Abstract
The in vivo observations have indicated that at the remodeling sites of bone, the spreading area or shape of preosteoblasts is confined by the mineralized matrix. But it remains unknown whether this spreading confinement regulates the differentiation or apoptosis of osteoblasts. In the present study, osteoblast-like cells (MC3T3-E1) were seeded on micropatterned islands with different area and shape. The expression of three osteogenic differentiation markers was measured by immunofluorescence staining and apoptotic cells were detected using a terminal deoxyribonucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labelling assay kit. The membrane fluorescence staining results showed that the actual spreading area of micropatterned osteoblasts coincided with the designed value. When the area of a micropatterned cell was confined as 314 or 615 µm2, which was lower than that of freely spreading osteoblasts, the circular shape promoted the expression of osteogenic differentiation markers and the percentage of apoptotic osteoblasts compared with the branched shape. This shape-regulated differentiation and apoptosis of osteoblasts with confined spreading area were abolished when actin polymerization was inhibited by cytochalasin D. The present study gives an insight into the roles of spreading morphology on osteoblastic differentiation and apoptosis.
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