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Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences
School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
ISSN: 1394-195X
Vol. 15, Num. 1, 2008, pp. 4-12

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol. 15, No. 1, Jan 2008, pp. 4-12

REVIEW ARTICLE

An Overview of Bone Cells and their Regulating Factors of Differentiation

Alizae Marny Mohamed

Department of Orthodontic, Faculty of Dentistry, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Corresponding Author : Dr. Alizae Marny Fadzlin Syed Mohamed BDS (Malaya) MSc in Orth. (London) MOrth RCS (Edinburgh) Department of Orthodontic, Faculty of Dentistry, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tel: + 603-92897588 Fax: +603-92897856 Email: alizaemarny@hotmail.com

Submitted : 6.03.2007, Accepted : 30.12.2007

Code Number: mj08002

Bone is a specialised connective tissue and together with cartilage forms the strong and rigid endoskeleton. These tissues serve three main functions: scaffold for muscle attachment for locomotion, protection for vital organs and soft tissues and reservoir of ions for the entire organism especially calcium and phosphate. One of the most unique and important properties of bone is its ability to constantly undergo remodelling even after growth and modelling of the skeleton have been completed. Remodelling processes enable the bone to respond and adapt to changing functional situations. Bone is composed of various types of cells and collagenous extracellular organic matrix, which is predominantly type I collagen (85-95%) called osteoid that becomes mineralised by the deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite. The non-collagenous constituents are composed of proteins and proteoglycans, which are specific to bone and the dental hard connective tissues. Maintenance of appropriate bone mass depends upon the precise balance of bone formation and bone resorption which is facilitated by the ability of osteoblastic cells to regulate the rate of both differentiation and activity of osteoclasts as well as to form new bone. An overview of genetics and molecular mechanisms that involved in the differentiation of osteoblast and osteoclast is discussed.

Key words : Bone cells, osteoblasts, osteoclasts, regulations

Introduction

Bone is rigid and its architecture arranged to provide maximum strength for the least weight. Most bones have a dense rigid outer shell of compact bone, the cortex and the central medullary or cancellous zone of thin interconnecting narrow bone trabeculae. The space in the medullary bone between trabeculae is occupied by haemopoietic bone marrow.

Bone extracellular matrix comprises of both mineral and organic phases. About 60% of bone net weight is inorganic material, 25% organic material and 5% water. By volume, bone comprises of 36% inorganic, 36% organic and 28% water.

The inorganic/mineral component comprises of calcium and phosphate in the form of needle-like or thin plates of hydroxyapatite crystals [Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2]. These are conjugated to a small proportion of magnesium carbonate, sodium and potassium ions. The organic matrix of bone is composed of collagen and non-collagenous organic materials. Collagen comprises about 90% of the organic bone matrix. Type I collagen is the most abundant form of intrinsic collagen found in the bone that is secreted by osteoblasts. Most of the noncollagenous organic materials are endogenous proteins produced by the bone cells. One group of non-collagenous proteins is the proteoglycans. This incorporates chondroitin sulphate and heparan sulphate glycosaminoglycans. As the proteoglycans bind to collagen, they may help regulate collagen fibril diameters and may play a role in mineralisation. Other components include osteocalcin (Gla protein), involved in binding calcium during the mineralisation process, osteonectin which may serve some bridging function between collagen and the mineral component, sialoproteins (rich in sialic acid) and certain proteins which appear to be concentrated from plasma.

Bone also contains exogenously derived proteins that may circulate in the blood and become locked up in the bone matrix itself. It is a rich source of cytokines (such as interleukin, tumour necrosis factor and colony-stimulating factors) and growth factors (such as transforming growth factors, fibroblast growth factors, platelet-derived growth factors and insulin-like growth factors) produced by variety of cells associated with bone. These proteins play an important role in biological activity of bone cells. When present within the bone, they are inactive but may become mobilised when bone is being resorbed by osteoclasts.

Bone is composed of four different cell types; osteoblasts, osteocytes, osteoclasts and bone lining cells. Osteoblasts, bone lining cells and osteoclasts are present on bone surfaces and are derived from local mesenchymal cells called progenitor cells. Osteocytes permeate the interior of the bone and are produced from the fusion of mononuclear blood-borne precursor cells.

Bone Lining Cells And Osteocytes

When bone surfaces are neither in the formative nor resorptive phase, the bone surface is completely lined by a layer of flattened and elongated cells termed bone-lining cells. These show little sign of synthetic activity as evidenced by their organelle content. They are regarded as post proliferative osteoblasts. By covering the bone surface, they protect it from any osteoclast resorptive activity. They may be reactivated to form osteoblasts.

Osteocytes are cells lying within the bone itself and are ‘entrapped’ osteoblasts. They are post-proliferative, representing the most mature differentiation state of osteoblast lineage. There are about 25,000 osteocytes per mm3 of bone. The osteocytes occupy lacunae, which are regularly distributed, and many fine canals called canaliculi radiate from them in all directions. The canaliculi allow the diffusion of substances through the bone. Numerous cell processes from the osteocytes run in the canaliculi in all directions. The canaliculi of osteocytes are arranged in a more perpendicular than parallel direction to the bone surface direction.

As a result of their widespread distribution and interconnections osteocytes are obvious candidates to detect stresses induced in bone and are therefore regarded as the main mechanoreceptors of bone. It has been shown that mechanical stress can be sensed by osteocytes and these cells secrete paracrine factors such as insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and express c-fos in response to mechanical forces (1).

At the structural level, the appearance of the osteocyte may vary according to its position in relation to the surface layer. Osteocytes which are newly incorporated into bone matrix from the osteoblast layer have high organelle content, similar to osteoblasts. However, as they become more deeply situated with continued bone formation, they appear to be less active. The cell is then seen to have a nucleus with a thin ring of cytoplasmic processes extending from the osteocyte into the canaliculi in the matrix.

The processes of one cell are joined to those of another by gap junctions. These allow cell-tocell communication and co-ordination of activity. In this feature, they are lack of processes and are isolated. A pericellular space (which might represent a shrinkage artefact) is usually seen to intervene between the cell membrane and the surrounding bone and contains unmineralised matrix and a few collagen fibrils. Osteocytes are also in communication with osteoblasts at the surface.

Osteoblasts

Osteoblasts are specialised fibroblast-like cells of primitive mesenchymal origin called osteoprogenitor cell that originate from pluripotent mesenchymal stem cells of the bone marrow. The evidence of mesenchymal stem cells as precursors for osteoblasts is based on the capacity of bone to regenerate itself both in vivo and in vitro by using cell populations (2). It has been shown that the bone marrow stroma have the capacity to differentiate into osteoblasts, chondroblasts, fibroblasts, adipocytes and myoblasts (3).

In active form, osteoblasts are cuboidal in shape and found on a bone surface where there is active bone formation. Osteoblasts are in contact with each other by means of adherens and gap junctions. These are functionally connected to microfilaments and enzymes (such as protein kinase) associated with intracellular secondary messenger systems. This complex arrangement provides for intercellular adhesion and cell to cell communication.

The principle function of osteoblasts is to synthesize the components that constitute the extracellular matrix of bone. These include structural macromolecules, such as type I collagen, which accounts for about 90% of the organic matrix, as well as numerous proteoglycans, non-collagenous and cell attachment proteins.

Osteoblasts also promote mineralisation of the organic matrix by matrix vesicles, extracellular organelles found in osteoid and associated with matrix calcification (4). Matrix vesicles contain alkaline phosphatase, adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) and inorganic pyrophosphatase as well as proteinases such as plasminogen activator. They act as seeding sites for hydroxyapatite crystal formation through localized enzymatic accumulation of calcium and phosphate (5). Crystal growth proceeds from these initial foci in matrix vesicles to form spheroids, which gradually coalesce to form a network of apatite crystals. Type I collagen provides an additional mineralisation mechanism by binding and orientating proteins, such as osteonectin, that also nucleate hydroxyapatite.

Regulation of osteoblast differentiation

The systematic and logical study of many mouse mutants generated led to establishment of genetic control in osteoblast differentiation. Many genes have been identified as regulators of cell differentiation.

A. Transcriptional factor

1. Core-binding factor alpha-1

Core-binding factor alpha-1 (Cbfa-1) is an osteoblast-specific gene whose expression is essential for osteoblast differentiation and skeletal patterning (6-8). Deletion of Cbfa-1 in mice leads to mutant animals in which the skeleton comprises only of chondrocytes producing a typical cartilaginous matrix without evidence of bone formation (6, 8, 9). Even, patients with Cbfa-1 mutations develop cleidocranial dysplasia (10). Cbfa-1 function is not only limited to osteoblast cell differentiation. In vivo study has shown that Cbfa-1 also acts as a maintenance factor for differentiated osteoblasts by regulating the level of bone matrix deposited by already differentiated osteoblasts (11).

B. Secreted molecules factor

1. Bone Morphogenetic Proteins (BMPs)

Osteoblasts are cells responsible for the secretion and deposition of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) into the extracellular matrix during bone formation. BMPs, except BMP-1, belong to the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily, members of which are known to regulate the proliferation, differentiation and death of cells in various tissues (12).

The unique activity of BMPs suggests that they regulate osteoblast and chondrocyte differentiation during skeletal development. Identification of skeletal abnormalities in animals and patients with mutations in BMPs genes has been reported (13, 14). However, it is still unclear whether BMPs are involved in bone and cartilage formation after birth. The biological effects of recombinant BMP proteins on osteoblast differentiation have been studied in vitro using cell lines.

In cultures of osteoblast lineage cells, Yamaguchiet al., 1991 (15) determined differential effects of BMP-2 on osteoblasts at various stages of differentiation in vitro. They indicated that BMP-2 preferentially stimulates proliferation and differentiation of osteoprogenitor cells into mature osteoblasts with the ability to synthesize osteocalcin. In MC3T3-E1 cells, BMP-2 and BMP-4 enhance the expression of alkaline phosphatase activity (16, 17). BMP-2 and BMP-3 were significantly found to stimulate collagen synthesis (16).

In mesenchymal cell lines, cultures of C3H10T1/2 cells were used to investigate the role of BMPs. Studies indicated that BMP-2 and BMP7 enhanced osteoblast-related markers in C3H10T1/ 2 cells (18, 8). On the other hand, in bone marrow stromal cell cultures, Yamaguchi et al., 1996 (19) demonstrated the effects of BMP-2 on osteoblastic differentiation differ among cell types. The osteogenic potency of each BMP might depend on the cell lineage, the stage of differentiation of the cells and the dose of each BMP.

BMPs originally were identified as an activity that induces ectopic bone formation in muscular tissue, suggesting that BMPs regulate the pathway of differentiation of myogenic cells. Katagiri et al., 1994 (20) examined this and found that BMP-2 inhibited myogenic differentiation of C2C12 myoblasts, and converted their differentiation pathway into osteoblasts.

2. Ihh

Indian hedgehog (Ihh) is one member of the Hedgehog family of growth factors that is expressed in the developing skeleton (21). St Jacques et al., 1999 (22) reported that Ihh mutant mice that survived after birth had a markedly reduced proliferation of chondrocytes result in a failure of osteoblast development in endochondral bones. There was no cortical or trabecular structures in the long bones could be detected histologically and there was no detectable osteocalcin expressed. Thus, Ihh signalling is essential for maturation of the chondrocyte. However, there is no evidence whether this is a direct or indirect consequence of the absence of Ihh signalling in regulation of osteoblast differentiation.

Osteoclasts

Osteoclasts are large multinucleated phagocytic cells derived from the macrophage-monocyte cell lineage (23). They migrate from bone marrow to a specific skeletal site. They may fuse either with existing multinucleate osteoclasts or with each other to form de novo multinucleate osteoclasts, or remain as mononuclear cells to constitute a precursor pool for future recruitment.

The bone microenvironment plays an important role in osteoclast formation and function and is dependent upon local signals from other cells and growth factors sequestrated in the bone matrix. Osteoclasts express the enzyme tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP), calcitonin receptors, vacuolar proton ATPase and vitronectin receptors (24).

Osteoclasts are involved in bone resorption that contributes to bone remodelling in response to growth or changing mechanical stresses upon the skeleton. Osteoclasts also participate in the long-term maintenance of blood calcium homeostasis. During bone resorption, the osteoclasts resorb the bone surface forming depressions known as Howship’s lacunae.

Resorbing osteoclasts are highly polarized cells containing four structurally and functionally distinct membrane domains. In vitro studies revealed the domains are the ruffled border, the sealing zone, the basal membrane and a new functional plasma membrane domain (25, 26). At sites of active resorption the organic and inorganic components of bone are endocytosed at the ruffled border, transcytosed through the cell in vesicles and liberated into the extracellular space via the plasma membrane domain (25, 26). The ruffled border secretes several organic acids by maintaining sufficiently low pH in the microenvironment at the bone surface, which dissolves the mineral component. The organic matrix is degraded by lysosomal proteolytic enzymes, especially the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) including collagenase and gelatinase B and cysteine proteinases (CPs) such as Cathepsin B, L and K (2729) These extensive exchanges between the cell and bone are effectively sealed off from the extracellular environment by the sealing zone (30).

Regulation of osteoclast differentiation

The systematic and logical study of many mouse mutants generated led to the establishment of genetic control in osteoclast differentiation. Many genes have been identified as regulators of cell differentiation.

A. Transcriptional control

1. op/op

Osteopetrosis (op) is a skeletal condition where there is failure of bone resorption to keep in balance with bone formation. This results in an excessive amount of mineralised bone. Osteopetrotic (op/op) is the classical mouse mutation that controls osteoclast differentiation (31). Mice homozygous for this recessive mutation lack osteoclasts and macrophages. The osteopetrotic phenotype of these mice is not cured by bone marrow transplantation.

2. PU.1

Specific DNA binding proteins regulate the transcription of eukaryotic gene. Many of these DNA binding proteins are unique in their expression and probably serve a general role in gene transcription. Others are restricted in their expression to one or a few cell types. PU box revealed a region containing a purine-rich sequence (5’-GAGGAA-3’). PU.1 is a binding protein, that code for this specific DNA enhancer activity. PU.1 belongs to the member of the family proteins that exhibit tyrosine-specific (ets) domain-containing transcription factor that is expressed specifically in the macrophage and B lymphoid lineages (32). Deletion of PU.1 results in a multilineage defect in the generation of progenitors for B and T lymphocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes (33).

3. c-fos

Another transcription factor that plays a critical role during osteoclast differentiation is c-fos. This factor is the cellular homolog of the v-fos oncogene and is a major component of the AP-1 transcription factor. Deletion of c-fos in mice led to an early arrest of osteoclast differentiation without any overt consequences on osteoblast differentiation (34). Grigoriadis et al., 1994 (35) also showed that mice lacking c-fos factor develop osteopetrosis but have normal macrophage differentiation.

4. Nuclear factor kappa B

Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) is a transcription factor that is composed of five polypeptide subunits; p50, p52, p65, c-Rel, and RelB (36). Mice deficient with both p50 and p52 subunits of NF-κB have impaired macrophages functions that failed to generate mature osteoclasts and B cells and developed osteopetrosis (37). NF-κB plays a critical role in expression of a variety of cytokines involved in early osteoclast differentiation, including interleukin-1 (IL-1), tumour necrosis factor-α(TNFα), interleukin-6(IL-6) and other growth factors.

5. c-Src

c-Src plays a critical role in the activation of quiescent osteoclasts to become bone-resorbing osteoclasts. Animals lacking this gene developed osteopetrosis although the osteoclast formation was normal. However, it has shown that mature osteoclasts could not form a ruffled border and therefore failed to resorb bone (38).

6. Microphthalmia

This transcription factor was identified by searching for the gene mutated in the microphthalmia (mi) mouse. Heterozygous mi mice have the following defects; loss of pigmentation, reduced eye size and failure of secondary bone resorption (osteopetrosis). In mi mice, osteoclasts differentiate normally, but they fail to resorb bones (39).

B. Secreted molecules factor

1.Macrophage colony-stimulating factor

The gene mutated in osteopetrotic (op/op) mice encodes the growth factor, macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). M-CSF plays an important role in osteoclast development. Mutation in M-CSF gene showed a severe osteopetrosis due to absence of osteoclasts (40).Fuller et al., 1993 (41) also identified the role of M-CSF in maintaining the survival and chemotactic behaviour of mature osteoclasts. They showed that M-CSF prevented apoptosis of osteoclasts, enhanced osteoclast motility and inhibited bone resorption.

2. Osteoprotegerin

Simonet et al., 1997 (42) identified a protein which belongs to a member of the tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor superfamily that regulated osteoclast differentiation. This molecule, osteoprotegerin (OPG) contained no hydrophobic transmembrane-spanning sequence, indicating that it is a soluble factor. This molecule is identical to osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor (OCIF). It strongly inhibits osteoclast formation in vitro and in vivo (43).

The OPG/OCIF-deficient mice develop osteoporosis due to an increase in osteoclast number (44, 45). Recombinant of OPG/OCIF blocks osteoclast differentiation from precursor cells in vitro; due to its ability to bind and neutralize osteoprotegerin ligand (OPGL) produced by activated osteoblasts or stromal cells (43).

Recombinant OPG has been used to screen for OPGL on the surface of various cell lines. OPGL has been shown to directly stimulate bone resorption dose-dependently in vitro, and OPG blocked its action in vitro and in vivo (46). Previously, this protein (47) had been cloned and found to be identical to tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-related activation-induced cytokine (TRANCE), RANK-ligand (RANKL) or osteoclast differentiation factor (ODF) (48-49).

3. Receptor activator of NF-κB and its ligand

Receptor activator of NF-κB (RANK) is a membrane bound receptor found on the osteoclast membrane and T cells (48, 50). Transgenic mice expressing RANK develop an osteopetrosis.

The presence of RANK on osteoclasts and their precursors suggested that osteoclast-differentiating factor, residing on stromal cells, may be RANK-ligand (RANKL). RANKL and RANK are members of the TNF and TNF-receptor superfamilies, respectively.

RANKL is present on the membrane of the osteoblast progenitor but also can be found as soluble molecules in the bone microenvironment. The membrane-bound of this protein could be a reservoir of the active molecule. In vitro this protein has all the attributes of a real osteoclast differentiation factor. It favours osteoclast differentiation in conjunction with M-CSF, it bypasses the need for stromal cells and 1, 25 (OH)2 vitamin D3 to induce osteoclast differentiation, and it activates mature osteoclasts to resorb mineralised bone (50).

RANKL is also expressed in abundance by activated T cells, cells that can, in vitro, induce osteoclastogenesis (51, 52). These cells can directly trigger osteoclastogenesis and are probably pivotal to the joint destruction. Indeed, it is the balance between the expression of the stimulator of osteoclastogenesis, RANKL, and of the inhibitor OPG, that dictates the quantity of bone resorbed (53).

RANKL has been shown to activate mature osteoclasts to resorb bone in vitro (46). RANKL-deficient mice lack osteoclasts and develop a severe osteopetrosis and immunological defect (54).

It is possible to summarize the role of OPGRANK-RANKL in this signal transduction pathway. (Figure 1)

Osteoclast-Osteoblast Relationship

Termination of bone resorption and the initiation of bone formation in the resorption lacunae occur through a coupling mechanism (56). This coupling mechanism ensures that the amount of bone laid down is equivalent to the bone removed during the resorption phase. A model illustrating this ‘coupling’ process is shown in Figure 2.

During resorption the osteoclasts release local factors from the bone which result in two effects; inhibition of osteoclast function and stimulation of osteoblast activity. Finally, when the osteoclast completes its resorptive cycle, it secretes proteins that serve as a substrate for osteoblast attachment (58).

Conclusion

Bone remodelling is required to preserve the functional capacity of bone. The process of bone remodelling involves the resorption of bone by the activity of osteoclasts on a particular surface, followed by a phase of bone formation by osteoblast. The status of the bone represents the net result of a balance between these two processes. Normally during growth there is a balance between bone resorption and formation. In the normal adult skeleton, bone formation equals resorption and this is a constant dynamic process throughout life.

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