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Modulation of Endocannabinoid Tone in Osteoblastic Differentiation of MC3T3-E1 Cells and in Mouse Bone Tissue over Time

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CELLS
卷 10, 期 5, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells10051199

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bone; osteoblasts; endocannabinoids; N-acylethanolamines; MC3T3-E1

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  1. INCIPIT PhD program - COFUND scheme Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions [665403]
  2. Fondazione Umberto Veronesi
  3. Marie Curie Actions (MSCA) [665403] Funding Source: Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)

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Research has shown significant alterations in the endocannabinoid tone during bone cell differentiation and growth processes, affecting metabolic enzymes and endogenous ligands that directly impact bone remodeling. These findings contribute to a better understanding of bone cell physiology and offer potential therapeutic strategies for preventing bone-related metabolic changes throughout the lifespan.
Bone is a highly complex and metabolically active tissue undergoing a continuous remodeling process, which endures throughout life. A complex cell-signaling system that plays role in regulating different physiological processes, including bone remodeling, is the endocannabinoid system (ECS). Bone mass expresses CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptors and enzymatic machinery responsible for the metabolism of their endogenous ligands, endocannabinoids (AEA and 2-AG). Exogenous AEA is reported to increase the early phase of human osteoblast differentiation in vitro. However, regarding this cell context little is known about how endocannabinoids and endocannabinoid-related N-acylethanolamines like PEA and OEA are modulated, in vitro, during cell differentiation and, in vivo, over time up to adulthood. Here we characterized the endocannabinoid tone during the different phases of the osteoblast differentiation process in MC3T3-E1 cells, and we measured endocannabinoid levels in mouse femurs at life cycle stages characterized by highly active bone growth (i.e., of juvenile, young adult, and mature adult bone). Endocannabinoid tone was significantly altered during osteoblast differentiation, with substantial OEA increment, decline in 2-AG and AEA, and consistent modulation of their metabolic enzymes in maturing and mineralized MC3T3-E1 cells. Similarly, in femurs, we found substantial, age-related, decline in 2-AG, OEA, and PEA. These findings can expand existing knowledge underlying physiological bone cell function and contribute to therapeutic strategies for preventing bone-related metabolic changes accruing through lifespan.

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