Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (20): 3611-3617.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.20.001

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Comparison of bone absorption capacity of rat osteoclasts cultured by two methods  

Wang Zheng-dong1,Yan Nan1, Pan Feng2, Yang Fang-li1, Liu Zhi-li1, Jiang Hai-bo1, Zang Jin1,
Mu Jun1, Bai Shu-ling2   

  1. 1 Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang  110034, Liaoning Province, China
    2 China Medical University, Shenyang  110001, Loaning Province, China
  • Received:2012-10-05 Revised:2013-04-27 Online:2013-05-14 Published:2013-05-14
  • About author:Wang Zheng-dong☆, M.D., Lecturer, Shenyang Medical College, Shenyang 110034, Liaoning Province, China wzd_2008@163.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: There are less primary cultured osteoclasts, but a large number of osteoclast-like cells produced by induced culture, which is able to meet the requirements of some experimental studies of bone metabolism. But there are no detailed data to identify whether the osteoclasts and osteoclast-like cells have the similar effect on specific enzymes and bone absorption capacity. 
OBJECTIVE: To compare the difference of bone absorption ability between the primary cultured osteoclasts and induce cultured osteoclast-like cells from the rats.
METHODS: The long bones were obtained from the limbs of 24 hours newborn Wistar rates, and the enzyme digestion was used to isolate and culture osteoclasts; then bone marrow mononuclear cells separated from the osteoclasts during culture were added with 1,25(OH)2D3 to induce to generate the osteoclast-like cells. The cells were identified with heamtoxylin-eosin staining and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase staining. The bone absorption ability of the osteoclasts in two groups was compared with toluidine blue staining.   
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The number of the osteoclast-like cells was 11 times that of osteoclasts at 9 days after induction. The morphology of osteoclast-like cells was similar with that of the primary cultured osteoclasts. The osteoclast-like cells were positive for tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase. Toluidine blue staining results showed there was no significant difference in bone lacuna area and depth produced by the osteoclasts cultured on the bone slices between two groups. These findings show that there are no significant differences in morphology, specific enzymes and bone absorption capacity between osteoclast-like cells and osteoclasts.

Key words: tissue construction, bone tissue construction, osteoclasts, culture, induction, identification, bone absorption, 1,25(OH)2D3, osteoclast-like cells, mononuclear cells, Wistar rats

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