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Expression of Pcp4 gene during osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in vitro

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In this study, we established an in vitro model of osteogenic-inductive differentiation of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) to determine the mechanisms and relative gene function underlying BMSCs osteogenesis. Osteoplastic differentiation of the third generation BMSCs was induced with the α-minimal essential medium containing β-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, l-ascorbic acid, dexamethasone and 1,25–2(OH)2 vitamin D3 prior to applying gene chip technology (also called microarray technology) for global gene expression screening. Real-time quantitative PCR (Real-time PCR) was used to determine the temporal profile of mRNA expression of regulated genes during osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs. A bioinformatic analysis was utilized to determine the functional significance of the identified osteogenic-related genes. Purkinje cell protein 4 (Pcp4) mRNA expression was identified by the gene chip screening as being up-regulated during osteoplastic differentiation of BMSCs. Real-time PCR analysis confirmed the increased expression of Pcp4 mRNA expression during osteoplastic differentiation of BMSCs with an upward trend that peaked at day 14. The bioinformatic analysis identified Pcp4 as a gene involved in the deposition of calcium and the modulation of CaM-dependent protein kinase. Thus, we hypothesize that Pcp4 osteoplastic differentiation of BMSCs is mediated in part via Pcp4-induced calcium deposition to form mineral nodules and modulation of certain signal transduction pathways of BMPs.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Miss Xiaoyu Li for excellent technical support. This work was supported by the Chinese National Natural Science Foundation (30100210, 30572051) and the Outstanding Young Academic Leaders Foundation of Sichuan Province (06ZQ026–008).

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    Jingang Xiao, Yunfeng Lin & Lei Liu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Chengdu, 610044, P.R. China

    Jingang Xiao, Yao Wu, Ling Wu & Weidong Tian

  3. Tianjin First People’s Hospital, Tianjin, 300192, P.R. China

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Xiao, J., Wu, Y., Chen, R. et al. Expression of Pcp4 gene during osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in vitro. Mol Cell Biochem 309, 143–150 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11010-007-9652-x

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