Platelet‐rich plasma promotes the regeneration of cartilage engineered by mesenchymal stem cells and collagen hydrogel via the TGF‐β/SMAD signaling pathway

2019 ◽  
Vol 234 (9) ◽  
pp. 15627-15637 ◽  
Author(s):  
Depeng Fang ◽  
Pan Jin ◽  
Quanxin Huang ◽  
Yuan Yang ◽  
Jinmin Zhao ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 359 (2) ◽  
pp. 537-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liangliang Xu ◽  
Yang Liu ◽  
Yonghui Hou ◽  
Kuixing Wang ◽  
Yinmei Wong ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 297 (4) ◽  
pp. 749-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Li ◽  
Yuecun Zhang ◽  
Xiaoli Zhang ◽  
Jinhao Sun ◽  
Jing Hao

Blood ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 108 (13) ◽  
pp. 4246-4254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrika Blank ◽  
Goran Karlsson ◽  
Jennifer L. Moody ◽  
Taiju Utsugisawa ◽  
Mattias Magnusson ◽  
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Abstract The Smad-signaling pathway downstream of the transforming growth factor–β superfamily of ligands is an evolutionarily conserved signaling circuitry with critical functions in a wide variety of biologic processes. To investigate the role of this pathway in the regulation of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), we have blocked Smad signaling by retroviral gene transfer of the inhibitory Smad7 to murine HSCs. We report here that the self-renewal capacity of HSCs is promoted in vivo upon blocking of the entire Smad pathway, as shown by both primary and secondary bone marrow (BM) transplantations. Importantly, HSCs overexpressing Smad7 have an unperturbed differentiation capacity as evidenced by normal contribution to both lymphoid and myeloid cell lineages, suggesting that the Smad pathway regulates self-renewal independently of differentiation. Moreover, phosphorylation of Smads was inhibited in response to ligand stimulation in BM cells, thus verifying impairment of the Smad-signaling cascade in Smad7-overexpressing cells. Taken together, these data reveal an important and previously unappreciated role for the Smad-signaling pathway in the regulation of self-renewal of HSCs in vivo.


Open Medicine ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 841-849
Author(s):  
Changming Liu ◽  
Mingxiong Sheng ◽  
Liheng Lin ◽  
Huizhang Li ◽  
Shanming Guo ◽  
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AbstractPurposeIn prostate cancer, castration resistance is a factor that frequently leads to death in individuals with this disease. Recent studies have suggested that prostate cancer stem cells (PCSCs) are pivotal regulators in the establishment of castration resistance. The nanog homeobox (NANOG) and the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1/drosophila mothers against decapentaplegic protein (SMAD) signaling pathways are involved in several cancer stem cells but are not involved in PCSCs. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of NANOG on the proliferation of PCSCs regulated by the TGF-β1/SMAD signaling pathway.MethodsIn this study, we used flow cytometry to isolate CD44+/CD133+/NANOG+ PCSCs from DU145 prostate cancer cells. Then we used short hairpin RNA to silence NANOG and observed the biological behavior and the TGF-β1/SMAD signal of PCSCs.ResultsNANOG decreased PCSC proliferation, increased apoptosis, and blocked cell cycling at G0/G1. Furthermore, reduction in the TGF-β1, p15, and p-SMAD2 expression was observed.ConclusionThese findings suggest that NANOG positively regulates the growth of PCSCs through the TGF-β1/SMAD signaling pathway.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Wang ◽  
Shuai Yuan ◽  
Jingjing Sun ◽  
Yuping Gong ◽  
Sirui Liu ◽  
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AbstractThis study aimed to observe the molecular mechanism underlying the effect of tumor necrosis factor–inducible protein 6 (TSG-6) on the bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP-4)/drosophila mothers against decapentaplegic protein(Smad) signaling pathway and mineralization of dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) in inflammatory environment. Normal and TSG-6 gene–modified DPSCs were cultured in a mineralization-inducing fluid containing 0 and 50 ng/mL TNF-α separately. The real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to measure the expression of TSG-6 and odonto/osteogenic differentiation makers at the mRNA level. Western blot analysis and cellular immunofluorescence were used to observe the odonto/osteogenic differentiation of DPSCs and the variation of BMP-4/Smad signaling pathway at the protein level. Moreover, normal and modified DPSCs combined with hydrogel were used for subcutaneous implantation in nude mice. The expression of odonto/osteogenic markers and BMP-4/Smad-related proteins was lower in Ad-TSG-6 DPSCs than in normal DPSCs after mineralization induction, and was higher in TSG-6-RNAi DPSCs than in normal DPSCs after culturing with mineralization-inducing fluid containing 50 ng/mL TNF-α. The subcutaneous transplantation of normal and modified DPSCs combined with hydrogel in nude mice demonstrated that normal DPSCs were formed in the tissue containing collagen. The tissue formed by Ad-TSG-6 DPSCs was highly variable, and the cells were very dense. The expression of odonto/osteogenic markers of Ad-TSG-6 DPSCs were lower in Ad-TSG-6 DPSCs than in normal DPSCs. We can know that TNF-α regulates the expression of TSG-6, thereby inhibiting the BMP-4/Smad signaling pathway and the odonto/osteogenic differentiation ability of DPSCs.


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