Title
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin inhibits differentiation of normal diploid rat osteoblasts in vitro
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
1994-02-01
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Animals; Biological Markers; Cell Differentiation; Cells, Cultured; *Diploidy; Osteoblasts; Rats; Reference Values; Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
The influence of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), a potent halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon, on the development of bone tissue-like organization in primary cultures of normal diploid calvarial-derived rat osteoblasts was examined. Initially, when placed in culture, these cells actively proliferate while expressing genes associated with biosynthesis of the bone extracellular matrix. Then, post-proliferatively, genes are expressed that render the osteoblast competent for extracellular matrix mineralization and maintenance of structural as well as functional properties of the mature bone-cell phenotype. Our results indicate that, in the presence of TCDD, proliferation of osteoblasts was not inhibited but post-confluent formation of multicellular nodules that develop bone tissue-like organization was dramatically suppressed. Consistent with TCDD-mediated abrogation of bone nodule formation, expression of alkaline phosphatase and osteocalcin was not upregulated post-proliferatively. These findings are discussed within the context of TCDD effects on estrogens and vitamin D-responsive developmental gene expression during osteoblast differentiation and, from a broader biological perspective, on steroid hormone control of differentiation.
DOI of Published Version
10.1002/jcb.240540211
Source
J Cell Biochem. 1994 Feb;54(2):231-8. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of cellular biochemistry
Related Resources
PubMed ID
8175897
Repository Citation
Gierthy JF, Silkworth JB, Tassinari MS, Stein GS, Lian JB. (1994). 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin inhibits differentiation of normal diploid rat osteoblasts in vitro. Stein, Stein, Lian, vanWijnen Lab Publications. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.240540211. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/stein/94