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Ferreon JC, Ta HM, Yun H, Choi KJ, Quan MD, Tsoi PS, Kim C, Lee CW, Ferreon ACM. Stereospecific NANOG PEST Stabilization by Pin1. Biochemistry 2024; 63:1067-1074. [PMID: 38619104 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.4c00056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
Abstract
NANOG protein levels correlate with stem cell pluripotency. NANOG concentrations fluctuate constantly with low NANOG levels leading to spontaneous cell differentiation. Previous literature implicated Pin1, a phosphorylation-dependent prolyl isomerase, as a key player in NANOG stabilization. Here, using NMR spectroscopy, we investigate the molecular interactions of Pin1 with the NANOG unstructured N-terminal domain that contains a PEST sequence with two phosphorylation sites. Phosphorylation of NANOG PEST peptides increases affinity to Pin1. By systematically increasing the amount of cis PEST conformers, we show that the peptides bind tighter to the prolyl isomerase domain (PPIase) of Pin1. Phosphorylation and cis Pro enhancement at both PEST sites lead to a 5-10-fold increase in NANOG binding to the Pin1 WW domain and PPIase domain, respectively. The cis-populated NANOG PEST peptides can be potential inhibitors for disrupting Pin1-dependent NANOG stabilization in cancer stem cells.
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- Josephine C Ferreon
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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Álvarez MV, Gutiérrez LM, Auzmendi J, Correa A, Lazarowski A, Bolontrade MF. Acquisition of stem associated-features on metastatic osteosarcoma cells and their functional effects on mesenchymal stem cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2020; 1864:129522. [PMID: 31945406 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Osteosarcoma (OS) is the most frequent malignant bone tumor, affecting predominantly children and young adults. Metastases are a major clinical challenge in OS. In this context, 20% of OS patients are diagnosed with metastatic OS, but near 80% of all OS patients could present non-detectable micrometastases at the moment of diagnosis. METHODS Osteogenic differentiation; doxorubicin exclusion assay; fluorescence microscopy; RT-qPCR; proteomic analysis. RESULTS Our results suggest that metastatic OS cells possess a diminished osteoblastic differentiation potential with a gain of metastatic traits like the capacity to modify intracellular localization of chemodrugs and higher levels of expression of stemness-related genes. On the opposite hand, non-metastatic OS cells possess bone-associated traits like higher osteoblastic differentiation and also an osteoblastic-inducer secretome. OS cells also differ in the nature of their interaction with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), with opposites impacts on MSCs phenotype and behavior. CONCLUSIONS All this suggests that a major trait acquired by metastatic cells is a switch into a stem-like state that could favor its survival in the pulmonary niche, opening new possibilities for personalized chemotherapeutic schemes. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Our work provides new insights regarding differences among metastatic and non-metastatic OS cells, with particular emphasis on differentiation potential, multidrug resistance and interaction with MSCs.
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- Matías Valenzuela Álvarez
- Remodeling processes and cellular niches laboratory, Instituto de Medicina Traslacional e Ingeniería Biomédica (IMTIB), CONICET- Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires (HIBA), Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano (IUHI), C1199ACL Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Remodeling processes and cellular niches laboratory, Instituto de Medicina Traslacional e Ingeniería Biomédica (IMTIB), CONICET- Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires (HIBA), Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano (IUHI), C1199ACL Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- INFIBIOC, Clinical Biochemistry Department, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry (FFyB), University of Buenos Aires (UBA), C1113AAD Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- INFIBIOC, Clinical Biochemistry Department, School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry (FFyB), University of Buenos Aires (UBA), C1113AAD Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Remodeling processes and cellular niches laboratory, Instituto de Medicina Traslacional e Ingeniería Biomédica (IMTIB), CONICET- Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires (HIBA), Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano (IUHI), C1199ACL Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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MicroRNA-150 Modulates Adipogenic Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells by Targeting Notch3. Stem Cells Int 2019; 2019:2743047. [PMID: 31781236 PMCID: PMC6875317 DOI: 10.1155/2019/2743047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) influence stem cell functions, including mobilization, proliferation, and differentiation. miR-150 is abundantly expressed in monocytes. Knockdown of miR-150 promotes bone marrow stem cell migration. The role of miR-150 in adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) is unclear. In this study, the effects of miR-150 on adipogenic differentiation and proliferation of ADSCs were investigated. ADSCs were isolated from the inguinal adipose tissue of wild-type (WT) and miR-150 knockout (KO) mice and were induced for adipogenic differentiation. The miR-150 level was detected by real-time PCR. ADSCs were transfected by miR-150 or small-interfering RNA (siRNA) of Notch3. MTT assay and colony formation assay were performed in miR-150 knockdown and control ADSCs. Real-time PCR showed that miR-150 was expressed in ADSCs. miR-150 knockdown significantly decreased the capacity of adipogenic differentiation of ADSCs, as compared with their counterparts from WT mice. It is intriguing that the overexpression of miR-150 significantly increased C/EBPα and PPAR-γ expression and lipid formation in ADSCs with adipogenic induction. Overexpression of miR-150 significantly decreased Notch3 expression in ADSCs compared with the control groups. Furthermore, Notch3 inhibition promoted the adipogenic differentiation in ADSCs. miR-150 also suppressed proliferation potential and the expression of Nanog in ADSCs. In summary, this study demonstrates, for the first time, that miR-150 promotes adipogenic differentiation and inhibits proliferation of ADSCs. miR-150 regulates adipogenic differentiation of ADSCs, likely mediated by the downregulation of Notch3.
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Samiec M, Romanek J, Lipiński D, Opiela J. Expression of pluripotency-related genes is highly dependent on trichostatin A-assisted epigenomic modulation of porcine mesenchymal stem cells analysed for apoptosis and subsequently used for generating cloned embryos. Anim Sci J 2019; 90:1127-1141. [PMID: 31298467 DOI: 10.1111/asj.13260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The present study sought to examine whether trichostatin A (TSA)-assisted epigenetic transformation of porcine bone marrow (BM)-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) affects the transcriptional activities of pluripotency-related genes (Oct4, Nanog, c-Myc, Sox2 and Rex1), multipotent stemness-related gene (Nestin) and anti-apoptotic/anti-senescence-related gene (Survivin). Epigenetically transformed or non-transformed BM-MSCs that had been transcriptionally profiled by qRT-PCR and had been analysed for different stages of apoptosis progression provided a source of nuclear donor cells for the in vitro production of cloned pig embryos. TSA-mediated epigenomic modulation has been found to enhance the multipotency extent, stemness and intracellular anti-ageing properties of porcine BM-MSCs. This has been confirmed by the relative abundances for Nanog, c-Myc Rex1, Sox2 and Survivin mRNAs in TSA-exposed BM-MSCs that turned out to be significantly higher than those of TSA-unexposed BM-MSCs. Additionally, TSA-assisted epigenomic modulation of BM-MSCs did not impact the caspase-8 activity, Bax protein expression and the incidence of TUNEL-positive cells. In conclusion, the considerably elevated quantitative profiles of Sox2, Rex1, c-Myc, Nanog and Survivin mRNA transcripts seem to trigger improved reprogrammability of TSA-treated BM-MSC nuclei in cloned pig embryos that thereby displayed remarkably increased blastocyst formation rates as compared to those noticed for embryos derived from TSA-untreated BM-MSCs.
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- Marcin Samiec
- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryoconservation, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Balice n. Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryoconservation, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Balice n. Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology and Cryoconservation, National Research Institute of Animal Production, Balice n. Kraków, Poland
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Casado-Díaz A, Dorado G, Giner M, Montoya MJ, Navarro-Valverde C, Díez-Pérez A, Quesada-Gómez JM. Proof of Concept on Functionality Improvement of Mesenchymal Stem-Cells, in Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Women Treated with Teriparatide (PTH1-34), After Suffering Atypical Fractures. Calcif Tissue Int 2019; 104:631-640. [PMID: 30725167 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-019-00533-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Osteoporosis long-term treatment with nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates, has been associated with uncommon adverse effects, as atypical femoral fractures (AFF). Thus, treatment with teriparatide (TPTD; fragment of human parathyroid hormone; PTH1-34) has been proposed for such patients. Besides its anabolizing effect on bone, TPTD may affect stem-cell mobilization and expansion. Bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMNC) were isolated from five women that had suffered AFF associated to bisphosphonate treatment, before and after 6 months of TPTD therapy. The presence of mesenchymal stromal cells (CD73, CD90 and CD105 positive cells), gene expression of NANOG, SOX2 and OCT4, proliferation, senescence and capacity to differentiate into osteoblasts and adipocytes were analyzed. After TPTD treatment, BMMNC positive cells for CD73, CD90 and CD105 increased from 6.5 to 37.5% (p < 0.05); NANOG, SOX2 and OCT4 were upregulated, being statistically significant for NANOG (p < 0.05), and cells increased proliferative capacity more than 50% at day 7 (p < 0.05). Senescence was reduced 2.5-fold (p < 0.05), increasing differentiation capacity into osteoblasts and adipocytes, with more than twice mineralization capacity of extracellular matrix or fat-droplet formation (p < 0.05), respectively. Results show that TPTD treatment caused BMMNC "rejuvenation", increasing the number of cells in a more undifferentiated stage, with higher differentiation potency. This effect may favor TPTD anabolic action on bone in such patients with AFF, increasing osteoblast precursor cells. Such response could also arise in other osteoporotic patients treated with TPTD, without previous AFF. Furthermore, our data suggest that TPTD effect on stromal cells may have clinical implications for bone-regenerative medicine. Further studies may deepen on this potential.
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- Antonio Casado-Díaz
- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, CIBER de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, RETICEF, 14004, Córdoba, Spain
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- Dep. Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Campus Rabanales C6-1-E17, Campus de Excelencia Internacional Agroalimentario (ceiA3), Universidad de Córdoba, RETICEF CIBERFES, 14071, Córdoba, Spain
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- Dep. de Medicina Interna, Dept. de Histología y Citología Normal y Patológica, Escuela de Medicina, Unidad de Metabolismo óseo, Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Universidad de Sevilla, RETICEF, 41009, Seville, Spain
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- Dept. de Medicina, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla, RETICEF, 41009, Seville, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, 41014, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas (IMIM), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, RETICEF, CIBERFES, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Endocrinología y Nutrición, CIBER de Fragilidad y Envejecimiento Saludable (CIBERFES), Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, RETICEF, 14004, Córdoba, Spain.
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Noguchi T, Hussein AI, Horowitz N, Carroll D, Gower AC, Demissie S, Gerstenfeld LC. Hypophosphatemia Regulates Molecular Mechanisms of Circadian Rhythm. Sci Rep 2018; 8:13756. [PMID: 30213970 PMCID: PMC6137060 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-31830-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Transcriptomic analysis showed that the central circadian pathway genes had significantly altered expression in fracture calluses from mice fed a low phosphate diet. This led us to hypothesize that phosphate deficiency altered the circadian cycle in peripheral tissues. Analysis of the expression of the central clock genes over a 24-36 hour period in multiple peripheral tissues including fracture callus, proximal tibia growth plate and cardiac tissues after 12 days on a low phosphate diet showed higher levels of gene expression in the hypophosphatemia groups (p < 0.001) and a 3 to 6 hour elongation of the circadian cycle. A comparative analysis of the callus tissue transcriptome genes that were differentially regulated by hypophosphatemia with published data for the genes in bone that are diurnally regulated identified 1879 genes with overlapping differential regulation, which were shown by ontology assessment to be associated with oxidative metabolism and apoptosis. Network analysis of the central circadian pathway genes linked their expression to the up regulated expression of the histone methyltransferase gene EZH2, a gene that when mutated in both humans and mice controls overall skeletal growth. These data suggest that phosphate is an essential metabolite that controls circadian function in both skeletal and non skeletal peripheral tissues and associates its levels with the overall oxidative metabolism and skeletal growth of animals.
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- Takashi Noguchi
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA.
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Hu DP, Ferro F, Yang F, Taylor AJ, Chang W, Miclau T, Marcucio RS, Bahney CS. Cartilage to bone transformation during fracture healing is coordinated by the invading vasculature and induction of the core pluripotency genes. Development 2017; 144:221-234. [PMID: 28096214 DOI: 10.1242/dev.130807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Fractures heal predominantly through the process of endochondral ossification. The classic model of endochondral ossification holds that chondrocytes mature to hypertrophy, undergo apoptosis and new bone forms by invading osteoprogenitors. However, recent data demonstrate that chondrocytes transdifferentiate to osteoblasts in the growth plate and during regeneration, yet the mechanism(s) regulating this process remain unknown. Here, we show a spatially-dependent phenotypic overlap between hypertrophic chondrocytes and osteoblasts at the chondro-osseous border in the fracture callus, in a region we define as the transition zone (TZ). Hypertrophic chondrocytes in the TZ activate expression of the pluripotency factors [Sox2, Oct4 (Pou5f1), Nanog], and conditional knock-out of Sox2 during fracture healing results in reduction of the fracture callus and a delay in conversion of cartilage to bone. The signal(s) triggering expression of the pluripotency genes are unknown, but we demonstrate that endothelial cell conditioned medium upregulates these genes in ex vivo fracture cultures, supporting histological evidence that transdifferentiation occurs adjacent to the vasculature. Elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying fracture repair is important for understanding why some fractures fail to heal and for developing novel therapeutic interventions.
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- Diane P Hu
- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) & San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) & San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) & San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) & San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) & San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), Department of Medicine, 1700 Owens Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) & San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) & San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) & San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
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Kirschner G, Balla B, Horváth P, Kövesdi A, Lakatos G, Takács I, Nagy Z, Tóbiás B, Árvai K, Kósa JP, Lakatos P. Effects of imatinib and nilotinib on the whole transcriptome of cultured murine osteoblasts. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:2025-37. [PMID: 27430367 PMCID: PMC4991674 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Numerous clinical observations have confirmed that breakpoint cluster region-abelson fusion oncoprotein tyrosine kinase inhibitors used in leukemia treatment alter bone physiology in a complex manner. The aim of the present study was to analyze the whole transcriptome of cultured murine osteoblasts and determine the changes following treatment with imatinib and nilotinib using Sequencing by Oligonucleotide Ligation and Detection next generation RNA sequencing. This study also aimed to identify candidate signaling pathways and network regulators by multivariate Ingenuity Pathway Analysis. Based on the right-tailed Fisher's exact test, significantly altered pathways including upstream regulators were defined for each drug. The correlation between these pathways and bone metabolism was also examined. The preliminary results suggest the two drugs have different mechanisms of action on osteoblasts, and imatinib was shown to have a greater effect on gene expression. Data also indicated the potential role of a number of genes and signaling cascades that may contribute to identifying novel targets for the treatment of metabolic bone diseases.
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- Gyöngyi Kirschner
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
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Longo M, Spinelli R, D'Esposito V, Zatterale F, Fiory F, Nigro C, Raciti GA, Miele C, Formisano P, Beguinot F, Di Jeso B. Pathologic endoplasmic reticulum stress induced by glucotoxic insults inhibits adipocyte differentiation and induces an inflammatory phenotype. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2016; 1863:1146-56. [PMID: 26940722 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Adipocyte differentiation is critical in obesity. By controlling new adipocyte recruitment, adipogenesis contrasts adipocyte hypertrophy and its adverse consequences, such as insulin resistance. Contrasting data are present in literature on the effect of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and subsequent unfolded protein response (UPR) on adipocyte differentiation, being reported to be either necessary or inhibitory. In this study, we sought to clarify the effect of ER stress and UPR on adipocyte differentiation. We have used two different cell lines, the widely used pre-adipocyte 3T3-L1 cells and a murine multipotent mesenchymal cell line, W20-17 cells. A strong ER stress activator, thapsigargin, and a pathologically relevant inducer of ER stress, glucosamine (GlcN), induced ER stress and UPR above those occurring in the absence of perturbation and inhibited adipocyte differentiation. Very low concentrations of 4-phenyl butyric acid (PBA, a chemical chaperone) inhibited only the overactivation of ER stress and UPR elicited by GlcN, leaving unaltered the part physiologically activated during differentiation, and reversed the inhibitory effect of GlcN on differentiation. In addition, GlcN stimulated proinflammatory cytokine release and PBA prevented these effects. An inhibitor of NF-kB also reversed the effects of GlcN on cytokine release. These results indicate that while ER stress and UPR activation is "physiologically" activated during adipocyte differentiation, the "pathologic" part of ER stress activation, secondary to a glucotoxic insult, inhibits differentiation. In addition, such a metabolic insult, causes a shift of the preadipocyte/adipocyte population towards a proinflammatory phenotype.
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- Michele Longo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Traslazionali, Università "Federico II", °IEOS/CNR, via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Strada Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
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Alsulaiman M, Bais MV, Trackman PC. Lysyl oxidase propeptide stimulates osteoblast and osteoclast differentiation and enhances PC3 and DU145 prostate cancer cell effects on bone in vivo. J Cell Commun Signal 2015; 10:17-31. [PMID: 26627907 DOI: 10.1007/s12079-015-0311-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Lysyl oxidase pro-enzyme is secreted by tumor cells and normal cells as a 50 kDa pro-enzyme into the extracellular environment where it is cleaved into the ~30 kDa mature enzyme (LOX) and 18 kDa pro-peptide (LOX-PP). Extracellular LOX enzyme activity is required for normal collagen and elastin extracellular cross-linking and maturation of the extracellular matrix. Extracellular LOX-PP acts as a tumor suppressor and can re-enter cells from the extracellular environment to induce its effects. The underlying hypothesis is that LOX-PP has the potential to promote bone cell differentiation, while inhibiting cancer cell effects in bone. Here we investigate the effect of LOX-PP on bone marrow cell proliferation and differentiation towards osteoblasts or osteoclasts, and LOX-PP modulation of prostate cancer cell conditioned media-induced alterations of proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow cells in vitro. Effects of overexpression of rLOX-PP in DU145 and PC3 prostate cancer cell lines on bone structure in vivo after intramedullary injections were determined. Data show that prostate cancer cell conditioned media inhibited osteoblast differentiation in bone marrow-derived cells, which was reversed by rLOX-PP treatment. Prostate cancer conditioned media stimulated osteoclast differentiation which was further enhanced by rLOX-PP treatment. rLOX-PP stimulated osteoclast differentiation by inhibiting OPG expression, up-regulating CCN2 expression, and increasing osteoclast fusion. In vivo studies indicate that rLOX-PP expression by PC3 cells implanted into the tibia of mice further enhanced PC3 cell ability to resorb bone, while rLOX-PP expression in DU145 cells resulted in non-significant increases in net bone formation. rLOX-PP enhances both osteoclast and osteoblast differentiation. rLOX-PP may serve to enhance coupling interactions between osteoclasts and osteoblasts helping to maintain a normal bone turnover in health, while contributing to bone abnormalities in disease.
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- Mona Alsulaiman
- Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, 700 Albany Street, W-201, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, 700 Albany Street, W-201, Boston, MA, 02118, USA
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- Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Boston University, 700 Albany Street, W-201, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
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Whitworth DJ, Frith JE, Frith TJR, Ovchinnikov DA, Cooper-White JJ, Wolvetang EJ. Derivation of mesenchymal stromal cells from canine induced pluripotent stem cells by inhibition of the TGFβ/activin signaling pathway. Stem Cells Dev 2015; 23:3021-33. [PMID: 25055193 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2013.0634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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In this study we have generated canine mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), also known as mesenchymal stem cells, from canine induced pluripotent stem cells (ciPSCs) by small-molecule inhibition of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ)/activin signaling pathway. These ciPSC-derived MSCs (ciPSC-MSCs) express the MSC markers CD73, CD90, CD105, STRO1, cPDGFRβ and cKDR, in addition to the pluripotency factors OCT4, NANOG and REX1. ciPSC-MSCs lack immunostaining for H3K27me3, suggesting that they possess two active X chromosomes. ciPSC-MSCs are highly proliferative and undergo robust differentiation along the osteo-, chondro- and adipogenic pathways, but do not form teratoma-like tissues in vitro. Of further significance for the translational potential of ciPSC-MSCs, we show that these cells can be encapsulated and maintained within injectable hydrogel matrices that, when functionalized with bound pentosan polysulfate, dramatically enhance chondrogenesis and inhibit osteogenesis. The ability to efficiently derive large numbers of highly proliferative canine MSCs from ciPSCs that can be incorporated into injectable, functionalized hydrogels that enhance their differentiation along a desired lineage constitutes an important milestone towards developing an effective MSC-based therapy for osteoarthritis in dogs, but equally provides a model system for assessing the efficacy and safety of analogous approaches for treating human degenerative joint diseases.
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- Deanne J Whitworth
- 1 School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland , Gatton, Queensland, Australia
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De Leonibus C, Chatelain P, Knight C, Clayton P, Stevens A. Effect of summer daylight exposure and genetic background on growth in growth hormone-deficient children. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2015; 16:540-550. [PMID: 26503811 PMCID: PMC5223086 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2015.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Revised: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The response to growth hormone in humans is dependent on phenotypic, genetic and environmental factors. The present study in children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) collected worldwide characterised gene–environment interactions on growth response to recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH). Growth responses in children are linked to latitude, and we found that a correlate of latitude, summer daylight exposure (SDE), was a key environmental factor related to growth response to r-hGH. In turn growth response was determined by an interaction between both SDE and genes known to affect growth response to r-hGH. In addition, analysis of associated networks of gene expression implicated a role for circadian clock pathways and specifically the developmental transcription factor NANOG. This work provides the first observation of gene–environment interactions in children treated with r-hGH.
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- C De Leonibus
- Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Department Pédiatrie, Hôpital Mère-Enfant-Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
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- University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester and Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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Epigenetic memory gained by priming with osteogenic induction medium improves osteogenesis and other properties of mesenchymal stem cells. Sci Rep 2015; 5:11056. [PMID: 26053250 PMCID: PMC4459169 DOI: 10.1038/srep11056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/11/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are highly plastic cells that are able to transdifferentiate or dedifferentiate under appropriate conditions. In the present study, we reported here that after in vitro induction of osteogenic differentiation, MSCs could be reverted to a primitive stem cell population (dedifferentiated osteogenic MSCs, De-Os-MSCs) with improved cell survival, colony formation, osteogenic potential, migratory capacity and increased expression of Nanog, Oct4 and Sox2. Most importantly, our results showed great superiority of the De-Os-MSCs over untreated MSCs in ectopic bone formation in vivo. Furthermore, Nanog-knockdown in MSCs could reverse these enhanced properties in De-Os-MSCs in vitro, indicating a central role of Nanog in the transcriptional network. In addition, epigenetic regulations including DNA methylation and histone modifications may play important roles in regulating the de-osteogenic differentiation process. And we found decreased methylation and promoter accrual of activating histone marks, such as H3K4me3 and H4ac on both Nanog and Oct4 gene promoters. Taken together, our study demonstrated that epigenetic memory in De-Os-MSCs gained by priming with osteogenic induction medium favored their differentiation along osteoblastic lineage with improved cell survival and migratory abilities, which may have application potential in enhancing their regenerative capacity in mammals.
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Lybrand K, Bragdon B, Gerstenfeld L. Mouse models of bone healing: fracture, marrow ablation, and distraction osteogenesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 5:35-49. [PMID: 25727199 DOI: 10.1002/9780470942390.mo140161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Three commonly used murine surgical models of bone healing [closed fracture with intramedullary fixation, distraction osteogenesis (DO), and marrow ablation by reaming] are presented. Detailed surgical protocols for each model are outlined. The nature of the regenerative processes and the types of research questions that may be addressed with these models are briefly outlined. The relative strengths and weaknesses of these models are compared to a number of other surgical models that are used to address similar research questions.
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- Kyle Lybrand
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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Rogovaya OS, Fayzulin AK, Vasiliev AV, Kononov AV, Terskikh VV. Reconstruction of rabbit urethral epithelium with skin keratinocytes. Acta Naturae 2015; 7:70-7. [PMID: 25927003 PMCID: PMC4410397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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We have investigated the living skin equivalent (LSE) as an alternative source of plastic material for closing full-thickness epithelial-stromal urethral injuries. The possibility of transdifferentiation of epidermal keratinocytes, a component of 3D tissue constructs, was investigated in vivo in a model of the recovery of urethral injuries in laboratory rabbits. Autologous grafting of LSE in de-epithelialized urethra showed that skin keratinocytes placed in a specific in vivo microenvironment can be incorporated into the damaged area and function as urothelium. The use of EGFP transfected keratinocytes allowed us to identify transplanted cells. The reconstructed urethral tubes did not develop strictures or fistulas at the site of the grafted LSE. Immunohistochemical studies of neo-urothelium revealed EGFP-positive cells expressing the urothelial markers K7 and UP3.
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- O. S. Rogovaya
- N.K. Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 26, Moscow, 119334, Russia
- N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Ostrovityanova Str., 1, Moscow, 117997, Russia
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- Morozov Children’s Clinical Hospital, Moscow Department of Health Care, 4th Dobryninsky Per., 1, Moscow, 119049, Russia
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- N.K. Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 26, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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- A.I. Evdokimov State University of Medicine and Dentistry, Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Delegatskaya Str., 20/1, Moscow, 127473, Russia
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- N.K. Koltsov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova Str., 26, Moscow, 119334, Russia
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Marsell R, Steen B, Bais MV, Mortlock DP, Einhorn TA, Gerstenfeld LC. Skeletal trauma generates systemic BMP2 activation that is temporally related to the mobilization of CD73+ cells. J Orthop Res 2014; 32:17-23. [PMID: 24018651 PMCID: PMC4263190 DOI: 10.1002/jor.22487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Revised: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The relationship between BMP2 expression and the recruitment of skeletogenic stem cells was assessed following bone marrow reaming. BMP2 expression was examined using transgenic mice in which β-galactosidase had been inserted into the coding region of BMP2. Stem cell mobilization was analyzed by FACS analysis using CD73, a marker associated with bone marrow stromal stem cells. BMP2 expression was induced in endosteal lining cells, cortical osteocytes and periosteal cells in both the reamed and in contralateral bones. BMP2 mRNA expression in the reamed bone showed an early peak within the first 24 h of reaming followed by a later peak at 7 days, while contralateral bones only showed the 7 days peak of expression. FACS analysis sorting on CD73 positive cells showed a 50% increase of these cells at 3 and 14 days in the marrow of the injured bone and a single peak at 14 days of the marrow cell population of the contralateral bone. A ∼20% increase of CD73 positive cells was seen in the peripheral blood 2 days after reaming. These data showed that traumatic bone injury caused a systemic induction of BMP2 expression and that this increase is correlated with the mobilization of CD73 positive cells.
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- Richard Marsell
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center715 Albany Street, R-205, Boston, 02118, Massachusetts
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center715 Albany Street, R-205, Boston, 02118, Massachusetts
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center715 Albany Street, R-205, Boston, 02118, Massachusetts
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University School of MedicineNashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center715 Albany Street, R-205, Boston, 02118, Massachusetts
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University Medical Center715 Albany Street, R-205, Boston, 02118, Massachusetts
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Ronay V, Belibasakis GN, Attin T, Schmidlin PR, Bostanci N. Expression of embryonic stem cell markers and osteogenic differentiation potential in cells derived from periodontal granulation tissue. Cell Biol Int 2013; 38:179-86. [PMID: 24123724 DOI: 10.1002/cbin.10190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The aim of this study was to identify if cells obtained from periodontal granulation tissue possess embryonic stem cell properties and osteogenic capacities in vitro. Periodontal granulation tissue was removed from one furcation and one infrabony defect (FGTC/IGTC-furcation/infrabony defect derived granulation tissue cells) of six patients. The extracted tissues were treated with collagenase/dispase solution, cultured and passaged twice, while a fraction of them was bacteriologically analyzed. Upon reaching confluence, total RNA was extracted, followed by cDNA synthesis and real-time PCR analysis. Gene expression levels of collagen type I, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and the embryonic stem cell markers Nanog, Oct-4, Rex-1 and Sox-2 were measured, calibrated against the housekeeping gene GAPDH. Further, osteogenic differentiation was induced. Mineralized matrix formation was confirmed by von Kossa staining, and ALP activity was measured colorimetrically. The total bacterial load amounted to 9.4 ± 14.6 × 10(6) counts/mg of tissue for IGTC, and 11.1 ± 6.1 × 10(6) counts/of tissue for FGTC. Among the embryonic stem cell markers (FGTC/IGTC), Nanog was most highly expressed (3.48 ± 1.2/5.85 ± 5.7), followed by Oct-4 (1.79 ± 0.69/2.85 ± 2.5), Sox-2 (0.66 ± 0.3/1.26 ± 1.4) and Rex-1 (0.06 ± 0.0/0.04 ± 0.0). The osteogenic differentiation process was positive in both FGTC and IGTC, judged by increased von Kossa staining, and elevated ALP activity and gene expression. This study provides evidence that infected periodontal granulation tissue harbors cells expressing embryonic stem cell markers, and exhibiting osteogenic capacities when in culture in vitro.
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- Valerie Ronay
- Clinic for Preventive Dentistry, Periodontology and Cariology, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Plattenstrasse 11, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland
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Wigner NA, Soung DY, Einhorn TA, Drissi H, Gerstenfeld LC. Functional role of Runx3 in the regulation of aggrecan expression during cartilage development. J Cell Physiol 2013; 228:2232-42. [PMID: 23625810 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Runx2 and Runx3 are known to be expressed in the growth plate during endochondral bone formation. Here we addressed the functional role of Runx3 as distinct from Runx2 by using two models of postnatal bone repair: fracture healing that proceeds by an endochondral process and marrow ablation that proceeds by only an intramembranous process. Both Runx2 and Runx3 mRNAs were differentially up regulated during fracture healing. In contrast, only Runx2 showed increased expression after marrow ablation. During fracture healing, Runx3 was expressed earlier than Runx2, was concurrent with the period of chondrogenesis, and coincident with maximal aggrecan expression a protein associated with proliferating and permanent cartilage. Immunohistological analysis showed Runx3 protein was also expressed by chondrocytes in vivo. In contrast, Runx2 was expressed later during chondrocyte hypertrophy, and primary bone formation. The functional activities of Runx3 during chondrocyte differentiation were assessed by examining its regulatory actions on aggrecan gene expression. Aggrecan mRNA levels and aggrecan promoter activity were enhanced in response to the over-expression of either Runx2 and Runx3 in ATDC5 chondrogenic cell line, while sh-RNA knocked down of each Runx protein showed that only Runx3 knock down specifically suppressed aggrecan mRNA expression and promoter activity. ChIP assay demonstrated that Runx3 interactions were selective to sites within the aggrecan promoter and were only observed during early periods of chondrogenesis before hypertrophy. Our studies suggest that Runx3 positively regulates aggrecan expression and suggest that its function is more limited to cartilage development than to bone. In aggregate these data further suggest that the various members of the Runx transcription factors are involved in the coordination of chondrocyte development, maturation, and hypertrophy during endochondral bone formation.
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- Nathan A Wigner
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Maioli M, Rinaldi S, Santaniello S, Castagna A, Pigliaru G, Delitala A, Bianchi F, Tremolada C, Fontani V, Ventura C. Radioelectric asymmetric conveyed fields and human adipose-derived stem cells obtained with a nonenzymatic method and device: a novel approach to multipotency. Cell Transplant 2013; 23:1489-500. [PMID: 24044359 DOI: 10.3727/096368913x672037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) have been recently proposed as a suitable tool for regenerative therapies for their simple isolation procedure and high proliferative capability in culture. Although hASCs can be committed into different lineages in vitro, the differentiation is a low-yield and often incomplete process. We have recently developed a novel nonenzymatic method and device, named Lipogems, to obtain a fat tissue derivative highly enriched in pericytes/mesenchymal stem cells by mild mechanical forces from human lipoaspirates. When compared to enzymatically dissociated cells, Lipogems-derived hASCs exhibited enhanced transcription of vasculogenic genes in response to provasculogenic molecules, suggesting that these cells may be amenable for further optimization of their multipotency. Here we exposed Lipogems-derived hASCs to a radioelectric asymmetric conveyer (REAC), an innovative device asymmetrically conveying radioelectric fields, affording both enhanced differentiating profiles in mouse embryonic stem cells and efficient direct multilineage reprogramming in human skin fibroblasts. We show that specific REAC exposure remarkably enhanced the transcription of prodynorphin, GATA-4, Nkx-2.5, VEGF, HGF, vWF, neurogenin-1, and myoD, indicating the commitment toward cardiac, vascular, neuronal, and skeletal muscle lineages, as inferred by the overexpression of a program of targeted marker proteins. REAC exposure also finely tuned the expression of stemness-related genes, including NANOG, SOX-2, and OCT-4. Noteworthy, the REAC-induced responses were fashioned at a significantly higher extent in Lipogems-derived than in enzymatically dissociated hASCs. Therefore, REAC-mediated interplay between radioelectric asymmetrically conveyed fields and Lipogems-derived hASCs appears to involve the generation of an ideal "milieu" to optimize multipotency expression from human adult stem cells in view of potential improvement of future cell therapy efforts.
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- Margherita Maioli
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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Calloni R, Cordero EAA, Henriques JAP, Bonatto D. Reviewing and updating the major molecular markers for stem cells. Stem Cells Dev 2013; 22:1455-76. [PMID: 23336433 PMCID: PMC3629778 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2012.0637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Stem cells (SC) are able to self-renew and to differentiate into many types of committed cells, making SCs interesting for cellular therapy. However, the pool of SCs in vivo and in vitro consists of a mix of cells at several stages of differentiation, making it difficult to obtain a homogeneous population of SCs for research. Therefore, it is important to isolate and characterize unambiguous molecular markers that can be applied to SCs. Here, we review classical and new candidate molecular markers that have been established to show a molecular profile for human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), and hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). The commonly cited markers for embryonic ESCs are Nanog, Oct-4, Sox-2, Rex-1, Dnmt3b, Lin-28, Tdgf1, FoxD3, Tert, Utf-1, Gal, Cx43, Gdf3, Gtcm1, Terf1, Terf2, Lefty A, and Lefty B. MSCs are primarily identified by the expression of CD13, CD29, CD44, CD49e, CD54, CD71, CD73, CD90, CD105, CD106, CD166, and HLA-ABC and lack CD14, CD31, CD34, CD45, CD62E, CD62L, CD62P, and HLA-DR expression. HSCs are mainly isolated based on the expression of CD34, but the combination of this marker with CD133 and CD90, together with a lack of CD38 and other lineage markers, provides the most homogeneous pool of SCs. Here, we present new and alternative markers for SCs, along with microRNA profiles, for these cells.
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- Raquel Calloni
- Departamento de Biologia Molecular e Biotecnologia, Centro de Biotecnologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Current world literature. Curr Opin Organ Transplant 2012; 17:688-99. [PMID: 23147911 DOI: 10.1097/mot.0b013e32835af316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Das S, Jena S, Kim EM, Zavazava N, Levasseur DN. Transcriptional Regulation of Human NANOG by Alternate Promoters in Embryonic Stem Cells. JOURNAL OF STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY 2012; Suppl 10:009. [PMID: 25077040 PMCID: PMC4112544 DOI: 10.4172/2157-7633.s10-009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The potential of pluripotent stem cells to be used for cell therapy depends on a comprehensive understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying their unique ability to specify cells of all germ layers while undergoing unlimited self-renewal. Alternative splicing and alternate promoter selection contribute to this mechanism by increasing the number of transcripts generated from a single gene locus and thus enabling expression of novel protein variants which may differ in their biological role. The homeodomain-containing transcription factor NANOG plays a critical role in maintaining the pluripotency of Embryonic Stem Cells (ESC). Therefore, a thorough understanding of the transcriptional regulation of the NANOG locus in ESCs is necessary. METHODS Regulatory footprints and transcription levels were identified for NANOG in human embryonic stem cells from data obtained using high-throughput sequencing methodologies. Quantitative real-time PCR following reverse transcription of RNA extracted human ESCs was used to validate the expression of transcripts from a region that extends upstream of the annotated NANOG transcriptional start. Promoter identification and characterization were performed using promoter reporter and electrophoretic mobility shift assays. RESULTS Transcriptionally active chromatin marking and transcription factor binding site enrichment were observed at a region upstream of the known transcriptional start site of NANOG. Expression of novel transcripts from this transcriptionally active region confirmed the existence of NANOG alternative splicing in human ESCs. We identified an alternate NANOG promoter of significant strength at this upstream region. We also discovered that NANOG autoregulates its expression by binding to its proximal downstream promoter. CONCLUSION Our study reveals novel transcript expression from NANOG in human ESCs, indicating that alternative splicing increases the diversity of transcripts originating from the NANOG locus and that these transcripts are expressed by an alternate promoter. Alternative splicing and alternate promoter usage collaborate to regulate NANOG, enabling its function in the maintenance of ESCs.
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- Satyabrata Das
- Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
- Programs in Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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