PMID- 12704659 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030527 LR - 20141120 IS - 0021-9541 (Print) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 195 IP - 3 DP - 2003 Jun TI - Tensile stress induces alpha-adaptin C production in mouse calvariae in an organ culture: possible involvement of endocytosis in mechanical stress-stimulated osteoblast differentiation. PG - 488-96 AB - We previously demonstrated that tensile stress (TS)-induced osteoblast differentiation eventually led to osteogenesis in an organ culture of mouse calvarial sutures. In the present study, we employed RNA-fingerprinting using an arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (RAP-PCR) to identify alpha-adaptin C, a component of the endocytosis machinery AP2, as a TS-inducible gene. Protein production, as well as the gene expression of alpha-adaptin C, was induced by TS as early as 3 h following the initiation of loading. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the induction of alpha-adaptin C mostly occurred in fibroblastic cells in the sutures, suggesting that it precedes TS-induced osteoblast differentiation. Consistent with this result, TS significantly increased the number of coated pits (CPs) and coated vesicles (CVs) in the undifferentiated fibroblastic cells but not in the osteoblastic cells around calvarial bones. Further, TS-induced osteoblast differentiation was suppressed when endocytosis was inhibited by potassium depletion. These results, taken together, suggest that TS accelerates osteoblast differentiation and osteogenesis, possibly through the induction of the alpha-adaptin C expression and consequent activation of receptor-mediated endocytosis. CI - Copyright 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc. FAU - Shimomura, Junko AU - Shimomura J AD - Division of Cell Biology and Molecular Pharmacology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Gakkocho-dori, Japan. FAU - Ishibashi, Osamu AU - Ishibashi O FAU - Ikegame, Mika AU - Ikegame M FAU - Yoshizawa, Tatsuya AU - Yoshizawa T FAU - Ejiri, Sadakazu AU - Ejiri S FAU - Noda, Tadashi AU - Noda T FAU - Kawashima, Hiroyuki AU - Kawashima H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (Adaptor Protein Complex 2) RN - 0 (Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (adaptor protein complex 2, alpha 2 subunit) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Protein Complex 2/analysis/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Adaptor Protein Complex alpha Subunits/analysis/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane/ultrastructure MH - Coated Vesicles/ultrastructure MH - Cranial Sutures/anatomy & histology/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Endocytosis MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Mice MH - Organ Culture Techniques MH - Osteoblasts/*cytology MH - *Osteogenesis MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - RNA, Messenger/analysis/biosynthesis MH - Skull/cytology MH - Stress, Mechanical EDAT- 2003/04/22 05:00 MHDA- 2003/05/28 05:00 CRDT- 2003/04/22 05:00 PHST- 2003/04/22 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/05/28 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/04/22 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jcp.10269 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2003 Jun;195(3):488-96. doi: 10.1002/jcp.10269.