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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kuang, Wei
• Zheng, Liwei
• Xu, Xin
• Lin, Yao
• Lin, Jiong
• Wu, Jiahua
• Tan, Jiali

Titel

Dysregulation of the miR-146a-Smad4 axis impairs osteogenesis of bone mesenchymal stem cells under inflammation

Ist Teil von

• Bone research, 2017-11, Vol.5 (4), p.375-383

Ort / Verlag

China: Springer Nature B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Osteoporosis is a common disease that affects patient quality of life, especially among the elderly population. Although inflammation contributes significantly to osteoporosis, the underlying mechanism is unclear. In this study, we found that tumor necrosis factor （TNF）-a, an inflammatory environment mimic, inhibits osteogenesis of bone mesenchymal stem ceils （BMSCs）, induces miR-146a and decreases Smad4. Moreover, overexpression of miR-146a inhibited the osteogenic ability of BMSCs, whereas blocking miR-146a partially rescued the osteogenesis deficiency under TNF-a treatment. Molecularly, miR-146a decreased Smad4 expression at the protein level by binding to an element located in the Smad4 3＇-untranslated region, and restoration of Smad4 reversed the inhibitory effects of miR-146a on osteogenesis. Together, our results showed that the inflammatory environment mimic TNF-ol inhibits osteogenesis via upregulation of miR-146a and subsequent downregulation of Smad4, thus suggesting that therapeutic manipulation of miR-146a maybe a potential strategy to improve osteogenesis in the context of osteoporosis.