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. 2010 Jul 16;51(5):740–745. doi: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.5.740

Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor in the Osteogenic Differentiation of Rat Bone Marrow Stromal Cells

Anxun Wang 1,*,✉, Xueqiang Ding 1,*, Shihu Sheng 1, Zhaoyou Yao 1
PMCID: PMC2908870  PMID: 20635450

Abstract

Purpose

Several signaling pathways have been shown to regulate the lineage commitment and terminal differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling has important effects on the process of skeletogenesis. In the present study, we tested the role of bone morphogenetic protein receptor (BMPR) in the osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow stromal cells in osteogenic medium (OM) with or without BMP-2.

Materials and Methods

BMSCs were harvested from rats and cultured in OM containing dexamethasone, β-glycerophosphate, and ascorbic acid, with or without BMP-2 in order to induce osteogenic differentiation. The alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity assay and von kossa staining were used to assess the osteogenic differentiation of the BMSCs. BMPR mRNA expression was assessed using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

Results

The BMSCs that underwent osteogenic differentiation in OM showed a higher level of ALP activity and matrix mineralization. BMP-2 alone induced a low level of ALP activity and matrix mineralization in BMSCs, but enhanced the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs when combined with OM. The OM significantly induced the expression of type IA receptor of BMPR (BMPRIA) and type II receptor of BMPR (BMPRII) in BMSCs after three days of stimulation, while BMP-2 significantly induced BMPRIA and BMPRII in BMSCs after nine or six days of stimulation, respectively.

Conclusion

BMSCs commit to osteoblastic differentiation in OM, which is enhanced by BMP-2. In addition, BMP signaling through BMPRIA and BMPRII regulates the osteogenic differentiation of rat BMSCs in OM with or without BMP-2.

Keywords: Bone marrow stromal cells, osteogenesis, differentiation, bone morphogenetic protein receptor

INTRODUCTION

Successful outcomes for bone fracture repair, alveolar ridge augmentation, dental implants, and craniofacial surgery require formation of new bone. Efficient bone formation in adults relies on the recruitment of osteoblast precursors to the site, followed by osteoblast maturation, matrix deposition, and mineralization. A multitude of studies have shown that bone marrow stromal stem cells (BMSCs) have the potential to differentiate into osteogenic lineages by the addition of various induction factors to their growth medium.1-4 Dexamethasone, ascorbic acid, and β-glycerophosphate are the most popular induction factors.1,2 Other agents, such as bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), are also known to play an important role in the bone healing process and in enhancing therapeutic efficacy.5-7

Several signaling pathways have been shown to regulate the lineage commitment and terminal differentiation of BMSCs. It is important to understand the molecular mechanism of BMSC differentiation, as this knowledge could aid in our understanding of the pathogenesis of skeletal diseases and may lead to the development of strategies for regenerative medicine.8 BMP signaling is initiated by the binding of extracellular BMPs to heterodimeric BMP receptors (BMPR), resulting in BMPR type II receptor (BMPRII)-mediated activation of the BMPR type I receptor (BMPRI), which, in turn, causes the phos-phorylation and activation of intracellular Smad signaling molecules.9 Accumulating evidence suggests that specific signaling through BMPR type IA receptors (BMPRIA) has important effects on the process of skeletogenesis both in vitro and in vivo.10-14 Kaps, et al.12 found that BMPR-IA is responsible for the initiation of the osteogenic, as well as the chondrogenic, development in mesenchymal progenitors C3H10T1/2. Furthermore, BMPR-IA mRNA was highly expressed in the BMP-induced bone forming tissues in a study performed by Takeda, et al.14

In order to determine the role of BMPR in the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs, BMSCs were harvested from rats and were cultured in osteogenic medium containing dexamethasone, β-glycerophosphate, and ascorbic acid, with or without BMP-2, in order to induce osteogenic differentiation. The alkaline phosphatase activity assay and von kossa staining were used to assess the differentiation of the BMSCs. BMPR mRNA expression was assessed using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Bone marrow stromal cell isolation

BMSCs were harvested from the femurs and tibias of 6-week-old male Wistar rats, using protocols approved by the Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments of Sun Yatsen University. Briefly, bones were aseptically excised from the hind limbs of the rats. The bone marrow was then flushed from the shaft and spun down at 800 rpm for 5 min. The pellet was resuspended in fresh control medium (CM) and then seeded into dishes. On the third day after seeding, the cells were rinsed with phosphate buffer saline (PBS) (pH 7.2-7.4), and adherent cells were replated. These first passage cultures were used for all experiments and cultured in four different media conditions, including CM, 10 ng/mL BMP-2 (Peprotech, Rocky Hill, NJ, USA) (according to the concentration reported by Weston, et al.15), osteogenic medium (OM), or OM with BMP-2. The medium was changed every two days. CM consisted of αMEM supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (Hyclone, Logan, UT, USA), 100 U/mL penicillin, 100 U/mL streptomycin, and 100 U/mL amphotericin B (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA). OM was identical to CM, but was supplemented with 10 mM β-glycerophosphate, 50 mg/mL L-ascorbic acid, and 0.1 µM dexamethasone (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) (according to the concentration reported by Deliloglu-Gurhan, et al.16). We added osteogenic supplements to marrow-derived cells early in the culture, a time which had been shown to not inhibit proliferation and to greatly enhance the osteoblastic phenotype of cells in a rat model.17

Proliferation assay

To determine proliferation, BMSCs were plated at 2,000 cells per well (6-well) in triplicate and treated as indicated above. The medium was changed every two days. Cells were counted every other day using a Coulter counter (BeckmanCoulter, Hialeah, FL, USA). The number of cells was determined after staining with trypan blue to exclude dead cells.

Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity assay

Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) assays were performed using a Sigma-Aldrich diagnostic kit. BMSCs were cultured as indicated above, and cells were harvested at three, six, and nine days by trypsinization and lysed with a radio-immune precipitation assay (RIPA) lysis buffer (Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA). The cell lysates were then mixed with an assay mixture containing p-nitrophenyl phosphate and incubated at 37℃ for 30 min, at which time the reaction was stopped by the addition of 0.4 M NaOH. After incubation, the amount of p-nitrophenol released by the reaction was measured with a spectrophotometer at 410 nm. All values were normalized against the cell number. Histochemical assays of ALP (Kaplow assay) were performed after nine days of culture. Briefly, cells were washed with PBS (pH 7.4), dried, and fixed in ice-cold methanol at room temperature for 30 sec. Fixed cells were incubated for 10 min at 37℃ in ALP incubating medium and then counterstained in hematoxylin for 5 min.

Von kossa staining

Mineralization of the extracellular matrices was demonstrated at 21 days of culture by the von kossa technique. Briefly, cell layers were washed with PBS, fixed in cold methanol, immersed in a solution of 2% AgNO3, and exposed to bright sunlight for 30 min. A black color, indicating the presence of phosphate, was visualized by developing the samples in a 5% sodium thiosulfate bath for 10 min.

Isolation of total RNA and RT-PCR analysis

It has been previously reported that BMSCs differentiate seven days after OM.16 Therefore, we detected BMP receptors by RT-PCR at three, six, and nine days after OM stimulation. Treated cells were harvested, and total RNA was extracted using an RNeasy mini kit (Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions. RT-PCR was performed using one-step RT-PCR assays (Qiagen). Specific primers for detecting mRNA transcripts of the BMPRIA, BMPRII, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) genes are as shown here:

  • BMPRIA

  • Forward: 5'-gtattgtcgccatgatcgtct-3'; Reverse: 5'-cttctccata ccggcctttac-3'

  • BMPRII

  • Forward: 5'-agaaatcaaaaggggacatcaat-3'; Reverse: 5'-cat aaggcgactatcaaaacagc-3'

  • GAPDH

  • Forward: 5'-tgctgagtatgtcgtggagtct-3'; Reverse: 5'-acagtct tctgagtggcagtga-3'

RT-PCR products were resolved by agarose gel electrophoresis. Signal intensity was quantified by image-analysis computer software (NIH Image J, NY, USA). Transcripts were normalized to GAPDH transcript levels, and the relative mRNA level was depicted as the ratio of the density of the detected genes to GAPDH at the same time point.

Statistical analysis

In all cases, experiments were replicated in triplicate. Data were reported as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Statistical analyses were performed using a one-way ANOVA (analysis of variance). A p value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.

RESULTS

Proliferation of BMSC in osteogenic medium with or without BMP-2

The proliferation assay was performed using four different media conditions, including CM, BMP-2, OM, and OM + BMP-2. Cell numbers increased six- to ten-fold under all four conditions after two weeks of culture. Although cell numbers for these four groups were not significantly different (p > 0.05), the osteogenic medium with or without BMP-2 slightly inhibited the proliferation of BMSCs (Fig. 1).

Fig. 1.

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Proliferation of BMSCs in osteogenic medium with or without BMP-2. Proliferation profiles of BMSCs cultured for 14 d in the presence of OM with or without BMP-2 were obtained. Although the cell numbers in these four groups were not significantly different (p > 0.05), cell growth was slightly inhibited in the presence of OM with or without BMP-2. CM, control medium; OM, osteogenic medium; BMSCs, bone marrow stromal cells; BMP-2, bone morphogenetic protein-2.

ALP activity of BMSC in osteogenic medium with or without BMP-2

Because a high level of ALP activity is considered a hallmark of the osteogenic phenotype, we evaluated the ALP activity of rat BMSCs cultures. As expected, OM-stimulated ALP activity was time-dependent. ALP activity in the OM group was significantly higher than that of the CM group after more than six days of treatment (p < 0.05) (Fig. 2A). Cells grown in OM showed a more than 11-fold increase in ALP activity as compared to cells grown in CM after nine days of OM stimulation. Although BMP-2 induced the expression of ALP in BMSCs, a significant difference between BMP-2 and CM was not found until 9 days after the initial stimulation (p < 0.05). The level of ALP was higher after treatment with the osteogenic medium with BMP-2 than without BMP-2, but the difference was significant only after 9 days of stimulation (p < 0.05).

Fig. 2.

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ALP activity of BMSCs in osteogenic medium with or without BMP-2. (A) BMSCs were treated with CM or OM with or without BMP-2. ALP activity (mean ± SD) was determined on days 3, 6, and 9. *Compared with CM at the same time point, p < 0.05. †Compared with BMP-2 at the same time point, p < 0.05. ‡Compared with OM at the same time point, p < 0.05. (B) A visible red-brown precipitate indicates ALP activity in enzyme histochemistry. The activity of cellular ALP was higher after the BMSCs were cultured in OM with or without BMP-2 as compared to CM (×200). CM, control medium; OM, osteogenic medium; ALP, alkaline phosphatase; BMSCs, bone marrow stromal cells; BMP-2, bone morphogenetic protein-2.

ALP activity produced a visible red-brown precipitate when examined by enzymatic histochemistry (Fig. 2B). The ALP activity of BMSCs was more pronounced in cells cultured in OM with or without BMP-2 as compared to the CM group.

Matrix mineralization of BMSCs in osteogenic medium with or without BMP-2

BMSCs were examined for their ability to undergo matrix mineralization when cultured in OM with or without BMP-2 using von kossa staining (Fig. 3). BMSCs showed a high level of matrix mineralization when cultured in the presence of OM with or without BMP-2. BMSCs did not show any matrix mineralization when cultured in CM, and a low level of matrix mineralization was found in the presence of BMP-2.

Fig. 3.

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Matrix mineralization of BMSCs in osteogenic medium with or without BMP-2. Von kossa staining of BMSCs was performed. BMSCs showed a high level of matrix mineralization when cultured in the presence of OM with or without BMP-2. No matrix mineralization was observed in cells cultured in the control medium. A low level of matrix mineralization was found in cells cultured in the presence of BMP-2 (×100). BMP-2, bone morphogenetic protein-2; OM, osteogenic medium; BMSCs, bone marrow stromal cells.

mRNA expression of the BMP receptor during BMSC differentiation

Because BMP signaling has been shown to promote the osteoblastic differentiation of BMSCs, BMP receptors were assessed by RT-PCR during BMSC differentiation. As shown in Fig. 4, the expression levels of BMPR-IA in OM with or without BMP-2 were significantly higher than CM or BMP-2 at three or six days of stimulation (p < 0.05). No difference was found between the CM and BMP-2 groups. Nine days after stimulation, the level of BMPRIA mRNA was continuously induced in OM with or without BMP-2 (p < 0.05). The expression of BMPRIA significantly increased in the BMP-2 groups as compared to the other three groups at nine days of stimulation (p < 0.05).

Fig. 4.

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mRNA expression of the BMP receptor in BMSCs. BMSCs were treated with CM or OM with or without BMP-2. mRNA was extracted from cells on day 3, 6, and 9 and analyzed by RT-PCR. GADPH mRNA was used as an internal control to normalize the amount of RNA. The relative expression level of mRNA was depicted as the ratio of the density of mRNA to GADPH mRNA at the same time point. The results correspond to a representative of three experiments. RT-PCR analysis revealed that the osteogenic medium significantly induced BMPR-IA and BMPRII expression in BMSCs after three days of stimulation, while BMP-2 significantly induced BMPRIA and BMPRII in BMSCs after nine or six days of stimulation, respectively. *Compared with CM at the same time point, p < 0.05. †Compared with BMP-2 at the same time point, p < 0.05. CM, control medium; OM, osteogenic medium; BMP-2, bone morphogenetic protein-2; GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; BMPRIA, type IA receptor of BMPR; BMPRII, type II receptor of BMPR; RT-PCR, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; BMSCs, bone marrow stromal cells.

BMPRII mRNA expression in BMSCs was significantly induced in OM with or without BMP-2 as compared to CM after more than three days of treatment. Moreover, after more than six days of treatment, BMP-2 also significantly induced the expression of BMPRII as compared to CM (p < 0.05).

DISCUSSION

Bone marrow-derived cells can be encouraged to follow one of several possible lineages through the addition of various induction factors to their growth medium. Thus, variations in medium components have differing effects in inducing osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow. Osteoblastic differentiation is characterized by ALP expression and matrix mineralization. The importance of ALP in bone formation resides in its ability to regulate the mineralization of the bone matrix.18,19 ALP serves as a useful marker of early osteogenesis and usually increases by the end of the first week of BMSC culture.20 Previous studies have proven that media containing dexamethasone, ascorbic acid, and β-glycerophosphate has an effect on the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs.16,17,21 In our study, we also found that OM-stimulated ALP activity was time-dependent and significantly higher than that of the CM group by the end of the first week of culture. An 11-fold increase in ALP activity was found at nine days of OM stimulation as compared to CM stimulation. Similar to other reports,4,17 cells grown in a control medium also produced a slightly ALP activity, which may be related to cellular differentiation occurring in the control medium. The ability of BMSCs to undergo matrix mineralization can be detected by von kossa staining. In our study, BMSCs showed a high level of matrix mineralization when cultured in the presence of OM, while BMSCs did not show any matrix mineralization when cultured in CM.

Many studies have demonstrated that osteogenic differentiation is regulated by a complex network of multiple BMPs and that BMP-2 was a central regulator in this network.22 Previous studies5,6,23,24 indicated that BMSCs treated with BMP-2 or transfected with BMP-2 cDNA will commit to osteogenic differentiation. Nishii, et al.7 found that BMP-2-stimulated ALP activity was dose- and timedependent in TBR31-2 cells (a bone marrow stromal cell line). Similar to the Hu, et al.25 study, which found that ALP activity in MSCs cultured with BMP-2 for 14 and 28 days elevated two- to five-fold, we found that BMP-2 induced the expression of ALP in BMSCs and that ALP activity was elevated 1.5-fold after nine days of stimulation. Although ALP activity and matrix mineralization was lower in BMP-2-induced cells than that of OM induced cells, we found that the level of ALP activity and matrix mineralization was augmented after the combination of BMP-2 with the osteogenic medium. Taken together, these results suggest that the osteogenic medium has a strong effect on committing BMSCs to osteoblastic differentiation. BMP-2-induced BMSC differentiation was weak and slow, but BMP-2 was able to enhance BMSC differentiation when combined with the osteogenic medium.

BMP signaling in BMSC differentiation and proliferation has been investigated in many studies.26-28 Previous studies29,30 have suggested that BMP signaling through BMPRIA promotes adipogenesis of mouse adipose-derived adult stromal cells. Skillington, et al.26 provided evidence that BMPRIA and BMPRIB, in combination with BMPRII, exert similar effects on the osteoblast differentiation of BMSCs.26 However, many other researchers sug- gested that BMPRIA is responsible for the initiation of the osteogenic differentiation.12,13,31 In our study, we found that the osteogenic medium with or without BMP-2 significantly induced the expression of BMPRIA and BMPRII at the early stage of differentiation (after three days of stimulation), while BMP-2 induced the expression of these two receptors in later stages. The expression of BMPRIA and BMPRII was significantly activated by BMP-2 at nine or six days of stimulation, respectively. This result may explain why BMP-2 weakly and slowly induced ALP activity and matrix mineralization compared to the osteogenic medium. From our data, we can presume that the osteogenic medium and BMP-2 induced the expression of BMPRII and subsequently BMPRIA, resulting in the initiation of BMP signaling and the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs.

In conclusion, we demonstrated that BMSCs commit to osteoblastic differentiation in the osteogenic medium, and this event is enhanced by BMP-2. BMP signaling through BMPRIA and BMPRII regulates the osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow stromal cells in the osteogenic medium with or without BMP-2.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This work was supported by grants from the Science and Technique Project of Guangdong Province, No. 2008 B080701002 and No. 2005A30801003.

Footnotes

The authors have no financial conflicts of interest.

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