TETRACYCLINE LABELLING OF BONE AND THE ZONE OF DEMARCATION OF OSTEOID SEAMS

1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 485-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold M. Frost

In human lamellar bone, mineralization begins in a plane, termed the zone of demarcation, which separates osteoid seams from mineralized bone. Permanently fixed tetracycline antibiotics are deposited in the zone of demarcation in vivo, and in no other locus in lamellar bone.

1962 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold M. Frost

In human lamellar bone, mineralization begins in a plane, termed the zone of demarcation, which separates osteoid seams from mineralized bone. Permanently fixed tetracycline antibiotics are deposited in the zone of demarcation in vivo, and in no other locus in lamellar bone.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 289
Author(s):  
Sana Ansari ◽  
Bregje W. M. de de Wildt ◽  
Michelle A. M. Vis ◽  
Carolina E. de de Korte ◽  
Keita Ito ◽  
...  

Bone is a complex organ maintained by three main cell types: osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes. During bone formation, osteoblasts deposit a mineralized organic matrix. Evidence shows that bone cells release extracellular vesicles (EVs): nano-sized bilayer vesicles, which are involved in intercellular communication by delivering their cargoes through protein–ligand interactions or fusion to the plasma membrane of the recipient cell. Osteoblasts shed a subset of EVs known as matrix vesicles (MtVs), which contain phosphatases, calcium, and inorganic phosphate. These vesicles are believed to have a major role in matrix mineralization, and they feature bone-targeting and osteo-inductive properties. Understanding their contribution in bone formation and mineralization could help to target bone pathologies or bone regeneration using novel approaches such as stimulating MtV secretion in vivo, or the administration of in vitro or biomimetically produced MtVs. This review attempts to discuss the role of MtVs in biomineralization and their potential application for bone pathologies and bone regeneration.


Bone ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 983-990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kostas Verdelis ◽  
Yunfeng Ling ◽  
Taduru Sreenath ◽  
Naoto Haruyama ◽  
Mary MacDougall ◽  
...  
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Blood ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 136 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 2-2
Author(s):  
Annamaria Aprile ◽  
Laura Raggi ◽  
Mariangela Storto ◽  
Isabella Villa ◽  
Sarah Marktel ◽  
...  

In the last decade many studies unraveled the bone marrow (BM) niche regulation and crosstalk with hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) in steady state conditions and malignancies, but HSC-niche interactions are still underexplored in hematological inherited disorders. We have recently provided the first demonstration of impaired HSC function caused by an altered BM niche in a non-malignant disease, beta-thalassemia (BT) (Aprile et al., Blood 2020). BT is a congenital hemoglobin disorder resulting in severe anemia, ineffective erythropoiesis and multi-organ secondary complications, such as bone defects. It is one of the most globally widespread monogenic diseases, which can be cured by transplantation of HSC from compatible healthy donors or autologous HSC from patients upon gene therapy. Cases of graft failure have been reported, but causes have not been deeply investigated and might include an impaired HSC function and a defective supporting activity of the BM niche, worsened by age and disease progression. We showed that the prolonged residence of HSC into an altered BM stromal niche in BT Hbbth3/+ (th3) mice negatively affects stem cell number, quiescence and self-renewal. Moreover, we demonstrated that correction of HSC-stromal niche crosstalk rescues BT HSC function by in vivo reactivation of parathyroid hormone (PTH) signaling. Consistently with the common finding of osteoporosis in BT patients, we found reduced bone deposition and low levels of PTH also in the murine model. We investigated the potential mechanisms underlying the decreased PTH and bone defect and we focused on the role of fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23). FGF-23 is a systemic hormone mainly secreted by osteocytes, which acts as negative regulator of bone metabolism by inhibiting bone mineralization and PTH production by parathyroid glands. Since FGF-23 is positively modulated by the anemia-related factor erythropoietin (EPO), we hypothesized that the high EPO levels in BT, subsequent to ineffective erythropoiesis, might contribute to increase FGF-23. We measured high levels of circulating FGF-23 in th3 mice (wt vs. th3: 399.7±69.77 vs. 1975±209.3 pg/ml, p<0.01) and also in BT patients (HD vs. THAL: 94.2±3.8 vs. 125.8±9.2 RU/ml, p<0.05). To provide proof of concept data of the causative role of FGF-23 on BT bone and stromal niche defects, we inhibited FGF-23 signaling. FGF-23 inhibition by in vivo administration of FGF-23 blocking peptide rescued the bone defect in th3 mice, by increasing trabecular bone mineral density (th3 vs. th3+FGF23inh: 117.7±3.3 vs. 181.1±6.9 mg/cm3, p<0.0001). Importantly, the treatment restored the frequency of HSC to levels comparable to wild-type controls by expanding the pool of quiescent cells (th3 vs. th3+FGF23inh: 0.03±0.002 vs. 0.07±0.0% on Linneg BM cells, p<0.0001). Consistently, we found increased the expression of key molecules by bone cells, such as Jagged-1 and osteopontin, involved in the functional crosstalk between HSC and the stromal niche. Interestingly, FGF-23 inhibition had also a positive anti-apoptotic effect on the expanded BM erythroid compartment, promoting the maturation of erythroid precursors, as already shown in models of secondary anemias. Preliminary evidence in BT patients showed negative correlations between FGF-23 levels and markers of bone homeostasis (e.g. osteocalcin and vitamin D) and positive correlations with makers of ineffective erythropoiesis (e.g. reticulocytes), thus proposing FGF-23 as the molecule at the crossroads of erythropoiesis and bone metabolism in BT. In vivo studies and molecular analysis in th3 mice and patients' samples will better unravel the causative role of EPO on FGF-23 levels in BT and the negative impact of high FGF-23 on bone mineralization and BM stromal niche-HSC interactions. Our findings uncover an underexplored role of FGF-23 in bone and BM niche defects in BT, as a condition of severe anemia and chronic EPO stimulation. The inhibition of FGF-23 signaling might provide a novel strategy to ameliorate bone compartment and restore HSC-BM niche interactions in BT, with a potential translational relevance in improving HSC transplantation approaches. Disclosures Motta: Sanofi Genzyme: Honoraria. Cappellini:BMS: Honoraria; CRISPR Therapeutics, Novartis, Vifor Pharma: Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees; Genzyme/Sanofi: Honoraria, Membership on an entity's Board of Directors or advisory committees.


1972 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 279-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. BAYLINK ◽  
J. WERGEDAL ◽  
E. THOMPSON

In both ground sections and demineralized frozen sections of the rat tibial cortex, osteoid but not mature bone matrix stained for proteinpolysaccharides with the Alcian Blue and toluidine blue techniques. The loss of proteinpolysaccharide staining occurred precisely at the mineralizing front, which was identified by in vivo lead or procion markers, not only in normal animals but also in animals in which osteoid width was either increasing or decreasing. In vitro, both proteases and saccharidases abolished proteinpolysaccharide staining of osteoid. Critical electrolyte concentration and other procedures indicated that the major acid polysaccharide component in osteoid is chondroitin sulfate. Consistent with these findings, electron microprobe analyses revealed that sulfur concentration was high in osteoid but dropped abruptly as calcium concentration increased at the mineralizing front. The precise synchronization between loss of proteinpolysaccharides and onset of mineralization under various experimental conditions provides strong indirect evidence that the loss of these macromolecules is somehow involved in initiation of mineralization in bone.


1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Elias D. Sedlin ◽  
Harold M. Frost

The authors' method depends on labelling in vivo the zone of demarcation of actively forming osteons by tetracycline antibiotics. The drugs, thus deposited in bone, are visualized by fluorescence microscopy. The label is a circular or elliptical ring whose diameter indicates the degree of completeness of the osteon at the time of drug administration. A histogram of the ring diameters therefore classifies labelled osteons as regards stage of completion at the time of drug administration. If an average formation time is assigned to osteons measured, conclusions relative to the rate of formation of the average osteon can be derived.In a histogram plotted from more than 900 labelled osteons in bones of three patients, most of the labels were concentrated in the inner half of the osteon. The authors conclude that osteon formation is initially rapid both in terms of cubic microns of bone formed in a unit time and in terms of decrease in diameter of the Haversian canal; it decreases with passage of time, and it ends with a critical minimum diameter of the Haversian canal. A 2-week cyclic variation in rate may be superimposed on the overall plot.


2010 ◽  
Vol 190 (6) ◽  
pp. 1107-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harikiran Nistala ◽  
Sui Lee-Arteaga ◽  
Silvia Smaldone ◽  
Gabriella Siciliano ◽  
Luca Carta ◽  
...  

Extracellular regulation of signaling by transforming growth factor (TGF)–β family members is emerging as a key aspect of organ formation and tissue remodeling. In this study, we demonstrate that fibrillin-1 and -2, the structural components of extracellular microfibrils, differentially regulate TGF-β and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) bioavailability in bone. Fibrillin-2–null (Fbn2−/−) mice display a low bone mass phenotype that is associated with reduced bone formation in vivo and impaired osteoblast maturation in vitro. This Fbn2−/− phenotype is accounted for by improper activation of latent TGF-β that selectively blunts expression of osterix, the transcriptional regulator of osteoblast maturation, and collagen I, the structural template for bone mineralization. Cultured osteoblasts from Fbn1−/− mice exhibit improper latent TGF-β activation as well, but mature faster because of increased availability of otherwise matrix-bound BMPs. Additional in vitro evidence excludes a direct role of microfibrils in supporting mineral deposition. Together, these findings identify the extracellular microfibrils as critical regulators of bone formation through the modulation of endogenous TGF-β and BMP signaling.


2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Scaglione ◽  
Vincenzo Guarino ◽  
Monica Sandri ◽  
Anna Tampieri ◽  
Luigi Ambrosio ◽  
...  

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 2169-2177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunfeng Ling ◽  
Hector F Rios ◽  
Elizabeth R Myers ◽  
Yongbo Lu ◽  
Jian Q Feng ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 721 ◽  
pp. 229-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandris Petronis ◽  
Janis Locs ◽  
Vita Zalite ◽  
Mara Pilmane ◽  
Andrejs Skagers ◽  
...  

Calcium bone substitutes are successfully used for local recovery of osteoporotic bone and filling of bone defects. Previous studies revieled that biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) show better bioactivity in compare to pure β-tricalcium phosphate or hydroxyapatite. Also increased porosity of material promotes better bone tissue response. Aim of this experiment was to evaluate immunohistologically response of osteoporotic bone of experimental animal to implantation of granules with hydroxyapatite/β-tricalcium phosphate (HAp/β-TCP) ratio of 90/10. Calcium phosphate (CaP) was synthesized by aqueous precipitation technique from calcium hydroxide and phosphoric acid. Bioceramic granules in size range from 1.0 to 1.4 mm were prepared with nanopore sizes around 200 nm. We used nine female rabbits with induced osteoporosis in this experiment. Six animals in study group underwent implantation of BCP in hip bone defect and three animals in control group left without BCP implantation. After 6 months animals were euthanized, bone samples collected and proceeded for detection of bone activity and repair markers: osteocalcin (OC), osteopontin (OP) and osteoprotegerin (OPG). Controls showed the presence of experimental bone osteoporosis. In experimental group bone showed partially resorbed bioceramic granules and in some samples new bone formation near the granuli was observed. Increase of OC and OPG up to twice as to compare to control group were detected as well. Implantation of BCP granules in osteoporotic rabbit bone increases expression of OC and OPG indicating the activation of osteoblastogenesis and bone mineralization in vivo.


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