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Archives of Oral Biology

Volume 40, Issue 2, February 1995, Pages 145-155
Archives of Oral Biology

Bone matrix proteins in osteogenesis and remodelling in the neonatal rat mandible as studied by immunolocalization of osteopontin, bone sialoprotein, α2HS-glycoprotein and alkaline phosphatase

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Abstract

The neonatal rat mandible was used as a model to study bone formation, mineralization, quiescence, and resorption, using immunolocalization and a variety of tissue-processing techniques. Monospecific antibodies for osteopontin (OPN), bone sialoprotein (BSP), alkaline phosphatase (AP) and α2HS-glycoprotein (α2HS-GP) were used on fixed paraffin-embedded tissue, fixed frozen tissue and unfixed frozen tissue. Immunostaining was correlated with mineral content by two procedures, the von Kossa and the morin techniques. Morin fluorescence was used with secondary immunostaining to provide a way of closely correlating bone matrix proteins and matrix mineralization. Co-immunolocalization procedures were used to compare the sites of bone proteins in the matrix. AP was found earliest during osteogenic cell differentiation, appearing in the preosteoblasts, followed by OPN and BSP, which first appeared in osteoblasts. α2HS-GP expression was not observed in cells. The results provide clear evidence for the presence of OPN in osteoid, while BSP and α2HS-GP were confined to the mineralized matrix. Immunostaining of bone proteins is highly technique-dependent: immunolocalization investigations required several methods of approach to ensure adequate demonstration of these proteins in cells and matrix. The results support the contention that osteopontin is multifunctional in bone metabolism, and that α2HS-GP, though produced in the liver, is abundant in bone matrix and may also have a function in bone metabolism.

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