Objective: The mandible is continuously undergoing remodeling as a result of mechanobiologic factors, such as chewing forces, tooth loss, orthodontic forces, and periodontitis. The effects of mechanical stress and biologic signals in bone homeostasis have been the focus of many investigations. However, much of this research utilized osteocytes derived from long bones, but little is known about the mandible-derived osteocytes. This study tests a protocol to isolate and grow osteocytes from rat mandible.
Study Design: Rat mandibles were harvested, sectioned into small pieces, and subjected to a sequence chemical treatment and enzymatic digestion. The treated tissues were cultured for a few weeks while cells emerged. Cells were sorted by using the osteocyte marker podoplanin, an early marker for osteocyte differentiation. The cells were then characterized according to morphology, biochemical markers (osteocalcin, podoplanin, and sclerostin), and alkaline phosphatase activity and compared with an isotype cell line MLO-Y4 cells.
Results: The mandibular osteocytic cells had stellate shape and were positive for osteocalcin, podoplanin, and sclerostin and lower alkaline phosphatase activity compared with MLO-Y4 osteocyte-like cells.
Conclusions: The protocol to isolate osteocyte-like cells will allow the investigators to investigate the mechanobiologic differences in biomechanical response between these mandibular and long bone osteocyte-like cells under various conditions.
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