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EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 417-423Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.4491
Keywords
(-)-epigallocatechin gallate; chlorogenic acid; bone morphogenic protein-4; osteoprotegerin; osteoblast
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- Ministry of Education [19591042]
- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare [H25-Aging-General-004]
- National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan [25-4, 26-12]
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Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is a primary phenolic component of coffee and (-)-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a primary flavonoid component of green tea, both of which have been documented to possess beneficial health properties. A previous study by the present authors demonstrated that p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) may be associated with osteoprotegerin synthesis stimulated by bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4) in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells. In the present study, the effects of CGA and EGCG on BMP-4-stimulated osteoprotegerin synthesis in MC3T3-E1 cells were investigated. It was observed that CGA had no effect on osteoprotegerin release stimulated by BMP-4, whereas EGCG significantly enhanced BMP-4-stimulated osteoprotegerin release (P=0.003). Levels of osteoprotegerin mRNA expression induced by BMP-4 were also significantly increased by EGCG (P=0.03). By contrast, EGCG had no significant effect on phosphorylation of Smadl or p38 MAPK induced by BMP-4. In addition, EGCG had little effect on BMP-induced phosphorylation of p70 S6 kinase; however rapamycin, as an inhibitor of p70 S6 kinase, significantly suppressed osteoprotegerin release (P=0.007). These data suggest that EGCG but not CGA may upregulate the synthesis of osteoprotegerin induced by BMP-4 in osteoblasts.
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