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We compared the expression of osteoblastic markers in cultured human cells isolated from fracture calluses of various histological states of development with that in cells from adult and fetal bone. Adult osteoblasts and all callus cells produced almost exclusively type I collagen, whereas fetal osteoblasts produced also considerable amounts of type III collagen in vitro. 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 induced the synthesis of osteocalcin in all bone and callus cells but to varying extents. Fetal bone cells and early-stage callus cells synthesized less than 10% the amount of osteocalcin produced by adult bone cells. Late-stage callus cells produced intermediate levels of osteocalcin. Fetal bone cells and early-stage callus cells responded to parathyroid hormone with a less pronounced increase in intracellular cAMP than did adult bone cells. Late-stage callus cells showed the best response to parathyroid hormone. The activity of alkaline phosphatase was highest in fetal bone cells. These observations show that cells isolated from fetal bone and from fracture callus tissues express a pattern of markers clearly relating them to the osteoblastic lineage. On the basis of the different patterns of osteoblastic markers expressed in vitro we conclude that functionally distinct subtypes of osteoblasts do exist in different mineralized tissues and at different developmental stages.
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Abbreviations
- DMEM :
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Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium
- FCS :
-
Fetal calf serum
- PTH :
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Parathyroid hormone
- 1,25D 3 :
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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3
- AP :
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Alkaline phosphatase
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Mörike, M., Schulz, M., Nerlich, A. et al. Expression of osteoblastic markers in cultured human bone and fracture callus cells. J Mol Med 73, 571–575 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195142
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