Chondrogenesis is thought to be controlled by interactions between circulating anabolic hormones and locally produced peptide growth factors, and involves ordered changes in matrix composition which ultimately allow endochondral calcification. We have used a model of isolated ovine fetal growth-plate chondrocytes to examine the actions and interactions of basic fibroblast growth factor (basic FGF), insulin-like growth factors-I and -II (IGF-I and -II), insulin and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) on total protein, collagen or non-collagenous protein and sulphated glycosaminoglycan synthesis. These parameters were determined by assessment of the incorporation by monolayer cultures of early passage chondrocytes of [3H]leucine, [14C]proline and [35S]sulphate respectively, followed by partial molecular characterization. Basic FGF enhanced total protein synthesis with a half-maximal effective concentration of 270 ± 60 pmol/l (mean ± s.e.m., four animals) and was sixfold more active on a molar basis than IGF-I or insulin, and 28-fold more active that IGF-II which is the endogenously synthesized IGF. The actions of basic FGF were additive to those of IGF-I or insulin. More detailed analysis of extracellular-matrix component synthesis showed that basic FGF, IGF-I and insulin each caused significant increases in the synthesis of collagen and sulphated glycosaminoglycans. TGF-β1 had no effect on total protein synthesis by chondrocytes when present alone at concentrations of 200 pmol/l or less, but was inhibitory at 400 pmol/l. However, the use of this parameter masked a stimulatory action of 50 or 100 pmol TGF-β1 on sulphated glycosaminoglycan synthesis and a relative shift in the ratio of collagen: non-collagenous protein synthesis in favour of the former. A synergistic interaction existed between TGF-β1 (20–100 pmol/l) and basic FGF which potentiated total protein and collagen synthesis, and their actions on sulphated glycosaminoglycan production were additive. The same concentrations of TGF-β1 inhibited the ability of IGF-I or insulin to stimulate total protein or collagen synthesis, but were additive to their stimulatory effects on sulphated glycosaminoglycan synthesis. The results suggest that matrix-molecule composition and the anabolic status of the epiphyseal growth-plate may be modulated in utero by multiple interactions between peptide growth factors produced locally, such as basic FGF, IGF-II and TGF-β1, and circulating hormones such as insulin and IGF-I.
Journal of Endocrinology (1992) 133, 363–373
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