Licochalcone A up-regulates of FasL in mesenchymal stem cells to strengthen bone formation and increase bone mass

Sci Rep. 2014 Nov 27:4:7209. doi: 10.1038/srep07209.

Abstract

The role of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs)in the pathogenesis and therapy of osteoporosis has drawn increasing attention in recent years. In the development of osteoporosis, it has been demonstrated that many changes occurred in the behavior of BMSCs. For example, the biological system of FasL pathways mediated differentiation of ERK and GSK-3β-catenin pathway was damaged. Here we found that 0.35 mg/L Licochalcone A (L-A) had a strong effect in increasing the osteogenic differentiation and mineralization of BMSCs both in vivo and in vitro by up-regulating FasL and further playing a role in regulating the ERK and GSK-3β-catenin systems. It has also demonstrated that the administration of L-A could restore the biological function of the damaged BMSCs differentiation by recovering or protecting bone mass in a disease state through activating the endosteal bone formation and partially inhibiting bone resorption in acute estrogen deficiency model. Results of our study suggested that careful titration of MSC was response to L-A and up-regulated FasL pathways mediating differentiation of ERK and GSK-3β-catenin biological systems under disease state in vivo, restore the impaired function, is one of the ways of L-A relieve or treatment osteoporosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone and Bones / drug effects*
  • Bone and Bones / metabolism
  • Cell Differentiation / drug effects
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chalcones / pharmacology*
  • Fas Ligand Protein / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 / metabolism
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta
  • MAP Kinase Signaling System / drug effects
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / drug effects*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / metabolism
  • Osteogenesis / drug effects*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Up-Regulation / drug effects*

Substances

  • Chalcones
  • Fas Ligand Protein
  • Faslg protein, rat
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta
  • Gsk3b protein, rat
  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3
  • licochalcone A