Iizumi Ryoya, Honda Michiyo
Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University, 1-1-1 Higashimita, Tama-ku, Kawasaki 214-8571, Kanagawa, Japan.
Biomimetics (Basel). 2022 Dec 3;7(4):224. doi: 10.3390/biomimetics7040224.
The periodontal ligament is a collagenous tissue that is important for maintaining the homeostasis of cementum and alveolar bone. In tendon cells, Wnt/β-catenin signaling has been reported to regulate the expression level of () and () gene and maintain the tissue homeostasis, while its role in the periodontal ligament is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Wnt/β-catenin signaling induced by Wnt-3a stimulation on the inhibition of osteogenic differentiation of human periodontal ligament fibroblasts (HPLFs). During osteogenic differentiation of HPLFs, they formed bone nodules independently of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity. After stimulation of Wnt-3a, the expression of β-catenin increased, and nuclear translocation of β-catenin was observed. These data indicate that Wnt-3a activated Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Furthermore, the stimulation of Wnt-3a inhibited the bone nodule formation and suppressed the expression of osteogenic differentiation-related genes such as , and , and upregulated the gene expression of and (). may be involved in the suppression of osteogenic differentiation in HPLFs. In conclusion, Wnt/β-catenin signaling may be an important signaling pathway that inhibits the osteogenic differentiation in HPLFs by the upregulation of gene expression and downregulation of osteogenic differentiation-related genes.
牙周韧带是一种胶原组织,对维持牙骨质和牙槽骨的稳态很重要。在肌腱细胞中,据报道Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号通路可调节()和()基因的表达水平并维持组织稳态,但其在牙周韧带中的作用尚不清楚。本研究的目的是探讨Wnt-3a刺激诱导的Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号通路对人牙周膜成纤维细胞(HPLFs)成骨分化抑制的影响。在HPLFs的成骨分化过程中,它们独立于碱性磷酸酶(ALP)活性形成骨结节。Wnt-3a刺激后,β-连环蛋白的表达增加,并观察到β-连环蛋白的核转位。这些数据表明Wnt-3a激活了Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号通路。此外,Wnt-3a刺激抑制了骨结节的形成,抑制了成骨分化相关基因如()、()和()的表达,并上调了()和()的基因表达。()可能参与了对HPLFs成骨分化的抑制。总之,Wnt/β-连环蛋白信号通路可能是一条重要的信号通路,通过上调()基因表达和下调成骨分化相关基因来抑制HPLFs的成骨分化。
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