title: Bone morphogenetic protein 7 (bmp-7) stimulates proteoglycan synthesis in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes in vitro.
abstract: BMP-7 is a member of the TGF-beta superfamily which is supposed to be one of the most potent anabolic factors of chondrocytes. In this study we analysed the effect of BMP-7 on three dimensional cultured chondrocytes with and without serum. Cartilage samples from fourteen patients with osteoarthritis of the knee were harvested and chondrocytes were cultivated in alginate-beads with and without serum supplementation (10% FCS). BMP-7 was added in three different concentrations (200, 600 and 1000 ng/ml). After 4 and 21 days PG concentration was determined by a Blyscan-Assay. For gene expression analysis of aggrecan (AGG) quantitative Lightcycler-PCR was used to estimate the mRNA levels. Under serumfree culture conditions there was no stimulation after 4 days but there was a twofold increase of PG concentration after 21 days. Using BMP-7 together with serum supplemented medium we found comparable results, however not as pronounced. AGG expression was increased only after 4 days but not after 21 days. Beside a stimulatory effect under serumfree conditions we also found a stimulatory effect of BMP-7 in the presence of serum. This study pronounces that BMP-7 might be a suitable anabolic activator of osteoarthritic chondrocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of Mannheim, Faculty of Clinical Medicine of the University of Heidelberg, Theodor Kutzer Ufer 1-3, D - 68167, Mannheim, Germany. johannes.stoeve@ortho.ma.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stöve
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schneider-Wald
authors.forename: H-P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Scharf
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D053674:Aggrecans / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000464:Alginates / Q000737:chemistry; D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D020723:Glucuronic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D006603:Hexuronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008863:Microspheres; D008875:Middle Aged; D020370:Osteoarthritis, Knee / Q000473:pathology; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013997:Time Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D053674:Aggrecans; D000464:Alginates; C525819:BMP7 protein, human; D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D016895:Culture Media, Serum-Free; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D011509:Proteoglycans; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D020723:Glucuronic Acid