Arthritis Clinic and Research Centre, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, 100044, China.
Department of Joint Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, Shandong, China.
Tissue Cell. 2021 Oct;72:101555. doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2021.101555. Epub 2021 Apr 30.
Bromodomain 4 (BRD4), an important epigenetic regulator, is involved in many bone-related pathologies via promoting osteoclast formation. However, whether and how it participates in the process of osteoblast formation remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate the potential role of BRD4 in osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). Our experiments revealed that an inhibitor of BRD4, JQ1, attenuated osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs. The recombinant adenoviruses for AdBRD4 and AdsiBRD4 could infect BMSCs with high efficiency. Exogenous BRD4 expression potentiated differentiation, and silencing endogenous BRD4 expression decreased it. In addition, the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway is known to be important for osteogenic differentiation. Our results showed that AdBRD4 increased the expressions of Wnt3a and β-catenin while AdsiBRD4 decreased the expressions. What's more, the recombinant adenovirus for Adsiβ-catenin, which obviously decreased in β-catenin expression, inhibited BRD4-induced osteogenic differentiation. Conclusion: Our data indicates that the epigenetic reader BRD4 participates in the process of BMSC osteogenic differentiation via the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. This finding may pave the way into further understanding the mechanism of BMSC osteogenic differentiation.
溴结构域蛋白 4(BRD4)作为一种重要的表观遗传调节剂,通过促进破骨细胞的形成参与许多与骨骼相关的病理过程。然而,BRD4 是否以及如何参与成骨细胞的形成过程尚不清楚。本研究旨在探讨 BRD4 在骨髓基质细胞(BMSC)成骨分化中的潜在作用。我们的实验表明,BRD4 的抑制剂 JQ1 可减弱 BMSC 的成骨分化。携带 AdBRD4 和 AdsiBRD4 的重组腺病毒可以高效感染 BMSC。外源性 BRD4 表达增强了分化,而沉默内源性 BRD4 表达则减弱了分化。此外,Wnt/β-catenin 信号通路对成骨分化很重要。我们的结果表明,AdBRD4 增加了 Wnt3a 和 β-catenin 的表达,而 AdsiBRD4 则降低了它们的表达。此外,重组腺病毒 Adsiβ-catenin 明显降低了β-catenin 的表达,抑制了 BRD4 诱导的成骨分化。结论:我们的数据表明,表观遗传阅读器 BRD4 通过 Wnt/β-catenin 信号通路参与 BMSC 成骨分化过程。这一发现可能为进一步了解 BMSC 成骨分化的机制铺平道路。