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Microgravity during spaceflight directly affects in vitro osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption

Tamma, Roberto, et al. (2009). "Microgravity during spaceflight directly affects in vitro osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption." Faseb Journal 23 8: 2549-54

During space flight, severe losses of bone mass are observed. Both bone formation and resorption are probably involved, but their relative importance remains unclear. The purpose of this research is to understand the role of osteoclasts and their precursors in microgravity-induced bone loss. Three experiments on isolated osteoclasts (OCs) and on their precursors, OSTEO, OCLAST, and PITS, were launched in the FOTON-M3 mission. The OSTEO experiment was conducted for 10 d in microgravity within bioreactors with a perfusion system, where the differentiation of precursors, cultured on a synthetic 3-dimensional bonelike biomaterial, skelite, toward mature OCs was assessed. In OCLAST and in PITS experiments, differentiated OCs were cultured on devitalized bovine bone slices for 4 d in microgravity. All of the experiments were replicated on ground in the same bioreactors, and OCLAST also had an inflight centrifuge as a control. Gene expression in microgravity, compared with ground controls, demonstrated a severalfold increase in genes involved in osteoclast maturation and activity. Increased bone resorption, proved by an increased amount of collagen telopeptides released VS ground and centrifuge control, was also found. These results indicate for the first time osteoclasts and their precursors as direct targets for microgravity and mechanical forces.

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ISSN: 1530-6860

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.08-127951

Accession Number: 19329761

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Tags: *Bone Resorption/et [Etiology], *Osteoclasts/pa [Pathology], *Osteoclasts/ph [Physiology], *Stem Cells/ph [Physiology], *Weightlessness/ae [Adverse Effects], Animals, Base Sequence, Bioreactors, Bone Resorption/ge [Genetics], Bone Resorption/pa [Pathology], Bone Resorption/pp [Physiopathology], Cattle, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Complementary/ge [Genetics], Cultured, DNA, Gene Expression, Mice, Space Flight, Stem Cells/pa [Pathology], Weightlessness Simulation/ae [Adverse Effects]