Osteal Tissue Macrophages Are Intercalated throughout Human and Mouse Bone Lining Tissues and Regulate Osteoblast Function In Vitro and In Vivo1

Resident macrophages are an integral component of many tissues and are important in homeostasis and repair. This study examines the contribution of resident tissue macrophages to bone physiology. Using immunohistochemistry, we showed that a discrete population of resident macrophages, OsteoMacs, was intercalated throughout murine and human osteal tissues. OsteoMacs were distributed among other bone lining cells within both endosteum and periosteum. Furthermore, OsteoMacs were coisolated with osteoblasts in murine bone explant and calvarial preparations. OsteoMacs made up 15.9% of calvarial preparations and persisted throughout standard osteoblast differentiation cultures. Contrary to previous studies, we showed that it was OsteoMacs and not osteoblasts within these preparations that responded to pathophysiological concentrations of LPS by secreting TNF. Removal of OsteoMacs from calvarial cultures significantly decreased osteocalcin mRNA induction and osteoblast mineralization in vitro. In a Transwell coculture system of enriched osteoblasts and macrophages, we demonstrated that macrophages were required for efficient osteoblast mineralization in response to the physiological remodeling stimulus, elevated extracellular calcium. Notably, OsteoMacs were closely associated with areas of bone modeling in situ, forming a distinctive canopy structure covering >75% of mature osteoblasts on diaphyseal endosteal surfaces in young growing mice. Depletion of OsteoMacs in vivo using the macrophage-Fas-induced apoptosis (MAFIA) mouse caused complete loss of osteoblast bone-forming surface at this modeling site. Overall, we have demonstrated that OsteoMacs are an integral component of bone tissues and play a novel role in bone homeostasis through regulating osteoblast function. These observations implicate OsteoMacs, in addition to osteoclasts and osteoblasts, as principal participants in bone dynamics.

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