Yonsei Med J.  1997 Feb;38(1):40-51. 10.3349/ymj.1997.38.1.40.

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 responsiveness of human articular chondrocytes in vitro: normal versus osteoarthritis

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Department of Hemato-oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

The transforming growth factor-beta 1 was known as having the most important influence on chondrocytes among various growth factors, being abundant in articular chondrocytes and osteocytes. We performed in vitro monolayer cultures of human articular chondrocytes from normal and osteoarthritic patients and studied the transforming growth factor-beta 1 responsiveness of those chondrocytes. The cell-growth curve indicated that the primary osteoarthritic chondrocyte culture with transforming growth factor-beta 1 showed a more rapid growth pattern than normal chondrocytes with or without TGF-beta 1 and osteoarthritic chondrocytes without TGF-beta 1. The osteoarthritic group showed a sharp decline in growth pattern with subsequent culture. The shape of osteoarthritic chondrocytes was bigger and more bizarre compared to those of normal chondrocytes. With subsequent culture, this change became prominent. The transforming growth factor-beta 1 increased the [3H]-TdR uptake in each group. The phenotypes of chondrocytes were more clearly expressed in the normal group. The chondrocytes lost their phenotype (production of collagen type II) following subculture in each group. The transforming growth factor-beta 1 could not inhibit or delay the dedifferentiation process (loss of phenotype).

Keyword

Chondrocyte; monolayer culture; transforming growth factor-beta1; osteoarthritis

MeSH Terms

Cartilage, Articular/drug effects*
Cartilage, Articular/cytology
Cell Division/drug effects
Cells, Cultured
Human
Osteoarthritis/pathology
Reference Values
Transforming Growth Factor beta/pharmacology*
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