Ronald F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Zernicke
authors.forename: Shelley R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Winn
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sebald
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004967:Estrogens / Q000172:deficiency*; D005260:Female; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010052:Ovariectomy; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: C525720:Bmp2 protein, rat; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D004967:Estrogens; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2