Bone resorption by isolated osteoclasts in living versus devitalized bone: Differences in mode and extent and the effects of human recombinant tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases
- 1 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
- Vol. 5 (4), 411-418
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.5650050415
Abstract
The incubation of isolated osteoclasts with devitalized bone has become a widely used method for the recent study of bone resorption. Although the studies employing this method have definitively demonstrated that isolated osteoclasts have an avid capacity to resorb devitalized bone, the resorption in this model appears to be different from that of living bone as observed in vivo and in organ culture studies. To evaluate how the resorption of living bone is different from that of devitalized bone, we have extended this bone resorption model using isolated osteoclasts by including both devitalized and living bone substrates. Living bone substrates were freshly prepared from calvaria of 8‐ to 12‐month‐old mice. Periosteum, cellular components, and osteoid were completely scraped off to leave a rigid, smooth, mineral‐exposed surface for the isolated osteoclasts to act upon. Some of the bone pieces were devitalized by repeated freezing and thawing. Living and devitalized bones were cultured with isolated rabbit osteoclasts for 60 h with or without recombinant human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (100 μg/ml). The extent of bone resorption was assessed by measuring both the area and the depth of resorption pits. Comparing the areas of the resorption pits showed significantly more resorption in living bone than in devitalized bone (27% of that of living bone). Recombinant human TIMP reduced the resorption of living bone by 73% but did not, however, inhibit the resorption of devitalized bone. Similarly, resorption pits formed on the living bones were significantly deeper (on the average, 12.4 μm) than those formed on the devitalized bones (on the average, 4.3 μm). The average depth of the resorption pits on living bone was significantly reduced by the presence of the inhibitor, whereas there was no difference between the control and inhibitor‐treated devitalized bones. These results suggest that the mechanisms underlying the resorption of living bone and that of devitalized bone are not the same and that the resorption of living bone is aided by osteocytes.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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