Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2025, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (26): 5680-5687.doi: 10.12307/2025.737

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Role and mechanism of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha regulating bone homeostasis in oral and maxillofacial diseases

Li Zeming1, Zhang Yuntao1, Wang Maolin1, Hou Yudong2   

  1. 1Binzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Binzhou 256600, Shandong Province, China; 2School of Stomatology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264003, Shandong Province, China
  • Received:2024-08-24 Accepted:2024-11-05 Online:2025-09-18 Published:2025-02-28
  • Contact: Hou Yudong, MS, Professor, School of Stomatology, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai 264003, Shandong Province, China
  • About author:Li Zeming, Master’s candidate, Binzhou Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Binzhou 256600, Shandong Province, China

Abstract: BACKGROUND: More and more scholars are investigating the mechanism of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in regulating bone homeostasis and oral and maxillofacial diseases to provide new targets and strategies for the treatment of related disorders, but there is no relevant review.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the regulatory potential of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in a variety of oral and maxillofacial diseases and bone homeostasis with the aim of providing a new research direction for oral and maxillofacial bone tissue engineering.
METHODS: A literature review was conducted in databases such as PubMed, Web of Science and CNKI, for articles Published from 2003 to 2024. The keywords were “hypoxia inducible factor-1α, oral cavity, bone formation, osteoclast, angiogenesis, oxidative stress, tissue engineering, periodontitis, pulpitis, temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis” in Chinese and English. Finally, 84 articles were included for review.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α is essential in promoting bone tissue regeneration, facilitating osteogenic-angiogenic coupling, and mitigating damage from oxidative stress in bone tissue. (2) Increasing levels of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in tissue cells reduces inflammation in periodontitis and promotes periodontal tissue remodeling, pulp regeneration, and involves in joint remodeling after temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis. (3) By stabilizing the level of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in tissue cells, the micronutrient-carrying biomaterial promotes bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to migrate and attach to the bone defect area, coupling angiogenesis and osteogenesis to achieve bone regeneration. (4) How to increase the level of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α in oral and maxillofacial tissues using bioactive materials to achieve bone regeneration at maxillofacial bone defects remains to be investigated.

Key words: hypoxia-inducible factor-1α, osteogenesis, osteoclast, oral disease, angiogenesis and osteogenesis coupling, periodontitis, dental pulp regeneration, bone tissue engineering

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