Human dental pulp stem cells(DPSCs)have emerged as an important source of stem cells in the tissue engineering,and hypoxia will change various innate characteristics of DPSCs and then affect dental tissue regeneration...Human dental pulp stem cells(DPSCs)have emerged as an important source of stem cells in the tissue engineering,and hypoxia will change various innate characteristics of DPSCs and then affect dental tissue regeneration.Nevertheless,little is known about the complicated molecular mechanisms.In this study,we aimed to investigate the influence and mechanism of miR-140-3p on DPSCs under hypoxia condition.Hypoxia was induced in DPSCs by Cobalt chloride(CoCl_(2))treatment.The osteo/dentinogenic differentiation capacity of DPSCs was assessed by alkaline phosphatase(ALP)activity,Alizarin Red S staining and main osteo/dentinogenic markers.A luciferase reporter gene assay was performed to verify the downstream target gene of miR-140-3p.This research exhibited that miR-140-3p promoted osteo/dentinogenic differentiation of DPSCs under normoxia environment.Furthermore,miR-140-3p rescued the CoCl_(2)-induced decreased osteo/odontogenic differentiation potentials in DPSCs.Besides,we investigated that miR-140-3p directly targeted lysine methyltransferase 5B(KMT5B).Surprisingly,we found inhibition of KMT5B obviously enhanced osteo/dentinogenic differentiation of DPSCs both under normoxia and hypoxia conditions.In conclusion,our study revealed the role and mechanism of miR-140-3p for regulating osteo/dentinogenic differentiation of DPSCs under hypoxia,and discovered that miR-140-3p and KMT5B might be important targets for DPSC-mediated tooth or bone tissue regeneration.展开更多
基金This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81625005 to Z.P.F.)CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(2019-I2M-5-031 to Z.P.F.)+1 种基金the Program for“Hundred-Thousand-Ten Thousand”Talents in Beijing(2018A16 to Z.P.F.)Beijing Key Laboratory of Tooth Regeneration and Function Reconstruction(KFKT2019012 to L.L).
文摘Human dental pulp stem cells(DPSCs)have emerged as an important source of stem cells in the tissue engineering,and hypoxia will change various innate characteristics of DPSCs and then affect dental tissue regeneration.Nevertheless,little is known about the complicated molecular mechanisms.In this study,we aimed to investigate the influence and mechanism of miR-140-3p on DPSCs under hypoxia condition.Hypoxia was induced in DPSCs by Cobalt chloride(CoCl_(2))treatment.The osteo/dentinogenic differentiation capacity of DPSCs was assessed by alkaline phosphatase(ALP)activity,Alizarin Red S staining and main osteo/dentinogenic markers.A luciferase reporter gene assay was performed to verify the downstream target gene of miR-140-3p.This research exhibited that miR-140-3p promoted osteo/dentinogenic differentiation of DPSCs under normoxia environment.Furthermore,miR-140-3p rescued the CoCl_(2)-induced decreased osteo/odontogenic differentiation potentials in DPSCs.Besides,we investigated that miR-140-3p directly targeted lysine methyltransferase 5B(KMT5B).Surprisingly,we found inhibition of KMT5B obviously enhanced osteo/dentinogenic differentiation of DPSCs both under normoxia and hypoxia conditions.In conclusion,our study revealed the role and mechanism of miR-140-3p for regulating osteo/dentinogenic differentiation of DPSCs under hypoxia,and discovered that miR-140-3p and KMT5B might be important targets for DPSC-mediated tooth or bone tissue regeneration.
