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Derivation of osteoclasts from hematopoietic colony-forming cells in culture.

Abstract
The osteoclast is known to be derived from the hematopoietic stem cell, but its lineage remains controversial. There is evidence that osteoclastic differentiation is induced through a contact-dependent interaction between bone marrow stromal cells and hematopoietic precursors. To analyze osteoclastic lineage, colonies were generated in semisolid medium from mouse spleen cells in the presence of Wehi-conditioned medium, interleukin-3 (IL-3), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), or macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) with or without erythropoietin (epo). After 5-8 days colonies were picked and phenotyped and incubated with 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25-(OH)2D3] on bone slices or coverslips with bone marrow-derived cell lines (ts8 or ST2) that induce osteoclastic differentiation. Cells of osteoclastic phenotype [as judged by calcitonin receptor (CTR) expression or bone resorption] were observed only in multilineage colonies. The ability of cells that generate macrophage colonies (CFU-M) to generate osteoclasts was tested by incubating alveolar or peritoneal macrophages on ts8 or ST2 cells. Despite colony formation, no osteoclastic differentiation was detectable. Last, individual cells from blast cell colonies were incubated (1 cell per culture well) on ts8 or ST2 cells in the presence of 1,25-(OH)2D3 and epo (to expose the lineage potential of the plated cell). We found CTR-positive (CTRP) cells in 6 of 66 macrophage colonies, 7 of 12 granulocyte-macrophage (GM) colonies, and 49 of 50 colonies containing multiple lineages other than GM colonies. No single-lineage CTRP colonies were observed. Although most macrophage colonies did not contain CTRP, no CTRP were observed in colonies from which macrophages were absent. These results suggest that osteoclasts are derived from a multilineage precursor rather than from CFU-M.
AuthorsJ A Kerby, G Hattersley, D A Collins, T J Chambers
JournalJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (J Bone Miner Res) Vol. 7 Issue 3 Pg. 353-62 (Mar 1992) ISSN: 0884-0431 [Print] United States
PMID1585838 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Culture Media
  • Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
Topics
  • Animals
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Culture Media
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (physiology)
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells (cytology)
  • Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (physiology)
  • Macrophages, Alveolar (cytology)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred Strains
  • Osteoclasts (cytology)
  • Phenotype
  • Spleen (cytology)
  • Stem Cells (cytology)

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