Article
Growth on type I collagen promotes expression of the osteoblastic phenotype in human osteosarcoma MG-63 cells.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Nov 1992
Andrianarivo A G, Robinson J A, Mann K G, Tracy R P
Abstract excerpt
Using MG-63 cells as a model system capable of partial osteoblastic differentiation, we have examined the effect of growth on extracellular matrix. MG-63 cell matrix and purified type I collagen induced a morphological change characterized by long cytoplasmic processes reminiscent of those seen in osteocytes. Concurrent biochemical changes involving bone marker proteins included increased specific activity of...
Topics
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Animals
- Bone and Bones
- Calcitriol
- Cell Division
- Collagen
- Humans
- Osteoblasts
- Osteonectin
- Osteosarcoma
- Phenotype
- Rats
