Microgravity and bone cell mechanosensitivity

被引:64
作者
Burger, EH [1 ]
Klein-Nulend, J [1 ]
机构
[1] Free Univ Amsterdam, Dept Oral Cell Biol, ACTA, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
microgravity; mechanosensitivity; bone cell; prostaglandin; fluid shear stress; cytoskeleton;
D O I
10.1016/S8756-3282(98)00010-6
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Bone cells, in particular osteocytes, are extremely sensitive to mechanical stress, a quality that is probably linked to the process of mechanical adaptation (Wolff's law). The in vivo operating cell stress derived from bone loading is likely a now of an interstitial fluid along the surface of the osteocytes and lining cells, The response of bone cells in culture to fluid flow includes prostaglandin synthesis and expression of inducible prostaglandin G/H synthase (PGHS-2 or inducible cyclooxygenase, COX-2), an enzyme that mediates the induction of bone formation by mechanical loading in vivo, Disruption of the actin-cytoskeleton abolishes the response to stress, suggesting that the cytoskeleton is involved in cellular mechanotransduction, Microgravity has catabolic effects on the skeleton of astronauts, as well as on mineral metabolism in bone organ cultures, This might be explained simply as resulting from an exceptional form of disuse under weightlessness conditions. However, under microgravity conditions, the assembly of cytoskeletal elements may be altered, as gravity has been shown to determine the pattern of microtubular orientation assembled in vitro. Therefore, it is possible that the mechanosensitivity of bone cells is altered under microgravity conditions, and that this abnormal mechanosensation contributes to the disturbed bone metabolism observed in astronauts. In vitro experiments on the International Space Station should test this hypothesis experimentally. (C) 1998 by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:127S / 130S
页数:4
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