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The Effect Of Substratum Roughness On Osteoclast-Like Cells In Vitro, K. Gomi, J. D. De Bruijn, M. Ogura, J. E. Davies
The Effect Of Substratum Roughness On Osteoclast-Like Cells In Vitro, K. Gomi, J. D. De Bruijn, M. Ogura, J. E. Davies
Cells and Materials
Calcium phosphate powders were used to produce three groups of experimental substrata for the culture of primary rat bone marrow cells in conditions which permitted the survival and function of osteoclasts. Each of the three experimental groups were subdivided by differences in substratum surface roughness and following a culture period of 7 to 11 days, the culture units were stained for tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase activity. In all samples both small, sometimes mononuclear, and large multinucleate cells stained positive for tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase activity and the numbers and types of cells were quantified and statistically analyzed. Following histochemical staining the samples …
Osteoclastic Resorption Of Calcium Phosphate Ceramic Thin Films, J. E. Davies, G. Shapiro, B. F. Lowenberg
Osteoclastic Resorption Of Calcium Phosphate Ceramic Thin Films, J. E. Davies, G. Shapiro, B. F. Lowenberg
Cells and Materials
Sub-micron calcium phosphate ceramic thin films were formed by vertically dipping transparent quartz plates in a particulate sol-gel suspension. Primary adult rat bone marrow cell populations were cultured on the ceramic thin films in conditions known to allow the differentiation of cells of the osteoclast lineage. Monitoring the cultures for periods of 11 to 28 days revealed the creation of resorption lacunae in the thin films by multinucleate cells. Some cultures were heated at 42 °C overnight to remove adherent cells; using bright field light microscopy (LM), after staining with silver nitrate, the degree of resorption could be easily assessed. …
Characterization Of Bovine Osteoclasts On An Ionomeric Cement In Vitro, D. H. Szulczewski, U. Meyer, K. Moller, U. Stratmann, S. B. Doty, D. B. Jones
Characterization Of Bovine Osteoclasts On An Ionomeric Cement In Vitro, D. H. Szulczewski, U. Meyer, K. Moller, U. Stratmann, S. B. Doty, D. B. Jones
Cells and Materials
Primary bovine osteoclasts were obtained by an outgrowth method from bovine periosteum and cultured for 7 days on an ionomeric cement for biomaterial testing. Osteoclasts cultured on slices of bovine bone and on glass microscope cover-slides served as a control. The cells were characterised as osteoclasts by a number of tests. Osteoclasts showed positive staining for tartrate resistant acid phosphatase and reactivity with the antibodies 13C2 and 23C6, which react with the alphachain of the vitronectin receptor. Addition of salmon calcitonin to the culture medium led to sudden cessation of lamellipodial activity. The cells resorbed bone by making pits. In …