Centrifugal forces within usually-used magnitude elicited a transitory and reversible change in proliferation and gene expression of osteoblastic cells UMR-106

Mol Biol Rep. 2009 Feb;36(2):299-305. doi: 10.1007/s11033-007-9179-y. Epub 2007 Nov 23.

Abstract

Centrifugation is an important step in biochemical and molecular biological researches. But the effects of centrifugal stress on cells are still unclear. In this study, osteoblastic cells UMR-106 were subjected to a moderate centrifugal stress at 209 x g for 10 min. Then the cell proliferation and gene transcription after centrifugation were analyzed with flow cytometry and Real-time RT-PCR techniques, respectively. The result showed that the cell proliferation and mRNA expression of Runx2/Cbfa1, Collagen I and osteocalcin changed shortly after centrifugal loading, but recovered to pre-load levels within 24 h. A dose-response study of exposure cells to centrifugal force at 209, 253 and 301 x g showed that the centrifugal forces within usually-used range can rapidly influenced the mRNA expression of the osteoblast-specific genes, but no statistical differences were found among the three centrifugal magnitudes. And the fast regulation in the investigated genes was proved to be related to increased c-fos mRNA levels and subsequent activation of RTK and integrity of cytoskeleton construction. The result showed that the osteoblastic cells displayed a fast auto-regulation to usually-used centrifugal stress through multiple signal pathways.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line
  • Cell Proliferation*
  • Centrifugation
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • Genes, fos
  • Humans
  • Osteoblasts / cytology*
  • RNA, Messenger / analysis
  • Signal Transduction
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Transcription, Genetic

Substances

  • RNA, Messenger