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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 404, Issue C, Pages 132-140Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2015.01.031
Keywords
Pulsed electromagnetic fields; Primary cilia; RNA interference; Osteoblasts; Differentiation; Mineralization
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- National Natural Sciences Foundation of China [81270963, 81471090]
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Although pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) have been approved as a therapy for osteoporosis, action mechanisms and optimal parameters are elusive. To determine the optimal intensity, exposure effects of 50 Hz PEMPs of 0.6-3.6 mT (0.6 interval at 90 min/day) were investigated on proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of cultured calvarial osteoblasts. All intensity groups stimulated proliferation significantly with the highest effect at 0.6 mT. The 0.6 mT group also obtained the optimal osteogenic effect as demonstrated by the highest ALP activity, ALP(+) CPU-f colony formation, nodule mineralization, and expression of COL-1 and BMP-2. To verify our hypothesis that the primary cilia are the cellular sensors for PEMFs, osteoblasts were also transfected with IFT88 siRNA or scrambled control, and osteogenesis-promoting effects of 0.6 mT PEMFs were found abrogated when primary cilia were inhibited by IFT88 siRNA. Thus primary cilia of osteoblasts play an indispensable role in mediating PEMF osteogenic effect in vitro. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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