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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032872
Keywords
ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament; RNA-seq; mitochondria; reactive oxygen species; ferritin; osteogenic differentiation; alkaline phosphatase
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This study investigates the pathogenesis of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) by analyzing primary spinal ligament-derived cells (SLDCs) from cervical herniated nucleus pulposus tissue. The results suggest that decreased ferritin levels and increased alkaline phosphatase levels can promote osteogenesis in SLDCs in OPLL. It is proposed that enhancing ferritin levels might alleviate osteogenesis in OPLL.
Primary spinal ligament-derived cells (SLDCs) from cervical herniated nucleus pulposus tissue (control, Ctrl) and ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL) tissue of surgical patients were analyzed for pathogenesis elucidation. Here, we found that decreased levels of ferritin and increased levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), a bone formation marker, provoked osteogenesis in SLDCs in OPLL. SLDCs from the Ctrl and OPLL groups satisfied the definition of mesenchymal stem/stromal cells. RNA sequencing revealed that oxidative phosphorylation and the citric acid cycle pathway were upregulated in the OPLL group. SLDCs in the OPLL group showed increased mitochondrial mass, increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, decreased levels of ROS scavengers including ferritin. ROS and ferritin levels were upregulated and downregulated in a time-dependent manner, and both types of molecules repressed ALP. Osteogenesis was mitigated by apoferritin addition. We propose that enhancing ferritin levels might alleviate osteogenesis in OPLL.
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