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2000
Volume 32, Issue 25
  • ISSN: 0929-8673
  • E-ISSN: 1875-533X

Abstract

Background

Steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head (SANFH) is a typical refractory disease that often progresses irreversibly and has a high disability rate. Numerous studies have confirmed that abnormal osteogenic-adipogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) is one of the major factors of SANFH. However, the mechanism remains to be elucidated.

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the mechanism and effect of the IFT80/Hedgehog-mediated osteogenic-adipogenic differentiation of BM-MSCs in SANFH.

Methods

Femoral head specimens of SANFH patients and femoral neck fractures (FNF) patients were collected to detect the expression of IFT80, Shh and osteogenic-adipogenic differentiation-related genes by immunohistochemistry (IHC), western blot (WB) and Reverse Transcription Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-qPCR). Based on the rabbit SANFH model, the mRNA expression and protein level of IFT80 and Shh were detected by RT-qPCR and WB. After the osteogenic/adipogenic differentiation based on rabbit BM-MSCs, the IFT80, Gli1, PPAR-γ, and Runx2 expression were detected. Differences in alkaline phosphodiesterase activity, calcium nodule, quantification/distribution of lipid droplets, expression of IFT80/Hedgehog axis, and the level of osteogenic-adipogenic associated factors were determined after IFT80 overexpression.

Results

RT-qPCR, WB and IHC revealed that IFT80 and Shh lowly expressed in the osteoblasts and intra-trabecular osteocytes at the edge of trabeculae and in the intercellular matrix of the bone marrow lumen in the SANFH specimens. The Runx2 expression was low, while the PPAR-γ expression was high in both human specimens and animal models of SANFH, suggesting that the balance of osteogenic-adipogenic differentiation was dysregulated. Rabbit BM-MSCs with stable overexpression of IFT80 showed increased alkaline phosphatase activity after induction of osteogenic differentiation, increased calcium nodule production, and decreased adipogenesis after induction of adipogenic differentiation.

Conclusion

There is a dysregulation of the balance of osteogenic-adipogenic differentiation in SANFH. IFT80 may inhibit adipogenic differentiation while promoting osteogenic differentiation in rabbit BM-MSCs by activating the Hedgehog pathway.

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The IFT80/Hedgehog Pathway Regulates the Osteogenic-adipogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells
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Keyword(s): bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; calcium nodule; hedgehog pathway; IFT80; osteogenic-adipogenic differentiation; Steroid-induced avascular necrosis of the femoral head

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