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  • Title: Relative roles of osteoclast colony-stimulating factor and macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the course of osteoclast development.
    Author: Lee TH, Fevold KL, Muguruma Y, Lottsfeldt JL, Lee MY.
    Journal: Exp Hematol; 1994 Jan; 22(1):66-73. PubMed ID: 8282061.
    Abstract:
    Although recent studies have shown that osteopetrotic (op/op) mice lack macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF or CSF-1), the precise role of M-CSF in the development of immature osteoclasts remains unknown. Using a recently discovered osteoclast-specific colony-stimulating factor (O-CSF) and in vitro long-term bone marrow culture systems, we investigated the ability of op/op and control marrow stromal cells to support the production of O-CSF-responsive clonogenic osteoclast progenitors (colony-forming unit-osteoclast [CFU-O]) from inoculated normal stem cells. Remarkably, op/op stromal cell cultures produced five times as many nonadherent cells as control cultures throughout the experimental period of 14 weeks; an average of 37% of these cells were nonviable compared with 8% in control cultures. Significantly higher numbers of CFU-O were found in op/op cultures than in control cultures; the CFU-O in op/op and control cultures were proliferating at a similar rate. Higher numbers of calcitonin receptor-bearing cells were found when harvested cells from op/op flasks were cultured with 1,25(OH)2D3. These studies clearly show that op/op marrow stromal cells can support the differentiation and proliferation of osteoclast progenitors from inoculated stem cells and provide the first experimental evidence that M-CSF is not essential for the early stages of osteoclast development. We hypothesize that while O-CSF supports proliferation of osteoclast progenitors, M-CSF plays a role in the later development and maturation of the progenitor as well as in the prevention of cell death.
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