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Cellular and Molecular Mechanism Underlying the Effect of Low-magnitude, High-frequency Vibration on Bone

An emerging non-pharmacological treatment for bone degenerative diseases is whole body vibration (WBV), a mechanical signal composed of low-magnitude, high-frequency (LMHF) vibrations that when applied to bone, have osteogenic and anti-resorptive effects. Currently, the cellular and molecular mechanism underlying the effect of WBV on bone is unclear. In this study, we investigated the response of osteocytes, the putative mechanosensor in bone, under LMHF vibration. As bone cells differentiate from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), we also studied the osteogenic differentiation of rat MSCs in the presence of vibration loading. We found that vibrated osteocytes show gene and protein expression changes suggestive of an anti-osteoclastogenic response, and secrete soluble factors that inhibit osteoclast formation and activity. In contrast, rat MSCs showed moderate to no response to LMHF vibration during osteogenic differentiation. Our data suggest that in vivo effects of LMHF vibration are mediated through mechanosensing and biochemical responses by osteocytes.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/24596
Date27 July 2010
CreatorsLau, Esther Yee Tak
ContributorsYou, Lidan
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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