title: Effects of cartilage-derived morphogenetic protein-3 on the expression of chondrogenic and osteoblastic markers in the pluripotent mesenchymal C3H10T1/2 cell line.
abstract: CDMP-3/GDF-7/BMP-12 treatment of pluripotent mesenchymal C3H10T1/2 cells resulted in a dose- and time-dependent change in cell morphology and in the expression of alkaline phosphatase, mRNA expression of osteocalcin, and bone sialoprotein, as well as mineralized bone nodule formation. CDMP-3 also stimulated Alcian Blue staining indicative of extracellular matrix formation without affecting aggrecan expression. CDMP-3 downregulated mRNA expression of BMP-4 and BMP-8A. CDMP-3 stimulated mRNA expression of ALK-1, ALK-2(ActR-IA), ALK-3(BMPR-IA), and ALK-4 without affecting that of ALK-6(BMPR-IB), ALK-7, and BMPR-II. These findings suggest that, under the experimental conditions studied, CDMP-3 induces the pluripotent mesenchymal C3H10T1/2 cells to express both chondrocytic and osteoblastic markers. The results further reveal potential complex interplay between the different bone morphogenetic proteins and their receptors in these processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. yehl@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: Lee-Chuan C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002356:Cartilage / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D020219:Chondrogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D055412:Growth Differentiation Factors / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; C499470:GDF7 protein, human; D055412:Growth Differentiation Factors