Murine Osteocyte-like Cell Line MLO-Y4

Murine Osteocyte-like Cell Line MLO-Y4

MLO-Y4 cell line is useful to study effects of fluid flow and substrate stretching on activation of osteocyte-specific signaling pathways.

Highlights:

  • Derived from a transgenic mouse in which the immortalizing T-antigen was expressed under control of the osteocalcin promoter
  • High expression of osteocalcin
  • High expression of connexin 43 and the antigen E11
  • Retain a dendritic morphology, similar to that observed in primary osteocyte

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 MLO-Y4 makes it easier to study osteocyte function.

From the laboratory of Lynda Bonewald, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City.

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EKC002
Murine Osteocyte-like Cell Line MLO-Y4
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Specifications

Product Type: Cell Line
Name: MLO-Y4
Cell Type: Osteocyte
Accession ID: CVCL_M098
Organism: Mouse (female)
Morphology: Dendritic morphology
Biosafety Level: I
Subculturing: Maintain stock cultures in complete culture medium at ~60-75% confluence on collagen coated plates at 37°C and at 5% CO 2. Passage at ~ 1:5 dilution (~1:7maximum) using 0.05% Trypsin/0.53 mM EDTA every 3-4 days (see Rosser J. et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;816:67-81
Growth Conditions: alpha-MEM, containing L-glutamine and deoxyribonucleosides, with penicillin/streptomycin at 100 U/ml and 2.5% FBS and 2.5% CS; both heat inactivated; Grown on dishes coated with [0.15 mg/ml] rat tail type 1 collagen (see Rosser J. et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;816:67-81).
Cryopreservation: 60% alpha-MEM, 30% FBS, 10% DMSO, at 1 × 10 6cells/ml/cryovial (see Rosser J. et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;816:67-81)
Comments: When first starting these cells, centrifuge at approx. 1,000 rpm, for 5–10 min. Aspirate media, gently resuspend and plate the cell pellet in media containing 5% FBS and 5% CS. This higher amount of serum, 10% total, is useful to give the cells an extra boost. The next day, check the viability of the cells. If there are a lot of fl oating “dead” cells, change the medium. You can revert back to medium with 2.5% FBS + 2.5% CS at this point.
Storage: Liquid nitrogen
Shipped: Dry ice

Documentation

  MLO-Y4 Cell Line Protocol

Data

MLO-Y4 Cells

Appearance of the MLO-Y4 cells at 4 and 12 h after plating. The cells are attached by 4 h and already generate dendritic processes by 12 h.

Adapted from: Rosser J. et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2012;816:67-81.

Provider
From the laboratory of Lynda Bonewald, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City.
References
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