Figure 5.
PTH-induced changes in the number and motility of OBs and OCs (a) Representative intravital two-photon microscopy images of ectopic bone formation in untreated (upper panels) and PTH-treated (lower panels) Col2.3-ECFP/TRAP-tdTomato mice from day 7 to day 21 after CS implantation. Cyan: OBs expressing Col2.3-ECFP; red: OCs expressing TRAP-tdTomato. Scale bar, 50 μm. (b) Changes in the number of OBs/visual field. n = 4–5/group. (c) Mean velocity of OBs/visual field. Data points (without/with PTH treatment, n = 141/253, 167/168, and 129/160 on days 10, 14, and 21, respectively) represent single cells collected from three mice/group. (d) Changes in the number of OCs/visual field. n = 4–5/group. (e) Changes in CDI of OCs/visual field, with and without PTH treatment. Data points (without/with PTH treatment, n = 100/84 and 72/84 on days 14 and 21, respectively) represent single cells collected from three mice/group. Data are presented as means ± SD. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; NS, not significant (Mann-Whitney test).