Cell line IDG-SW3 replicates osteoblast to late osteocyte differentiation in vitro and increases bone formation in vivo.
Highlights:
Osteocytes are the most abundant bone cells in the body but also the most challenging to study because they are embedded in a mineralized matrix making them to difficult to isolate. This cell line should be useful study osteoblast to osteocyte transition, mechanisms for biomineralization osteocyte function and regulation of SOST/sclerostin and FGF-23.
From the laboratory of Lynda F. Bonewald, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City.
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Product Type: | Cell Line |
Name: | IDG-SW3 |
Cell Type: | Osteoblast/early osteocyte/late osteocyte |
Accession ID: | CVCL_0P23 |
Organism: | Mouse |
Source: | Long bone |
Morphology: | Adherent osteoblast-like cell |
Biosafety Level: | I |
Subculturing: | See: IDG-SW3 Cell Line Protocol |
Growth Conditions: |
Proliferation medium: AlphaMEM (containing L-glutamine and deoxyribonucleosides); supplemented with 10% FBS; 1% penicillin-streptomycin; Recombinant Mouse Interferon-gamma (INF-γ) 50 U/ml. Grown on dishes coated with [0.15 mg/ml] rat tail type I collagen. Incubate at 33°C with 5% CO2 Differentiation medium: AlphaMEM (L-glutamine and deoxyribonucleosides); supplemented with 10% FBS; 1% penicillin-streptomycin; 50µg/ml Ascorbic Acid and 4mM β-glycerophosphate. Grown on dishes coated with [0.15 mg/ml] rat tail type I collagen. Incubate at 37°C with 8% CO2. |
Cryopreservation: | 60% AlphaMEM, 30% FBS, 10% DMSO, at 1-2 x 10^6 cells/vial/1ml |
Storage: | Liquid nitrogen |
Shipped: | Dry ice |
Osteoblastic and osteocytic markers
Schematic diagram summarizing ostoblastic and osteocytic markers in IDG-SW3 cells over time. IDG-SW3 cells transition from late osteoblasts to late osteocytes in vitro on both 2D and 3D substrates.
Adapted from: Woo SM. et al. J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Nov;26(11):2634-46.
Experimental Protocol:
NOTE: Mineralization and gene expression may be Fetal Bovine Serum dependent; testing and optimization of different serum lots/batches may be necessary. Mineralization and gene expression may be CO2 dependent; testing and optimization of 5-10% CO2 may be necessary. Testing with our current serum showed that differentiation of the IDG-SW3 in 8% CO2 resulted in an increase of mineral, and in SOST and DMP1 gene expression, when compared to cells differentiated in 5% CO2.
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