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European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences 2018; 22: 4669-4676 Ipriflavone promotes osteogenesis of MSCs derived from osteoporotic rats A.-G. GAO1,2, Y.-C. ZHOU2, Z.-J. HU2, B.-B. LU2 1Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital Of Soochow University, Suzhou, China 2Department of Orthopedics, Wuxi People’s Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi, China Abstract. – OBJECTIVE: To explore whether celerated bone resorption, bone mass decrease, Ipriflavone could prevent postmenopausal oste- microstructure destruction and bone fragility oporosis (PMOP) and improve bone quality via elevation, thus eventually leading to high risk of promoting osteogenesis of bone marrow-de- fracture5. Therefore, PMOP is a serious problem rived mesenchymal stem cell (MSCs). 6 MATERIALS AND METHODS: MSCs were ex- that poses a great challenge in public health . In tracted from rats and identified using flow cy- recent years, hormone replacement therapy and tometry. Osteogenic specific genes and adipo- calcitonin intervention are the main treatments genic specific genes in MSCs were detected by for PMOP7. However, the long-term use of es- quantitative Real-time polymerase chain reac- trogen significantly increases the prevalence of tion (qRT-PCR). The effect of Ipriflavone on os- endometrial cancer and breast cancer8. Besides, teogenesis was detected by CCK-8 (cell count- the long-term use of calcitonin injection is incon- ing kit-8) assay, ALP activity detection, alizarin 3 red staining and Western blot, respectively. Fur- venient and expensive . Currently, Ipriflavone has thermore, ovariectomized PMOP rat model was been well recognized since it could effectively constructed. The effects of Ipriflavone on osteo- prevent PMOP9,10. genesis, BMD and bone biomechanical proper- Ipriflavone is a phytoestrogenic drug derived ties of ovariectomized rats were detected. from isoflavones. However, Ipriflavone has no es- RESULTS: MSCs derived from ovariectomized trogenic effect in the human body11. It has been rats exerted multiple differentiation potentials. shown that Ipriflavone can directly act on the CCK-8 assay indicated that 0.8 μM Ipriflavone 12 were the maximal dose that did not affect MSCs bone and inhibits bone resorption . Meanwhile, proliferation, which was selected for the follow- Ipriflavone stimulates calcitonin release from the ing experiments. In vitro researches demonstrat- thyroid gland, thereby exerting therapeutic ef- ed that Ipriflavone remarkably promoted MSCs fects as estrogen and calcitonin but without their osteogenesis. In vivo results indicated that side effects13. Therefore, Ipriflavone has a promis- BMD, BV/TV, Tb.N and Tb.Th were decreased in ovariectomized rats than those of rats in sh- ing prospect in preventing PMOP. am group. Ipriflavone treatment remarkably pre- In this study, we constructed ovariectomized vented osteoporosis via promoting MSCs osteo- rat model of PMOP to observe the effect of Ipri- genesis in ovariectomized rats. flavone on MSCs differentiation, BMD, and bone CONCLUSIONS: Ipriflavone prevents post- biomechanical properties. Our results provide menopausal osteoporosis, improves bone quali- solid basis for the better application of Ipriflavone ty and protects bone tissue via promoting MSCs in clinical prevention and treatment of PMOP. osteogenesis. Key Words: Ipriflavone, MSCs, Osteogenesis, Osteoporosis. Materials and Methods Isolation and Culture of MSCs Introduction 3-month-old female Sprague Dawley (SD) rats weighing from 280-300 g were obtained Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) is a from the Model Animal Research Center of common disease in postmenopausal women1, Nanjing University. After one-week adaptive which is manifested as ovarian dysfunction2 and feeding, rats were randomly assigned into reduced estrogen secretion3,4. PMOP leads to ac- sham group, ovariectomy group (OVX group) Corresponding Author: Aiguo Gao, MM; e-mail: [email protected] 4669 A.-G. Gao, Y.-C. Zhou, Z.-J. Hu, B.-B. Lu and ovariectomy + Ipriflavone treatment group Lipid Differentiation of MSCs (OVX + Ipriflavone group), with 20 rats in each Third-passage MSCs were seeded in the 6-well group. 8 weeks later, rats were sacrificed with plates at a density of 2.0×104 per well. Lipid differen- dislocation of cervical vertebra. The femur tiation was induced by α-MEM supplemented with and tibia were collected under aseptic condi- 0.5 mmol/L 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), tion, washed with 75% ethanol for 10-30 s and 5 mg/L insulin and 1 μmol/L dexamethasone for 3 D-Hanks solution for 5-8 times. The marrow days. On the 4th day, MSCs were cultured with Dul- cavity was washed with α-MEM (α-Modified becco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) contain- Eagle Medium) containing 10% fetal bovine ing 5 mg/L insulin for a total of 14-21 d. serum (FBS). After centrifugation at 1000 r/ min for 5 min, MSCs were re-suspended inα- RNA Extraction and qRT-PCR MEM and maintained in a 5% CO2 incubator (Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase at 37°C (Gibco, Rockville, MD, USA). MSCs Chain Reaction) were then seeded in 6-well plates at a density of The TRIzol kit (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, 1.0×10 9/L. Half of culture medium was replaced USA) was used to extract the total RNA, fol- 24 h later and total medium was replaced after lowed by reverse transcription into complemen- 48 h. Third-passage MSCs were collected for tary Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (cDNA). QRT- the following studies. All animal experiments PCR was performed to detect the expressions of were approved by The First Affiliated Hospital related genes according to the instructions of 2 of Soochow University Ethics Committee. × SYBR Green PCR MasterMix (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). PCR reaction Ovariectomized PMOP Rat Model was performed as follows: denaturalization at Rats were anesthetized with intraperitoneal in- 95°C for 15 s, extension at 60°C for 15 s and an- jection of 1% pentobarbital sodium (4 mL/kg) and nealing at 72°C for 32 s, for a total of 40 cycles. placed on the surgical table. A midline incision Each experiment was repeated in triplicate. The was cut to expose the abdominal cavity. Bilateral relative gene expression was calculated as 2ΔΔCt. ovariectomy was performed in rats of OVX group Primers used in the study were: ALP, F: 5’-TTC- and OVX + Ipriflavone group. The abdominal CACAACAGGCCACTTACT-3’, R: 5’-GAG- cavity was sutured layer by layer. Rats in sham CATCTCTGCTTGTCTATCTG-3’; Bglap, F: group were only cut with a small piece of adipose 5’-CACTCCTCGCCCTATTGGC-3’, R: 5’-CCCTCCT- tissue near the ovary. All rats recovered well after GCTTGGACACAAAG-3’; RUNX2, F: 5’-TG- the procedures. GTTACTGTCATGGCGGGTA-3’, R: 5’-TCT- CAGATCGTTGAACCTTGCTA-3’; PPARG, F: MSCs Identification 5’-GGGATCAGCTCCGTGGATCT-3’, R: 5’-TG- MSCs identification was performed using flow CACTTTGGTACTCTTGAAGTT-3’; CEBPA, cytometry. In brief, MSCs were resuspended in F:5’- CCGCCTCAGTGATTTAGGGC-3’, R: PBS (phosphate-buffered saline) at a density of 5’-GGGTCTGTAATCTGACTCTGTCC-3’; KLF5, 1.0×10 6/mL. After washing with PBS twice, 500 F: 5’-TCAGTCGTAGACCAGTTCTTCA-3’, R: μL of suspension were incubated with 5 μL of 5’-CTGGGATTTGTAGAGGCCAGT-3’; GAP- CD45 and CD73 at room temperature without DH, F: 5’- ACCCACTCCTCCACCTTTGA-3’, light for 30 min. After PBS washing for three R: 5’-CTGTTGCTGTAGCCAAATTCGT-3’. times, cells were centrifuged and resuspended in 500 μL of PBS, followed by flow cytometric CCK-8 (Cell Counting Kit-8) Assay detection. MSCs treated with different doses of Iprifla- vone were seeded in the 96-well plates at a density Osteogenic Differentiation of MSCs of 1.0×10 4 per well. After culturing for 24 h, 10 μL Third-passage MSCs were seeded in the 6-well of CCK-8 solution (Dojindo, Kumamoto, Japan) plates at a density of 2.0×104 per well. After the were added into each well. The absorbance values cell confluence was up to 70-80%, osteogenic dif- at the wavelength of 450 nm were detected by the ferentiation was induced by α-MEM containing microplate reader (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA). 10 mmol/L sodium β-glycerophosphate, 50 μg/ mL Vitamin C, 10 μmol/L dexamethasone and ALP Activity Detection 100 mL/L FBS. Culture medium was replaced MSCs were seeded in the 6-well plates at a every 3 days for a total of 14-21 d. dose of 1.0×108/L. Each group had 6 replicates. 4670 Ipriflavone promotes osteogenesis of MSCs derived from osteoporotic rats After cell culture with serum-free α-MEM for 24 volume/total volume), Tb.N (trabecular number) h, complete α-MEM supplemented with different and Tb.Th (trabecular thickness). doses of Ipriflavone was added into each well. 72 h later, cells were washed with D-Hanks and in- Statistical Analysis cubated with 1 mL of lysate at 4°C for 30 min. We used Statistical Product and Service Solu- ALP activity was then detected according to the tions (SPSS) 19.0 software (IBM, Armonk, NY, instructions of the commercial kit. USA) for statistical analysis. The quantitative data were represented as mean ± standard devi- Western Blot ation (x–±s). The t-test was used for comparing The total protein of MSCs was extracted by differences between the two groups. p<0.05 was the radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) ly- considered statistically significant. sate (Yeasen, Shanghai, China). The concentra- tion of each protein sample was determined by a BCA (bicinchoninic acid) kit (Abcam, Cam- Results bridge, MA, USA). Briefly, total protein was se- parated by a 12% SDS-PAGE (sodium dodecyl Identification of MSCs Purity and sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis) gel Multiple Differentiation Potential under denaturing conditions and transferred to Elongated MSCs were observed using a micro- PVDF (polyvinylidene difluoride) membranes scope. The typical morphology of MSCs on the 2nd (Merck Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). Mem- and 3rd day were shown in Figure 1A. Third-pas- branes were blocked with 5% skimmed milk sage MSCs were collected for surface antigen for 1 h, followed by the incubation of specific identification.