Abstract
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) plays multiple roles in cell metabolism. We found that lysosome-associated membrane protein type 2A (LAMP2A), a crucial protein of CMA, plays a key role in the control of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) adipo-osteogenesis. We identified a differentially expressed CMA gene (LAMP2) in GEO datasets (GSE4911 and GSE494). Further, we performed co-expression analyses to define the relationships between CMA components genes and other relevant genes including Col1a1, Runx2, Wnt3 and Gsk3β. Mouse BMSCs (mMSCs) exhibiting Lamp2a gene knockdown (LA-KD) and overexpression (LA-OE) were created using an adenovirus system; then we investigated LAMP2A function in vitro by Western blot, Oil Red staining, ALP staining, ARS staining and Immunofluorescence analysis. Next, we used a modified mouse model of tibial fracture to investigate LAMP2A function in vivo. LAMP2A knockdown in mMSCs decreased the levels of osteogenic-specific proteins (COL1A1 and RUNX2) and increased those of the adipogenesis markers PPARγ and C/EBPα; LAMP2A overexpression had the opposite effects. The active-β-catenin and phospho-GSK3β (Ser9) levels were upregulated by LAMP2A overexpression and downregulated by LAMP2A knockdown. In the mouse model of tibial fracture, mMSC-overexpressing LAMP2A improved bone healing, as demonstrated by microcomputed tomography and histological analyses. In summary, LAMP2A positively regulates mMSC osteogenesis and suppresses adipo-osteogenesis, probably via Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3β signaling. LAMP2A promoted fracture-healing in the mouse model of tibial fracture.
Key messages
• LAMP2 positively regulates the mBMSCs osteogenic differentiation.
• LAMP2 negatively regulates the mBMSCs adipogenic differentiation.
• LAMP2 regulates mBMSCs osteogenesis via Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3β signaling pathway.
• LAMP2 overexpression mBMSCs promote the fracture healing.
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Data availability statement
The gene expression databases of mice wildtype and RUNX2 knockout humeri (GSE4911-GPL83), human non-union skeletal fracture samples and normal samples (GSE494-GPL92) were downloaded from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) datasets. The raw expression data of LAMP2, HSPA8, COL1A1, RUNX2, WNT3 and GSK3B genes were downloaded from the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) project (https://portals.broadinstitute.org/ccle), The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project (http://cancergenome.nih.gov/) and the Genotype Tissue Expression (GTEx) project (https://www.gtexportal.org/).
Abbreviations
- BMSCs:
-
bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
- mMSCs:
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mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
- GEO:
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Gene Expression Omnibus
- DEGs:
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differentially expressed genes
- KEGG:
-
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
- GO:
-
Gene Ontology
- BP:
-
biological process
- CCLE:
-
the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia project
- TCGA:
-
The Cancer Genome Atlas project
- GTEx:
-
the Genotype Tissue Expression project
- IHC:
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immunohistochemistry
- ALP:
-
alkaline phosphatase
- ARS:
-
alizarin red staining
- CMA:
-
chaperone-mediated autophagy
- LAMP2A:
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lysosome-associated membrane protein type 2Α
- HSPA8:
-
heat shock protein A8
- COL1A1:
-
collagen type I alpha 1 chain
- RUNX2:
-
runt-related transcription factor 2
- OPN:
-
osteopontin
- PPARγ:
-
peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
- C/EBPα:
-
CCAAT enhancer binding protein alpha
- WNT3:
-
wnt family member 3
- GSK3β:
-
glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
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We thank the clients who have offered assistance to this study from Clinical Research Center of the second affiliated hospital, Zhejiang university, including Xing Zhang, Meirong Yu, Sicong Chen, Liya Lin, Yunlu Chen, et al. We also appreciate the general help of Linlin Zhang and Shoumin Feng from Orthopedics Research Institute of Zhejiang University.
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This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81874007; 82172404) and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Y21H070011).
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XG, DTX and ZJP designed the research; YBW, KH and LY performed the in vitro experiments; YBW, KH, XYW, WJZ, LJL and JWB performed the in vivo experiments; YBW and HK analyzed the data; YBW, KH and XYW wrote the paper; DTX and ZJP revised the paper. All authors have read and approved the manuscript.
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Wang, Y., Hang, K., Ying, L. et al. LAMP2A regulates the balance of mesenchymal stem cell adipo-osteogenesis via the Wnt/β-catenin/GSK3β signaling pathway. J Mol Med 101, 783–799 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109-023-02328-1
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