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    Calcified tissue international 14 (1974), S. 153-160 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Lysosomes ; Bone ; Resorption ; Osteoclast
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Description / Table of Contents: Résumé Des techniques histochimiques de microscope photonique et électronique montrent que les ostéoclastes métaphysaires chez des rats “sans incisive” présentent des quantités plus importantes de phosphatase acide, d'acryl sulfatase et de trimétaphosphatase acide lysosomiales. L'activité en phosphatase lysosomiale à pH neutre est aussi plus élevée dans les ostéoclastes métaphysaires, sauf dans les cellules situées sous la métaphyse, où l'enzyme est absente. L'absence de résorption de la matrice organique semble en rapport avec l'absence de bordures en brosse et une absence d'enzyme lysosomiale extracellulaire. Malgré cette absence, une dissolution de cristaux inorganiques a été mise en évidence au microscope électronique, suggérant que la dissolution minérale est un processus distinct de la désintégration enzymatique de la matrice organique.
    Abstract: Zusammenfassung Histochemische Techniken für Licht- und Elektronenmikroskopie zeigten, daß metaphysäre Osteoklasten “Schneidezahl-loser” (SL) Ratten erhöhte Mengen von lysosomaler saurer Phosphatase, von Arylsulfatase und von saurer Trimetaphosphatase enthielten. Die Aktivität der lysosomalen Phosphatase bei neutralem pH war in den metaphysären Osteoklasten ebenfalls erhöht, außer in den Zellen direkt unterhalb der Wachstumsplatte, wo dieses Enzym nicht vorkam. Es konnte überhaupt keine Resorption der organischen Matrix festgestellt werden, was übereinzustimmen schien mit der Abwesenheit eines gekräuselten Saumes und einer gleichzeitigen Abwesenheit des extrazellulären lysosomalen Enzyms. Trotzdem wurde im Elektronenmikroskop das Verschwinden anorganischer Kristalle festgestellt, was darauf schließen läßt, daß die Auflösung des Minerals nicht derselbe Vorgang ist wie die enzymatische Auflösung der organischen Matrix.
    Notes: Abstract Histochemical techniques for light and electron microscopy showed that metaphyseal osteoclasts in “incisors absent” rats contained greater than normal amounts of lysosomal acid phosphatase, aryl sulfatase and acid trimetaphosphatase. Lysosomal phosphatase activity at neutral pH was also elevated in the metaphyseal osteoclasts except in those cells immediately beneath the growth plate, where this enzyme was absent. The failure of any discernable resorption of organic matrix appeared to correlate with the absence of a ruffled border and a concomittant absence of extracellular lysosomal enzyme. Despite this failure, electron microscopic evidence of inorganic crystal removal was noted, suggesting that mineral dissolution represents a separate process from the enzymatic breakdown of organic matrix.
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    Calcified tissue international 67 (2000), S. 472-478 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Key words: Dentin sialoprotein — Mineralization — Dentinogenesis — Hydroxyapatite — Gelatin.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract. Sialoproteins such as bone sialoprotein (BSP) and dentin sialoprotein (DSP) accumulate at the mineralization fronts in bone and dentin, respectively, suggesting they have some function in the mineralization process. BSP, a highly phosphorylated protein rich in polyglutamate repeats, is an effective nucleator of hydroxyapatite (HA) formation in vitro. The present study examines the effect of DSP, a low phosphorylated but related sialoprotein, on the formation and growth of HA. In vitro, in a gelatin gel diffusion system, DSP at low concentrations (〈25 μg/ml) slightly increased the yield of HA formed at 3.5 and 5 days, while at higher concentrations (50–100 μg/ml) it slightly inhibited accumulation. Fewer mineral crystals were formed in the presence of high concentrations of DSP but they tended to aggregate (making them appear larger by electron microscopic analysis) than those formed in DSP-free gels. X-ray diffraction line broadening analysis failed to show significant changes in c-axis crystal dimensions with increasing DSP concentration. When HA-seed crystals were coated with DSP before inclusion in the gelatin gel there was a reduction in mineral accumulation relative to HA-seeds which had not been coated with DSP, but the extent of inhibition was significantly less than that seen in this system with other mineralized tissue matrix sialoproteins, such as osteopontin or BSP. The low affinity of DSP for well-characterized seed crystals and the limited effect of this protein on HA formation and growth suggest that the role of DSP in dentin is not primarily that of a mineralization regulator.
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    Calcified tissue international 61 (1997), S. 298-305 
    ISSN: 1432-0827
    Keywords: Key words: Mineralization — Biglycan — Decorin — Hydroxyapatite — Bone proteoglycan.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Physics
    Notes: Abstract. The small leucine-rich bone proteoglycans, biglycan and decorin, can be purified by chromatography on hydroxyapatite columns, demonstrating their potential affinities for bone apatite. To determine their effects on in vitro apatite formation and growth, a mixture of the chondroitin-sulfate (CS) bone proteoglycans, or purified fractions of the dermatan sulfate (DS) containing proteoglycans, DS-decorin and DS-biglycan obtained from skin and articular cartilage, respectively, were analyzed in a gelatin gel diffusion system in which apatite formation occurs in the absence of proteins in a 3.5 day period. Low concentrations of the bone CS-proteoglycan mixture and low DS-biglycan concentrations (5–25 μg/ml) increased apatite formation relative to proteoglycan-free controls at 3.5 days. The CS-proteoglycan mixture was less effective at 50 μg/ml than at 10 μg/ml. DS-biglycan was similarly most effective at 5–25 μg/ml. At 5 days, when apatite growth and proliferation were assessed, 10 and 50 μg/ml of both CS-bone proteoglycan and DS-biglycan increased mineral yields. DS-decorin, in contrast, had no significant effect on mineral accumulation at any of these concentrations. In seeded growth experiments, 1 and 10 μg/ml CS-proteoglycan and 10 and 50 μg/ml DS-biglycan were significant effective inhibitors of mineral accretion, whereas DS-decorin showed no tendency to inhibit seeded growth. Using molar extinction coefficients to determine concentrations, the binding of DS-biglycan and DS-decorin to apatite (specific surface 54 m2/g) was determined using a Langmuir adsorption isotherm model. DS-biglycan had a greater affinity for apatite than DS-decorin (0.285 ml/μmol versus 0.0098 ml/μmol). DS-biglycan binding was more specific with fewer binding sites (3.5 μmol/m2 compared with 18.2 μmol/m2 for DS-decorin). Data suggest that of the small proteoglycans, biglycan may play a more significant role than decorin in the regulation of mineralization.
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    Journal of molecular histology 6 (1974), S. 383-393 
    ISSN: 1573-6865
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Synopsis This paper describes a method for obtaining ultrathin frozen sections of fixed and unfixed tissues using a slightly modified LKB Cryokit. With these modifications, the specimen temperature is maintained at −180°C, the knife is stabilized at −100°C and the temperature within the Cryokit chamber is regulated to −120°C. Sections of glutaraldehyde-fixed tissues are routinely collected from liver, kidney, spleen, cartilage, tendon, muscle, thyroid and intestine. Sections may be negatively stained with 2% ammonium molybdate or 1% phosphotungstic acid. Positive stains, such as lead or uranium salts, do not produce results of similarly good quality. Although it is relatively easy to obtain thin sections from frozenunfixed tissues, these sections are difficult to preserve during subsequent procedures. Morphologically, the best results can be achieved when sections are cut with a dry knife and collected directly on a supporting grid for electron microscopy. After drying, these sections may be viewed unstained or negatively stained with ammonium molybdate or phosphotungstic acid. This study suggests that routine sectioning offixed tissue by cryomicrotomy can be recommended as a method to increase the electron microscope laboratory productivity and to enhance the application of additional cytochemical techniques. Cryomicrotomy ofunfixed tissue cannot be considered a routine procedure but the possibility of it becoming so has been greatly increased.
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    Publication Date: 2008-06-09
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
    Electronic ISSN: 1091-6490
    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-24
    Description: Male Sprague-Dawley rats were placed in orbit for 7 days aboard the space shuttle. Bone histomorphometry was performed in the long bones and lumbar vertebrae of flight rats and compared with data derived from ground-based control rats. Trabecular bone mass was not altered during the 1st wk of weightlessness. Strong trends were observed in flight rats for decreased periosteal bone formation in the tibial diaphysis, reduced osteoblast size in the proximal tibia, and decreased osteoblast surface and number in the lumbar vertebra. For the most part, histological indexes of bone resorption were normal in flight rats. The results indicate that 7 days of weightlessness are not of sufficient duration to induce histologically detectable loss of trabecular bone in rats. However, cortical and trabecular bone formation appear to be diminished during the 1st wk of spaceflight.
    Keywords: Life Sciences (General)
    Type: The American journal of physiology (ISSN 0002-9513); Volume 252; 2 Pt 2; R252-5
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-24
    Description: Light microscopy, electron microscopy, and enzyme histochemistry were used to study the effects of spaceflight on metaphyseal and cortical bone of the rat tibia. Cortical cross-sectional area and perimeter were not altered by a 12.5-day spaceflight in 3-month-old male rats. The endosteal osteoblast population and the vasculature near the periosteal surface in flight rats compared with ground controls showed more pronounced changes in cortical bone than in metaphyseal bone. The osteoblasts demonstrated greater numbers of transitional Golgi vesicles, possibly caused by a decreased cellular metabolic energy source, but no difference in the large Golgi saccules or the cell membrane-associated alkaline phosphatase activity. The periosteal vasculature in the diaphysis of flight rats often showed lipid accumulations within the lumen of the vessels, occasional degeneration of the vascular wall, and degeneration of osteocytes adjacent to vessels containing intraluminal deposits. These changes were not found in the metaphyseal region of flight animals. The focal vascular changes may be due to ischemia of bone or a developing fragility of the vessel walls as a result of spaceflight.
    Keywords: Life Sciences (General)
    Type: The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (ISSN 0892-6638); Volume 4; 1; 16-23
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-24
    Description: Reports of differing failure rates of total hip prostheses made of various metals prompted us to measure the size of metallic and polyethylene particulate debris around failed cemented arthroplasties. We used an isolation method, in which metallic debris was extracted from the tissues, and a non-isolation method of routine preparation for light and electron microscopy. Specimens were taken from 30 cases in which the femoral component was of titanium alloy (10), cobalt-chrome alloy (10), or stainless steel (10). The mean size of metallic particles with the isolation method was 0.8 to 1.0 microns by 1.5 to 1.8 microns. The non-isolation method gave a significantly smaller mean size of 0.3 to 0.4 microns by 0.6 to 0.7 microns. For each technique the particle sizes of the three metals were similar. The mean size of polyethylene particles was 2 to 4 microns by 8 to 13 microns. They were larger in tissue retrieved from failed titanium-alloy implants than from cobalt-chrome and stainless-steel implants. Our results suggest that factors other than the size of the metal particles, such as the constituents of the alloy, and the amount and speed of generation of debris, may be more important in the failure of hip replacements.
    Keywords: Life Sciences (General)
    Type: The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume (ISSN 0301-620X); Volume 74; 3; 380-4
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 2011-08-24
    Description: Loss of bone mass during periods of skeletal unloading remains an important clinical problem. To determine the extent to which resorption contributes to the relative loss of bone during skeletal unloading of the growing rat and to explore potential means of preventing such bone loss, 0.1 mg P/kg alendronate was administered to rats before unloading of the hindquarters. Skeletal unloading markedly reduced the normal increase in tibial mass and calcium content during the 9 day period of observation, primarily by decreasing bone formation, although bone resorption was also modestly stimulated. Alendronate not only prevented the relative loss of skeletal mass during unloading but led to a dramatic increase in calcified tissue in the proximal tibia compared with the vehicle-treated unloaded or normally loaded controls. Bone formation, however, assessed both by tetracycline labeling and by [3H]proline and 45Ca incorporation, was suppressed by alendronate treatment and further decreased by skeletal unloading. Total osteoclast number increased in alendronate-treated animals, but values were similar to those in controls when corrected for the increased bone area. However, the osteoclasts had poorly developed brush borders and appeared not to engage the bone surface when examined at the ultrastructural level. We conclude that alendronate prevents the relative loss of mineralized tissue in growing rats subjected to skeletal unloading, but it does so primarily by inhibiting the resorption of the primary and secondary spongiosa, leading to altered bone modeling in the metaphysis.
    Keywords: Aerospace Medicine
    Type: Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ISSN 0884-0431); Volume 9; 11; 1777-87
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