Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 33, Issue 33, Pages 8395-8405Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2012.08.019
Keywords
Mesenchymal stem cells; Delayed loading; Chondrogenesis; Alginate; Transforming growth factor
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30900286, 30900287, 81030034]
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Mechanical stimuli play important roles in regulating chondrogenic differentiation, but seldom studies have focused on when and how mechanical stimuli should be initiated. We have previously shown that Col2 alpha 1 mRNA was increased by delayed dynamic compressive stress initiated at the 8th day of chondrogenic culture. The current work is to further study the possibility of using delayed mechanical stress to relay chondrogenesis initiated by exogenous TGF-beta 1. Mechanical stimulation was delivered from day 8 to day 14 of chondrogenic culture. It showed that delayed compressive stress not only stimulated gene expression and protein synthesis of chondrocyte-specific markers, but also stimulated the endogenous TGF-beta 1 gene transcription, protein expression and the subsequent activation even when exogenous TGF-beta 1 was discontinued. Furthermore, mechanical stress also promoted protein phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of Smad2/3, the TGF-beta 1 downstream effectors. Inhibition TGF-beta with SB431542 significantly affected the stress-induced chondrogenic gene expression. In addition, phosphorylated-p38 and RhoB were upregulated by delayed loading in a TGF-beta-related manner. Phosphorylated-ERK1/2 and Wnt7a were also increased, but in a TGF-beta-independent way. It indicates that delayed compressive stress can be used as an effective substitute for TGF-I31 supplement in inducing chondrogenic differentiation. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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