Transcriptional expression of calvarial bone after treatment with low-intensity ultrasound: an in vitro study

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2006 Oct;32(10):1569-74. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.05.014.

Abstract

The capacity to reossify a calvarial bone defect is very small in mature animals and in humans greater than 2 y of age. The clinical treatment of injured tissue sites of bones by low-intensity pulsed ultrasound is widespread, but little is known about the precise effects of ultrasound on the fundamental processes that promote repair and regeneration. In this study, we used real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to investigate the expression of osteogenesis-associated genes after stimulation by low-intensity ultrasound in adult mouse osteoblast from the parietal calvaria. The gene associated with the Runx2 pathway had notably higher levels after 1, 2 and 3 days of stimulation. Therefore, low-intensity ultrasound seems to have an effect on the transcriptional gene expression of the calvarial bone in vitro.

MeSH terms

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / genetics
  • Animals
  • Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / genetics
  • Cell Division / physiology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit / genetics
  • Gene Expression / genetics*
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Mice
  • Osteoblasts
  • Osteogenesis / genetics*
  • Parietal Bone / cytology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Transcription, Genetic / genetics
  • Ultrasonics*

Substances

  • Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
  • Atrnl1 protein, mouse
  • Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
  • Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Runx2 protein, mouse