Ishige sinicola extract stimulates osteoblast proliferation and differentiation via the bone morphogenetic protein 2/runt-related gene 2 signalling pathway

2019 ◽  
Vol 74 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 167-174
Author(s):  
Mihyang Kim ◽  
Jeong Hyeon Kang ◽  
Geun Hye Oh ◽  
Mi Hwa Park

Abstract Osteoporosis is one of the most common bone diseases, occurring due to an imbalance between bone formation and bone resorption. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Ishige sinicola, a brown alga, on osteoblast differentiation through the activation of the bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2)/runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2) signalling pathway in MC3T3-E1 cells. A cell proliferation assay, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity assay, alizarin red staining, and expression analysis of osteoblastic genes were carried out to assess MC3T3-E1 cell proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation. We found that I. sinicola extract (ISE) increased cell proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. Ishige sinicola extract markedly promoted ALP activity and mineralization. Alizarin red S staining demonstrated that ISE treatment tended to increase extracellular matrix calcium accumulation. Moreover, ISE up-regulated the osteoprotegerin/receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand ratio. Ishige sinicola extract also increased the protein expression levels of type 1 collagen, ALP, osteocalcin, osterix, BMP-2, and Runx2. Therefore, ISE showed potential in stimulating osteoblastic bone formation, and it might be useful for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

Nanoscale ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (45) ◽  
pp. 21953-21963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaowei Xu ◽  
Maolei Sun ◽  
Dandan Wang ◽  
Wenhuan Bu ◽  
Zilin Wang ◽  
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Bone morphogenetic protein-2 plasmid was encapsulated by polyethylenimine-modified porous silica nanoparticles, which promoted osteogenic differentiation and increased calcium deposition with the involvement of autophagy.


2000 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 205-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Engstrand ◽  
Aaron Daluiski ◽  
Matthew E. Bahamonde ◽  
Hakan Melhus ◽  
Karen M. Lyons

2006 ◽  
Vol 282 (7) ◽  
pp. 4983-4993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nandini Ghosh-Choudhury ◽  
Chandi Charan Mandal ◽  
Goutam Ghosh Choudhury

Lovastatin promotes osteoblast differentiation by increasing bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) expression. We demonstrate that lovastatin stimulates tyrosine phosphorylation of the p85 regulatory subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), leading to an increase in its kinase activity in osteoblast cells. Inhibition of PI3K ameliorated expression of the osteogenic markers alkaline phosphatase, type I collagen, osteopontin, and BMP-2. Expression of dominant-negative PI3K and PTEN, an inhibitor of PI3K signaling, significantly attenuated lovastatin-induced transcription of BMP-2. Akt kinase was also activated in a PI3K-dependent manner. However, our data suggest involvement of an additional signaling pathway. Lovastatin-induced Erk1/2 activity contributed to BMP-2 transcription. Inhibition of PI3K abrogated Erk1/2 activity in response to lovastatin, indicating the presence of a signal relay between them. We provide, as a mechanism of this cross-talk, the first evidence that lovastatin stimulates rapid activation of Ras, which associates with and activates PI3K in the plasma membrane, which in turn regulates Akt and Erk1/2 to induce BMP-2 expression for osteoblast differentiation.


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