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Lactoferrin Mediates Enhanced Osteogenesis of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells: Innovative Molecular and Cellular Therapy for Bone Repair.

Chang Y., Ping A., Chang C., Betz VM., Cai L., Ren B.

Laboratory Study, published in Int J Mol Sci (2023) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Laboratory Study
Journal
Int J Mol Sci (2023)
Country
Switzerland
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
36675267
PMCID
PMC9864243
DOI
10.3390/ijms24021749
Citations
15

Abstract (original English)

A prospective source of stem cells for bone tissue engineering is adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs), and BMP-2 has been proven to be highly effective in promoting the osteogenic differentiation of stem cells. Rarely has research been conducted on the impact of lactoferrin (LF) on ADSCs' osteogenic differentiation. As such, in this study, we examined the effects of LF and BMP-2 to assess the ability of LF to stimulate ADSCs' osteogenic differentiation. The osteogenic medium was supplemented with the LF at the following concentrations to culture ADSCs: 0, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 500 μg/mL. The Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay was used to measure the proliferation of ADSCs. Calcium deposition, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) staining, real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), and an ALP activity assay were used to establish osteogenic differentiation. RNA sequencing analysis was carried out to investigate the mechanism of LF boosting the osteogenic development of ADSCs. In the concentration range of 0-100 μg/mL, LF concentration-dependently increased the proliferative vitality and osteogenic differentiation of ADSCs. At a dose of 500 μg/mL, LF sped up and enhanced differentiation, but inhibited ADSCs from proliferating. LF (100 and 500 μg/mL) produced more substantial osteoinductive effects than BMP-2. The PI3 kinase/AKT (PI3K/AKT) and IGF-R1 signaling pathways were significantly ac

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OsteogenesisAdipose TissueLactoferrinProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProspective StudiesCells, CulturedStem CellsCell Differentiation

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