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Physiological concentrations of retinoic acid suppress the osteoblastic differentiation of fetal rat calvaria cells in vitro

Ohishi K, Nishikawa S, Nagata T, Yamauchi N, Shinohara H, Kido J, Ishida H. Physiological concentrations of retinoic acid suppress the osteoblastic differentiation of fetal rat calvaria cells in vitro. Eur J Endocrinol 1995;133:335–41. ISSN 0804–4643

The effects of retinoic acid (RA) on osteoblastic differentiation and activity were studied in fetal rat calvaria cells cultured for up to 24 days. Fetal bovine serum used for the experiments was treated with an anion-exchange resin to remove endogenous RA. The depletion of RA in the treated serum was confirmed by high-performance liquid chromatography and tritiated RA tracing. Under the culture conditions employed, the continuous presence of RA for 14 days at 10^–9 mol/l or higher decreased both alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity on day 12 and the number of bone nodules on day 14 in a dose-dependent manner. Short-term (24 h) exposure to RA at 10^–8 mol/l, which is a physiological concentration, decreased and increased the levels of ALP and osteopontin mRNA on day 6, respectively. Retinoic acid at 10^–8 mol/l also increased the level of osteocalcin mRNA on day 12. However, these effects were not obvious at later stages (days 18 and 24). At a high concentration (10^–6 mol/l). RA increased the level of osteopontin mRNA on day 6 and decreased the levels of ALP and osteocalcin mRNA irrespective of culture period. These results suggest that, at physiological concentrations, RA suppresses the differentiation of osteoprogenitor cells and regulates osteoblastic functions.

H Ishida, Department of Periodontology and Endodontology. Tokushima University School of Dentistry, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770, Japan

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