Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (43): 6424-6430.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.43.006

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Correlation of bioactive glass ceramic coating and Hedgehog signaling pathway in osteogenesis

Ni Wei-dong1, Fang Long-yun2
  

  1. 1Yanbian University College of Medicine, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China; 2Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Yanbian Hospital of Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
  • Received:2016-09-08 Online:2016-10-21 Published:2016-10-21
  • Contact: Fang Long-yun, M.D., Associate chief physician, Master’s supervisor, Department of Orthopaedics, Affiliated Yanbian Hospital of Yanbian University, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
  • About author:Ni Wei-dong, Studying for master’s degree, Yanbian University College of Medicine, Yanji 133002, Jilin Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81260279

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Bioactive glass ceramics (BGC) has been successfully applied as titanium alloy coating in the clinic. However, the correlation between Hedgehog signaling pathway and BGC coating in osteogenesis has not yet been reported.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the correlation of Hedgehog signaling pathways and BGC coating in osteogenesis.
METHODS: The BGC coating was prepared and observed by scanning and transmission electron microscopes. Primary cultured rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were incubated onto the BGC coating. The expressions of bone morphogenetic protein 2 and Gliloma-association oncogene homoglog in the Hedgehog signaling pathway were detected using fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR, western blot assay, and immunofluorescence staining, and the cell migration ability was observed.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Electron microscopes showed that there were no cracks on the smooth BGC coating that had the dense mesoporous structure, and the coating thickness was 350 nm. The mRNA and protein expressions of bone morphogenetic protein 2 and Gliloma-association oncogene homoglog in the BGC group were significantly higher than those in the control group; and the expresssed bone morphogenetic protein 2 and Gliloma-association oncogene homoglog proteins interacted with each other in the process of osteogenesis. The cell migration ability in the BGC group was obviously enhanced compared with the control group. These results indicate that the BGC coating increases the expression of Gliloma-association oncogene homoglog, then further activates the Hedgehog signaling pathway, and finally accelerates the osteoblast proliferation in combination with bone morphogenetic protein 2.

Key words: Bone Marrow, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Osteoblasts, Tissue Engineering

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