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2. References
₪Tencate,
s - Oral Histology
₪Development structure and Function
₪Orbans Oral Histology – 13th edition
₪Osteoclast Differentiation
₪ G. David Roodman
₪ Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Texas
Health Science Center and the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans
Hospital, Research Service, San Antonio, Texas
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3. References
₪Identification and characterization of osteoclast-like
cells and their progenitors in cultures of feline marrow
mononuclear cells
₪ KENNETH. IBBOTSON, G. DAVID ROODMAN, LINDA M . McMANUS, and
GREGORY R. MUNDY
₪ The Medical Service of the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans
Administration Hospital and Departments of Medicine and Pathology of the
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78284
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4. References
₪OSTEOCLAST FUNCTION AND ITS CONTROL
₪ MONE ZAIDI, MICHAEL PAZIANAS, VIJAI S. SHANKAR,BRIDGET E. BAX,
CHRISTOPHER M. R. BAX, PETER J. R. BEVIS, CLIFFORD STEVENS*,
CHRISTOPHER L.-H. HUANGt, DAVID R. BLAKE*, BALJIT S. MOONGA
AND A. S. M. TOWHIDUL ALAM
₪ Department of Cellular and Molecular Sciences, Bone Research Unit, St
George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 ORE,
₪ Bone and Joint Research Unit, the London Hospital Medical School, London
EC,
₪ Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG
₪ (MANUSCRIPT RECEIVED 14 SEPTEMBER 1992, ACCEPTED 2 MARCH 1993)
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5. Learning Objectives
• At the end of the seminar the learner should be able
to know about
₪ Osteoclast cells and its features
₪ Origin of Osteoclast cell
₪ Differentiating markers of osteoclast
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6. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Bone is a dynamic tissue that under goes
constant remodelling through balancing bone
formation and resorption.
₪Formation Osteoblast cells
₪ Resorption Osteoclast cells
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7. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ The osteoclast (OCL) is the primary bone
resorbing cell.
₪ The osteoclast were first recognised in 1873 by
Albert Kolliker as a multinuclear cell that digest
bone.
₪ It is a highly specialized multinucleated cell
whose primary function is to help in the control
of calcium homeostasis.
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₪ Increase in the degree of multinucleation enhance
the capacity of OCL to resorb bone.
₪ More no. of nuclei more bone resorption
₪ Less no. of nuclei less bone resorption
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9. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Compare to other bone cells and their respective
precursors, osteoclast are much larger cells.
₪ And thus because of their size they can be easily
identified under light microscope and often are seen
in clusters.
Identification Features :
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11. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ The osteoclast is an extremely large cell, ranging in
size from 50 -100 µm in diameter.
₪ It is multinucleated and may contain 2-100 nuclei per
cell, but usually contains between 10 and 20.
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12. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Typically osteoclast are found against the surface of
bone, occupying the hollow out depression known as
HOWSHIP
,
s LACUNAE.
₪ These are the shallow trough which shows the
activity and mobility of osteoclast cell during active
resorption.
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13. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪The osteoclast is located at
₪ Endosteal bone surfaces,
₪ Within the haversian system,
₪ And on periosteal surfaces beneath the
periosteum.
₪Osteoclasts are most abundant at sites of active
bone cell activity, such as metaphyses of growing
bone.
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₪ In electron microscopy osteoclasts have several
unique ultrastructural features.
₪The characteristic ruffled border
₪Forms at the site where the osteoclast is attached
to bone matrix
₪Is a convolution of plasma membrane with many
long cytoplasmic processes.
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15. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪The plasma membrane is closely apposed to the bone
surface with an adjacent organelle free area, the clear
zone, which is rich in actin like filaments
₪ Actin
₪ Vinculin
₪ Talin
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16. ₪ A many of cell membrane infolding making
up the ruffled border
₪ Sealing zone of osteoclast showing striation
and granularity representing the concentration
of contractile protein in this region.
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₪This clear zone or sealing zone
₪Attaches the cells to the mineralized surface
₪Isolate the microenvironment between them and
bone surface.
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₪Lamina Limitans (electron dense interfacial matrix
layer) often observed between the sealing zone and
calcified tissue surface.
Identification Features :
₪ Immunocytochemical preparation of
osteopontin showing black dots of
osteopontin on the bone surface at sealing
zone.
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19. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪This layer consist of RGD(arg - gly- aspartic acid ) containing
molecules
₪Bone sialoprotein
₪Osteopontin
₪ That facilitate the osteoclast adhesion and formation
of sealing zone via αvβ3 mediated mechanism.
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20. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪Other ultrastructural characteristics of osteoclasts
include
₪Large numbers of lysosomes,
₪Numerous pleomorphic mitochondria,
₪Extensive golgi complexes located around the
nucleus
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22. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ The cytoplasm is characterized by dense granules.
₪In addition have many prominent vesicles, especially
in the region of the ruffled border.
₪The multiple nuclei are centrally located, but have a
highly variable shape and contain one prominent
nucleolus per nucleus.
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23. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Cytochemically they are identified by possessing
TRAP (tartrate resistantant acid phosphatase) with
in the cytoplasmic vesicles and vacuoles.
Identification Features :
Photomicrograph showing the red staining associated with the presence of
tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) in the cytoplasm of a multinucleated,
culture-generated mouse osteoclast. Bar 5 -20 mm.
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24. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ A variety of studies have clearly indicated that the
osteoclast is hematopoietic in origin and not bone
derived.
₪ But still the origin of the osteoclast is a subject of
intense investigation and controversy.
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25. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Walker et al. reported that transplantation of spleen
and marrow cells into osteotropic mice results in
removal of the excess bone present in these animals.
origin:
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26. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Marks has shown that transplantation of spleen cells
into the osteopetrotic rat can cure the disease.
₪ In contrast to untreated rats whose osteoclasts lack
ruffled borders, infusion of mononuclear spleen cells
resulted in the formation of osteoclasts with ruffled
borders.
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27. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ All these studies are conclude that the osteoclast
precursor is a mononuclear cell that is hematopoietic
in origin.
₪ The osteoclast forms by fusion of mononuclear
precursors rather than endomitosis.
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28. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Multinucleated osteoclast arise from the hematopoietic
precursors of the monocyte /macrophage lineage
₪ Stromal cells in the marrow cavity and osteoblast
modulate the differentiation of osteoclast.
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29. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Stromal cells and osteoblast modulate osteoclast
differentiation via
₪Various molecules
₪Direct Cell to cell interaction
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30. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Stromal cells and oasteoblast expresses
RANKL(receptor-activated nuclear factorκB) over their plasma
membrane.
₪ RANKL binds to the RANK presented on the
progenitors of osteoclast.
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31. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ This attachment cause induction of signalling cascade
leading to induction of
₪Osteoclast differentiation
₪Fusion of osteoclast precursors cell
₪Leading to the increased survival of activity of
osteoclast
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34. Osteoclast (OCL)
Differentiation markers
₪ Histochemical studies have shown that osteoclasts
contain a Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)
activity that is found in
₪Lysosomes,
₪Golgi complexes,
₪Extracellular channels of the ruffled border,
₪ And the space between cells and bones.
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35. Osteoclast (OCL)
Differentiation markers
₪ Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase appears to be a
marker for osteoclasts in bone sections.
₪ Other acid hydrolases are present in osteoclasts,
including
₪Leucine aminopeptidase,
₪β-d-galactosidase,
₪β-d-glucosidase.
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36. Osteoclast (OCL)
Differentiation markers
₪ Calcitonin receptors have been suggested as a good
maker for mammalian osteoclast differentiation.
₪ This differentiate osteoclast cells from other cells of
the mononuclear phagocyte series.
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37. Osteoclast (OCL)
Differentiation markers
₪ Gay and co-workers have examined carbonic-
anhydrase activity in chicken osteoclasts by electron
microscopy.
₪ By using histochemical technique they found positive
stains for carbonic-anhydrase in
₪Cytosol,
₪Golgi apparatus and other vesicles,
₪Plasma membrane and its Ruffled border,
₪Bone surface beneath the osteoclast.
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38. Osteoclast (OCL)
Differentiation markers
₪ Monoclonal antibody techniques have examined the
surface phenotype of osteoclasts and identify unique
differentiation markers for osteoclasts.
₪121F
₪ 23c6 and 13c2 (directed against the vitronectin receptor
present on osteoclasts.)
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39. Osteoclast (OCL)
Differentiation markers
₪ Other markers for osteoclasts are
₪Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP)-9,
₪Cathepsin K,
₪Carbonic Anhydrase II (CAII),
₪a3 Subunit Of The Vacuolar [H+]-ATPase (proton
pump),
₪Chloride Channel 7 (ClC-7),
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40. Osteoclast (OCL)
Factors affecting differentiation of OCL
₪ Factors affecting the differentiation of osteoclasts are
₪ 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3
₪Parathyroid Hormone and Parathyroid Hormone-
Related Peptide
₪GM-CSF
₪CSF-1
₪Interleukin-3, -1, -6.
₪Transforming Growth Factor-α and -β
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41. Osteoclast (OCL)
Factors affecting differentiation of OCL
₪ Factors affecting the differentiation of osteoclasts are
₪Tumor Necrosis Factor-α and -β
₪Gamma Interferon
₪Calcitonin
₪Osteoinductive Factor
₪1,25D3 Lactone
₪Prostaglandins
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42. Osteoclast (OCL)
Mechanism of action of bone resorption :
₪ An osteoclast resorbs bone through the formation of a
sealing zone of close adhesion between itself and the
bone.
₪The adjacent plasma membrane is thrown into complex
folds, the 'ruffled border', which consists of finger-like
membrane projections.
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43. Osteoclast (OCL)
Mechanism of action of bone resorption :
₪ The 'ruffled border' and 'clear zone' constitute a
system for bone resorption unique to the osteoclast.
₪ The expression of these structures generally depends
upon the level of cellular activity.
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44. Osteoclast (OCL)
Mechanism of action of bone resorption :
₪ Thus, regulators of osteoclast activity rapidly increase
or decrease the size of the 'ruffled border' and 'clear
zone'.
₪Parathyroid hormone,
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Mechanism of action of bone resorption :
₪ Role of mineral
₪ Osteoclast activation requires contact with bone
mineral.
₪ Osteoclasts can resorb calcified cartilage, enamel,
dentine or cementum in addition to mineralized bone
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46. Osteoclast (OCL)
Mechanism of action of bone resorption :
₪ Role of mineral
₪ Uncalcified cartilage is not resorbed by osteoclasts
₪The osteoid or related unmineralized collagenous
matrix could prevent effective osteoclastic activation.
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47. Osteoclast (OCL)
Mechanism of action of bone resorption :
₪ Role of mineral
₪ Osteoclasts, normally resting in the periosteal and
endosteal mesenchyme,
₪ For its activation it must cross a cellular (osteoblast)
barrier and possibly a second osteoid barrier to gain
contact with mineral.
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48. Osteoclast (OCL)
Mechanism of action of bone resorption :
₪ Role of osteoblast
₪ The osteoblast is the primary target cell in hormonal
activation of the osteoclast as it possess specific
surface receptors for
₪parathyroid hormone
₪parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP),
₪1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3.
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49. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ It is proven that
₪cell contact
₪soluble products released by the osteoblast
is required for osteoblast-induced osteoclastic
stimulation to take place.
₪ The nature of this soluble factor is still unclear 0.5-1
kDa to over 25 kDa.
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50. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Osteoclast adhesion to bone
₪ In order to resorb bone, the osteoclast must
effectively adhere to the bone surface.
₪ It contain characterized adhesive receptor, osteoclast
functional antigen (OFA),
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51. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Osteoclast adhesion to bone
₪ OFA comprises of
₪140 kDa δ-chain (immunologically cross-reacts with the
vitronectin δ-chain receptor)
₪85 kDa β-chain related to the platelet gp III-a
molecule (β3, integrin).
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52. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Osteoclast adhesion to bone
₪ OFA expression on bone cells is restricted to
osteoclasts and preosteoclasts.
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53. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Osteoclast adhesion to bone
₪ Integrins, such as the vitronectin receptor, are
transmembrane proteins that act as linkers between
₪Extracellular ligands and cytoskeletal components,
such as vinculin, talin, δ-actinin and F-actin
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54. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Osteoclast adhesion to bone
₪ The ligands in bone containing the RGD (arginine-
glycine-aspartic acid) tripeptide recognition sequence
that could potentially bind to OFA.
₪ These include
₪Osteopontin,
₪Thrombospondin
₪Bone sialoprotein.
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55. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Mineral dissolution
₪ Osteoclasts secrete acid ,lactate and citrate and thus
maintain a low pH (values of 4.5 ) in the resorptive
hemivacuole.
₪ Active H+ion secretion from the osteoclast was
demonstrated by using Acridine Orange as an indicator
of extracellular acidification.
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56. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Mineral dissolution
₪ Acridine Orange fluorescence was increased by
₪Parathyroid hormone
₪Prostaglandin E2,
₪ And decreased by calcitonin
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57. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Mineral dissolution
₪ It has been reported that the apical membrane of the
'ruffled border' contain proton pumps that may be
involved in the acidification of the extracellular
resorptive hemivacuole.
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58. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Mineral dissolution
₪ Two types of proton pumps have been implicated in
the acidification process.
₪ V-type or Electrogenic vacuolar type proton pump
(H+-ATPase){predominantly involved}
₪P-type plasma membrane pump
(H+- K+-ATPase).
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59. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Role of Carbonic anhydrases
₪ The proton pump in the osteoclast is supplied by
protons generated by the action of carbonic anhydrase
isoenzyme II
₪ Immunocytochemical techniques have localized the
enzyme to the 'ruffled border' of active osteoclasts.
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60. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Role of Carbonic anhydrases
₪ It catalyses the conversion of CO2 (generated from
cell respiration) to HCO3
- and H+.
CO2 HCO3
- + H+
₪ Shows that bone resorption is critically dependent
upon CO2 concentration.
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61. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Role of Carbonic anhydrases
₪ Meanwhile, basolateral exchange of HCO3-ions for Cl-
by anion exchanger provides Cl- ions required for the
intense acidification occurring in the resorption lacuna.
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62. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Matrix degradation
₪ Osteoclastic lysosomal enzymes are destined for
secretion and transported in a specific direction via
primary lysosomes and are released into the resorptive
hemivacuole at the 'ruffled border'.
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63. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Matrix degradation
₪ Lysosomal hydrolases, exhibiting optimal activity at an
acid pH, resorb the organic matrix of bone.
₪ Collagen can be digested by a number of lysosomal
cysteine-proteinases in the acid environment.
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64. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Matrix degradation
₪ The three types of collagenolytic cysteine-proteinases
found in bone
₪cathepsins L,
₪cathepsins B,
₪cathepsins N.
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65. Osteoclast (OCL)
₪ Matrix degradation
₪ Increased levels of acid phosphatase activity in plasma
occur during physiological and pathological states of
increased bone remodelling.
₪ This isoenzyme is not inhibited by dextro-rotatory
tartaric acid, (a competitive inhibitor of prostatic and lysosomal acid
phosphatases)
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