Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (41): 6098-6104.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.41.003

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Stromal cell derived factor-1/chemokine receptor 4 signaling pathway is involved in bone morphogenetic protein 2-induced migration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

Yang Yi1, Yi Lei2, Yeerzhati Hajiaheman1, Telieke Kanzhale1, Jin Ge-le1   

  1. 1Orthopedics Center, 2Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • Revised:2016-08-22 Online:2016-10-07 Published:2016-10-07
  • Contact: Jin Ge-le, M.D., Chief physician, Professor, Orthopedics Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Yang Yi, Master, Attending physician, Orthopedics Center, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China Yi Lei, Master, Physician, Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China Yang Yi and Yi Lei contributed equally to this work.
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81301336

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Stromal cell derived factor-1 (SDF-1)/chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR-4) biological axis plays a chemotactic role in a variety of cells, making it possible to regulate the regeneration of a variety of tissues. Whether the bidogical is involved in bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2)-induced homing of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, however, is still unclear.
OBJECTIVE: To study the role of SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling pathway in BMP-2-induced migration of mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
METHODS: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in logarithmic growth were selected and intervened with SDF-1 (0, 50, 100 and 200 μg/L), BMP-2 (0, 50, 100 and 200 μg/L) and AMD3100 (50 μg/L) to induce cell migration detected by Transwell method.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The migration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells was closely related to SDF-1 and BMP-2, and proportional to the concentration of both SDF-1 and BMP-2. When SDF-1 and BMP-2 were used jointly, the number of migrated cells was increased significantly, and highest number of migrated cells was obtained at 200 μg/L. Moreover, these migrated cells showed a nest-like distribution under microscopy. AMD3100 as an inhibitor markedly suppressed the migration of bone marrow mesencnymal stem cells induced by BMP-2, but the number of migrated cells was likely to increase with the increasing concentration of BMP-2 that exceeded a specific value. Overall, our findings show that SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling pathway is an important pathway in BMP-2-induced migration of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.

 

 

Key words: Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, Receptors, CXCR4, Tissue Engineering

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