Pentraxin 3 promotes the osteoblastic differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells through the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway

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Osteoblast cells are responsible for synthesizing new bone tissue, and determining how to control osteoblastic differentiation is vital to the treatment of osteoporosis. In the present study, we show that pentraxin 3 (PTX3) signaling is involved in the regulation of osteoblastic differentiation in MC3T3-E1 cells. Our data reveal that PTX3 is abundantly expressed in MC3T3-E1 cells and that its expression is inducible by the introduction of osteogenic induction medium (OIM). Overexpression of PTX3 was observed to significantly increase the expression of four osteoblast signature genes, including Runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteocalcin (OCN) and osterix (OSX), suggesting that the overexpression of PTX3 promotes osteoblastic differentiation. The relative level of gene expression between OIM and OIM plus overexpressed PTX3 was evaluated using the Affymetrix Gene Chip® mouse gene microarray. PTX3-related differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened. Gene ontology (GO) functional and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes database (KEGG) pathway enrichment analyses were performed, and the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway was primarily involved in the osteogenic differentiation of PTX3. Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) were also constructed, and the molecular complex detection (MCODE) plugin calculated modules of PPI networks. Moreover, we show that the effect of PTX3 is mediated by its induction of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. Mechanistically, we show that the action of PTX3 requires the activation of PI3K and Akt, and deactivation of PI3K by its inhibitor LY294002 weakens the PTX3-mediated induction of osteoblast signature genes, ALP and matrix mineralization. The present study revealed a new role played by PTX3 and suggest a potential mechanism governing the osteoblastic differentiation of MC3T3-E1 cells.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Bioscience reports - 40(2020), 6 vom: 26. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hui [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xiao-Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yi-Chao [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Tao-Ping [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

104982-03-8
9007-41-4
Alkaline Phosphatase
C-Reactive Protein
Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit
EC 2.7.1.137
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 3.1.3.1
Journal Article
MC3T3-E1 cells
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Neuronal pentraxin
Osteocalcin
Osteogenic differentiation
PI3K/Akt
PTX3
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Runx2 protein, mouse
Sp7 Transcription Factor
Sp7 protein, mouse

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Date Completed 30.03.2021

Date Revised 30.03.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1042/BSR20201165

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310192242