Tatsuki Yamamoto, Mika Ikegame, Yukihiro Furusawa, Yoshiaki Tabuchi, Kaito Hatano, Kazuki Watanabe, Umi Kawago, Jun Hirayama, Sachiko Yano, Toshio Sekiguchi, Kei-Ichiro Kitamura, Masato Endo, Arata Nagami, Hajime Matsubara, Yusuke Maruyama, Atsuhiko Hattori, Nobuo Suzuki
It is known that the bone matrix plays an important role in the response to physical stresses such as hypergravity and microgravity. In order to accurately analyze the response of bone to hypergravity and microgravity, a culture system under the conditions of coexistence of osteoclasts, osteoblasts, and bone matrix was earnestly desired. The teleost scale is a unique calcified organ in which osteoclasts, osteoblasts, and the two layers of bone matrix, i.e., a bony layer and a fibrillary layer, coexist. Therefore, we have developed in vitro organ culture systems of osteoclasts and osteoblasts with the intact bone matrix using goldfish scales...
August 2022: Zoological Science