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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
Volume 55, Issue 4, Pages B194-B200Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/55.4.B194
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In order to understand the reasons for age-related impairment of the function of bone forming osteoblasts, we have examined the steady-state mRNA levels of the transcription factor CBFA1 and topoisomerase I during cellular aging of normal human trabecular osteoblasts, by the use of semiquantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). There is a progressive and significant reduction of the CBFA1 steady-state mRNA level down to 50% during cellular aging of human osteoblasts. In comparison to the normal tells, human osteosarcoma cell lines SaOS-2 and KHOS/NP, and the SV40-transformed human lung fibroblast cell line MRC5V2 have 20 to 40% higher levels of CBFA1 mRNA. Similar levels of CBFA1 mRNA are detectable in normal human skin fibroblasts, and these cells also exhibit an age-related decline to the same extent, In addition, the expression of topoisomerase I is reduced by 40% in senescent osteoblasts, and the mRNA levels are significantly higher (40-70%) in transformed osteoblasts and fibroblasts. These changes in gene expression may he among the causes of impaired osteoblast functions, resulting in reduced bone formation during aging.
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