中国组织工程研究 ›› 2023, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (15): 2371-2378.doi: 10.12307/2023.382

• 骨髓干细胞 bone marrow stem cells • 上一篇    下一篇

杜仲水提物上调Nur77表达促进骨髓间充质干细胞增殖和成骨分化

贺自克,王上增   

  1. 河南省中医院骨关节科,河南省郑州市   450000
  • 收稿日期:2022-04-06 接受日期:2022-07-07 出版日期:2023-05-28 发布日期:2022-10-18
  • 通讯作者: 王上增,主任医师,硕士生导师,河南省中医院骨关节科,河南省郑州市 450000
  • 作者简介:贺自克,男,1985年生,河南省郑州市人,汉族,2011年河南中医药大学毕业,硕士,主治医师,主要从事骨关节疾病的相关研究。

Eucommia ulmoides Oliver aqueous extract promotes bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation through upregulating Nur77 protein expression

He Zike, Wang Shangzeng   

  1. Department of Osteoarthritis, Henan Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan Province, China
  • Received:2022-04-06 Accepted:2022-07-07 Online:2023-05-28 Published:2022-10-18
  • Contact: Wang Shangzeng, Chief physician, Master’s supervisor, Department of Osteoarthritis, Henan Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan Province, China
  • About author:He Zike, Master, Attending physician, Department of Osteoarthritis, Henan Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, Henan Province, China

摘要:

文题释义:
Nur77:Nur77为孤儿核受体,在人体各组织器官均有表达,其功能紊乱将导致癌症、肥胖、糖尿病、心血管病等。研究显示,Nur77不仅可以作为转录因子调控基因表达,还可作为功能调节蛋白,通过相互作用和蛋白修饰等途径发挥作用。
骨髓间充质干细胞成骨分化:骨髓间充质干细胞具有多项分化的潜能,在一定诱导条件下可以分化为成骨细胞、软骨细胞、脂肪细胞、神经细胞、心肌细胞等。近年来,使用中药制剂诱导骨髓间充质干细胞向成骨细胞分化来防治骨质疏松症受到广泛的关注,成为临床研究和实验研究的热点之一。传统补肾中药杜仲提取物或其含药血清可以作为骨髓间充质干细胞成骨分化的诱导剂,其发挥作用的机制涉及多种信号通路。

背景:骨髓间充质干细胞作为成骨细胞的前体细胞,探索其分化机制对于预防和治疗骨质疏松症具有重大意义。杜仲能够诱导骨髓间充质干细胞成骨分化,但是杜仲对骨髓间充质干细胞增殖、分化以及Nur77/MDM2/p53通路的影响尚不明确。
目的:探究杜仲水提物对骨髓间充质干细胞增殖和分化的影响并探讨其作用机制。
方法:杜仲水提物处理人源和鼠源骨髓间充质干细胞,采用CCK-8法和Annexin V-FITC/PI法分别检测细胞增殖和凋亡情况,Western blot检测增殖、凋亡相关蛋白的表达,Nur77及其下游MDM2、p53相关蛋白的表达及泛素化前后的蛋白水平。成脂、成骨定向诱导分化后,Western blot检测脂肪细胞和成骨细胞的标志蛋白表达来评估其分化程度。转染Nur77 siRNA进入10 mg/mL杜仲水提物处理的骨髓间充质干细胞,检测细胞增殖、凋亡和分化情况。最后,敲低Nur77之后,使用p53抑制剂Pifithrin-α处理骨髓间充质干细胞,检测细胞增殖、凋亡和分化情况以明确其作用机制。
结果与结论:①杜仲水提物可促进2种骨髓间充质干细胞的增殖和成骨分化,抑制凋亡和成脂分化;②杜仲水提物可上调Nur77、MDM2蛋白表达,促进p53蛋白泛素化;敲低Nur77基因则抑制MDM2蛋白表达及p53蛋白泛素化,促进p53蛋白表达,抑制2种骨髓间充质干细胞增殖和成骨分化;③p53抑制剂可逆转Nur77 siRNA的作用,促进2种骨髓间充质干细胞的增殖和成骨分化,抑制凋亡和成脂分化;④结果表明,杜仲水提物可以通过Nur77/MDM2/p53途径促进2种骨髓间充质干细胞的增殖和成骨分化,为杜仲在骨相关疾病方面的研究提供理论参考。

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4159-4848 (王上增) 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

关键词: 骨髓间充质干细胞, 杜仲, 水提物, 成骨分化, Nur77, MDM2, p53, 通路, 泛素化

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells are precursor cells of osteoblasts. Exploring its differentiation mechanism is of great significance for guiding the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Eucommia ulmoides Oliver can induce the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. However, it is unclear about the effects of Eucommia ulmoides Oliver on proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and Nur77/MDM2/p53 pathway.  
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect and mechanism of Eucommia ulmoides Oliver aqueous extract on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and differentiation.
METHODS: The aqueous extract from Eucommia ulmoides Oliver bark was used to treat human and mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. The CCK-8 assay and Annexin V-FITC/PI assay were used to detect the proliferation and apoptosis of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. The expression of proliferation and apoptosis related proteins and the expression of Nur77 and its downstream MDM2, p53 pathway related proteins and the ubiquitination of p53 protein were detected by western blot assay. After directed induction of adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation, the degree of differentiation was evaluated by detecting the expression of adipocytes and osteoblasts marker proteins using western blot assay. Nur77 small interfering RNA (siRNA) was transfected into bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells treated with 10 mg/mL Eucommia ulmoides Oliver aqueous extract. Cell proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation were detected. Finally, after knocking down Nur77, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were treated with p53 inhibitor (Pifithrin-α), and the changes of cell proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation were detected to clarify the mechanism.  
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The Eucommia ulmoides Oliver aqueous extract promoted the proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, inhibited cell apoptosis and adipogenic differentiation. (2) Eucommia ulmoides Oliver aqueous extract upregulated Nur77 and MDM2 protein expression and promoted p53 ubiquitination. Knockdown of Nur77 inhibited MDM2 protein expression and p53 protein ubiquitination, promoted p53 protein expression, and further inhibited bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation. (3) Pifithrin-α reversed the effects of Nur77 siRNA, promoted bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation, and inhibited cell apoptosis and adipogenic differentiation. (4) It is concluded that the Eucommia ulmoides Oliver aqueous extract promotes bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation via the Nur77/MDM2/p53 pathway, which provides a theoretical reference for the research of Eucommia ulmoides Oliver in bone-related disease.

Key words: bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell, Eucommia ulmoides Oliver, aqueous extract, osteoblastic differentiation, Nur77, MDM2, p53, pathway, ubiquitination

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