Article
Treatment of resting zone chondrocytes with transforming growth factor-beta 1 induces differentiation into a phenotype characteristic of growth zone chondrocytes by downregulating responsiveness to 24,25-(OH)2D3 and upregulating responsiveness to 1,25-(OH)2D3.
Bone - 1 Nov 1998
Schwartz Z, Sylvia V L, Liu Y, Dean D D, Boyan B D
Abstract excerpt
To determine if transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) can induce the differentiation of resting zone (RC) chondrocytes, confluent, fourth passage cultures of these cells were pretreated for 24, 36, 48, 72, and 120 h with TGF-beta 1. At the end of pretreatment, the media were replaced wit...
Topics
- 24,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D 3
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Animals
- Calcitriol
- Cell Differentiation
- Cells, Cultured
- Chondrocytes
- Collagen
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Down-Regulation
- Drug Synergism
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
