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[Anabolic effects and inhibition of interleukin 6 production induced by neridronate on human osteoblasts]
A Spreafico1, B Frediani, C Capperucci
1Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Scienze Immunologiche, Sezione di Reumatologia, Università di Siena, Italia. spreafico@unisi.it
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Bisphosphonates (BPs) are pharmacological compounds widely used in the treatment of a variety of bone-related diseases, particularly where the bone-turnover is skewed in favour of osteolysis. The mechanisms by which BPs reduce bone-resorption directly acting on osteoclasts (OCs) are now largely clarified even at molecular level. The researches concerning the BPs effects on osteoblasts (OBs) have instead shown variable results.
Objectives:
We have investigated the efficacy of neridronate (NER), an amino-BP, as anabolic agent on human OBs. Moreover, we have tried to verify if NER is able to negatively modulate the production of IL-6 on OBs stimulated or not by the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1beta.
Methods:
We have tested if different concentrations of NER (from 10-11 M to 10-3 M), added to primary human OB cultures, could affect the cells number, the endogenous cellular alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, the collagen I (COL-I) synthesis, the formation of mineralized nodules and the IL-6 production. Our experimental approach was performed testing a wide range of NER concentrations because, under physiological conditions, OBs seems to be exposed to variable and transient levels of the drug.
Results:
Our results show that NER doesn't negatively affect in vitro the viability, proliferation and cellular activity of human OBs, even after 20 days of exposure to concentrations < or =10-5 M (therapeutic dose). In addition, NER seems to enhance the differentiation of cultured OBs in mature bone-forming cells. A maximum increase of COL-I synthesis (+25% after 4 days; p < 0.05), ALP activity (+50% after 10 days; p < 0.01) and mineralized nodules (+48% after 20 days; p < 0.05) was observed in cultures treated with NER 10-8 M. A maximal reduction of IL-6 secretion (-24% on IL-1beta stimulated cultures and -29% on unstimulated cultures) was observed for NER 10-9 M.
Conclusions:
These results encourage the use of neridronate in therapy of demineralizing metabolic bone disorders.
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