ba0005p85 | Bone Matrix | ECTS2016
Minamizaki Tomoko
, Takei Yuichiro
, Nakao Yuko
, Irie Yasumasa
, Yoshioka Hirotaka
, Tanimoto Kotaro
, Kozai Katsuyuki
, Yoshiko Yuji
Matrix vesicles (MVs) play a key role in bone mineralization. These nano-sized vesicles bud from apical microvilli of osteoblasts and accumulate in osteoid, and initial hydroxyapatite crystals form within these vesicles. MVs appear to share a common feature with exosomes. Recent studies have demonstrated that exosomes include microRNAs (miRNAs) as mediators of intercellular communication. We purified MVs from MC3T3-E1 cell cultures by ultracentrifugation and found approximatel...