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Xie C, Sun Q, Dong Y, Lu H, Li W, Lin Z, Li K, Cheng J, Liu Z, Qi J, Tang B, Lin L. Calcitriol-Loaded Multifunctional Nanospheres with Superlubricity for Advanced Osteoarthritis Treatment. ACS NANO 2023. [PMID: 37326369 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c04241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by the lubrication dysfunction of a cartilage sliding interface caused by chronic joint inflammation, and effective nonsurgical therapy for advanced OA remains lacking. Addressing chronic joint inflammation, lubrication dysfunction, and cartilage-tissue degradation simultaneously may hopefully tackle this challenge. Herein, we developed superlubricative zein@alginate/strontium@calcitriol (ZASC) nanospheres to treat advanced OA. ZASC was confirmed to significantly improve joint lubrication through traditional tribological tests and our proposed tribological experiment to mimic the intra-articular condition based on the human medial tibiofemoral joint tissues. This finding was attributed to the hydration lubrication formed around the alginate-strontium spheres that enabled ball-bearing lubrication and the filling of cartilage defects. Moreover, ZASCs that released calcitriol in a sustained manner showed proliferative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-apoptosis effects in vitro. Further experiments demonstrated that ZASC exerted chondroprotective effects by inhibiting the breakdown of the extracellular matrix in patient-derived OA cartilage explants. In vivo results demonstrated that ZASC can effectively maintain a normal gait to improve joint function, inhibit abnormal bone remodeling and cartilage degradation in early OA and can effectively reverse the advanced OA progression. Therefore, ZASC is a potentially nonsurgical therapeutic strategy for advanced OA treatments.
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- Chao Xie
- Department of Joint and Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510280, PR China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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- Department of Joint and Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510280, PR China
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- Department of Joint and Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510280, PR China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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- Department of Joint and Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510280, PR China
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Biomaterials, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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- Department of Joint and Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510280, PR China
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Zeng F, Li L, Yang J, Liu S, Yuan Y, Zhao C, Wang J. Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses Reveal New Insights into Regulatory Mechanisms of Strontium in Bovine Chondrocytes. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13081301. [PMID: 37106864 PMCID: PMC10135116 DOI: 10.3390/ani13081301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Strontium (Sr) is a trace element found mainly in bone, and it performs a dual action by promoting bone formation and inhibiting bone resorption. Sr has been used to evaluate the gastrointestinal calcium (Ca) absorption capacity of dairy cows due to the similar physicochemical properties of the two elements. However, the possible effects of Sr on dairy cows remain unclear. This study aimed to explore the potential regulatory mechanism of Sr in bovine chondrocytes by performing transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. A total of 111 genes (52 up-regulated and 59 down-regulated) were identified as significantly altered (1.2-fold change and p < 0.05) between control and Sr-treated groups. Moreover, LC-MS-based proteomic analysis detected 286 changed proteins (159 up-regulated and 127 down-regulated) between the control and Sr-treated groups (1.2-fold change and p < 0.05). Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) annotations of a combination analysis of the transcriptomic and proteomic data revealed that the genes were predominantly involved in chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation, fat metabolism, the inflammation process, and immune responses. Overall, our data reveal a potential regulatory mechanism of strontium in bovine chondrocytes, thus providing further insights into the functions and application of Sr in ruminants.
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- Fangyuan Zeng
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang 712100, China
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Liu S, Shen B, Loor JJ, Jiang Q, Yuan Y, Kong Y, Tan P, Zeng F, Zhao C, Zhu X, Wang J. Strontium Regulates the Proliferation and Differentiation of Isolated Primary Bovine Chondrocytes via the TGFβ/SMAD Pathway. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:925302. [PMID: 35712700 PMCID: PMC9197245 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.925302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The present study evaluated the effects of strontium (Sr) on proliferation and differentiation of chondrocytes isolated from dairy cows, and whether Sr exerts its effects via transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) signaling. The chondrocytes were isolated from patellar cartilage from newborn Holstein bull calves (n = 3, 1 day old, 38.0 ± 2.8 kg, fasting) within 15 min after euthanasia, and treated with different concentrations of Sr (0, 0.1, 1, and 10 μg/ml, as SrCl2·6H2O). After pretreatment with or without activin receptor-like kinase 5 (ALK5) inhibitor (10 μM SB-505124) for 4 h, chondrocytes were incubated with Sr for another 4 h. Overall effects of Sr were evaluated relative to NaCl as the control. In contrast, the 1 μg/ml Sr-treated group served as the control to determine effects of preincubating with SB-505124. Western blot and qRT-PCR were used for measuring expression of proliferation-, differentiation-, and TGFβ1-responsive factors. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA in GraphPad Prism 7.0. Incubation with all doses of Sr increased TGFβ1/ALK5-induced SMAD3 phosphorylation, and at 10 μg/ml it inhibited ALK1-induced SMAD1/5/9 phosphorylation. Expression of mRNA and protein of the proliferation-responsive factors type Ⅱ Collagen α1 (COL2A1) and aggrecan (ACAN) was induced by Sr at 1 μg/ml. In contrast, Sr at 10 μg/ml inhibited the expression of differentiation-responsive factors type Ⅹ Collagen α1 (COL10A1) and secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1), and at 1 μg/ml it had the same effect on alkaline phosphatase (ALPL) mRNA and protein levels. Cells were stained with PI/RNase Staining buffer to assess cell cycle activity using flow-cytometry. Incubation with Sr at 1 and 10 μg/ml induced an increase in the number of cells in the S-phase, leading to an increase in the proliferation index. Incubation with SB-505124 inhibited phosphorylation of SMAD3. Abundance of ACAN and COL2A1 mRNA and protein was lower when cells were pre-incubated with SB-505124. Overall, data indicated that Sr promotes proliferation and inhibits differentiation of primary chondrocytes by directing TGFβ1 signaling towards SMAD3 phosphorylation rather than SMAD1/5/9 phosphorylation. Whether these effects occur in vivo remains to be determined and could impact future application of Sr as an experimental tool in livestock.
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- Siqi Liu
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, United States
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Xianyang, China
- *Correspondence: Jianguo Wang,
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GP R, MR R. Strontium ion cross-linked alginate-g-poly (PEGMA) xerogels for wound healing applications: in vitro studies. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 251:117119. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Zhang J, Zhu X, Kong Y, Huang Y, Dang X, Mei L, Zhao B, Lin Q, Wang J. Strontium stimulates alkaline phosphatase and bone morphogenetic protein-4 expression in rat chondrocytes cultured in vitro. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2019; 55:15-19. [PMID: 31345353 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2019.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The trace element strontium has a significant impact on cartilage metabolism. However, the direct effects of strontium on alkaline phosphatase (ALP), a marker of bone growth, and bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4), which plays a key role in the regulation of bone and cartilage development, are not entirely clear. In order to understand the mechanisms involved in these processes, the chondrocytes were isolated from Wistar rat articular cartilage by enzymatic digestion and cultured under standard conditions. They were then treated with strontium at 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0, 20.0 and 100.0 μg/mL for 72 h. The mRNA abundance and protein expression levels of ALP and BMP-4 were measured using real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) and Western blot analysis. The results showed that the levels of expression of ALP and BMP-4 in chondrocytes increased as the concentration of strontium increased relative to the control group, and the difference became significant at 1.0 μg/mL strontium (P<0.05). These results indicated that strontium could be involved in cartilage development via regulating ALP and BMP-4 expression.
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- Jinfeng Zhang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, Qinghai, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China; State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, Qinghai, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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