Lanthanum promoting bone formation by regulating osteogenesis,osteoclastogenesis and angiogenesis

With lanthanum(La) in agriculture, medicine, and the chemical industry, La shows accumulation in the body, especially in the bone, because of its similar structure to calcium. Moreover, La has a direct role in bone formation regulating osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Nevertheless, bone formation is complex under the regulation of osteogenesis, osteoclastogenesis, and angiogenesis in the bone microenvironment. It is difficult to comprehensively understand the regulation of bone homeostasis from a single kind of cell.Herein, some bone microenvironment-related cells and mouse calvaria culture models were used to study the regulatory effect of La-based compound-lanthanum nitrate(La(NO_(3))_(3)) on bone formation.La(NO_(3))_(3) has good biological safety, and the osteogenic differentiation is significantly increased under La(NO_(3))_(3) treatment for bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells(BMMSC). In contrast, the differentiation,maturation, and bone erosion ability of osteoclasts are significantly decreased. Meanwhile, the angiogenesis ability of human umbilical vein endothelial cells(HUVEC) is significantly promoted when treated with La(NO_(3))_(3). Furthermore, bone metabolism and angiogenesis are improved under La(NO_(3))_(3) treatment in the calvaria ex vivo culture model and BMMSC-HUVEC co-culture system. These results suggest that La has the beneficial effect of promoting bone metabolism and improving bone formation in the bone microenvironment.

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes reversing the bone formation of bone marrow stromal cells by activating M2 macrophage polarization

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs)are an excellent bone tissue repair material both in vitro and in vivo.The interactions between MWCNTs and single type of cells of bone tissue,including osteoblasts,bone marrow stromal cells(BMSCs)or osteoclasts,have been extensively studied.However,the interactions between MWCNTs with different types of cells in the bone microenvironment remain elusive.Bone microenvironment is a complex system composed of different types of cells,which have interactions between each other.In this work,the effects of MWCNTs on bone microenvironment were firstly studied by culture of MWCNTs with BMSCs,osteoblasts,osteoclasts,macrophages and vascular endothelial cells,respectively.Then,co-culture systems of macrophages-BMSCs,macrophages-calvaria and macrophages-BMSCs-vascular endothelial cells were treated with MWCNTs,respectively.The osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs and osteoblasts was inhibited when these two types of cells were cultured with MWCNTs,respectively.Strikingly,when co-culture MWCNTs with BMSCs and macrophages,the osteogenesis of BMSCs was promoted by inducing the M2 polymerization of macrophages.Meanwhile,MWCNTs promoted the bone formation in the osteolysis model of calvaria ex vivo.In addition,the formation of osteoclasts was inhibited,and angiogenesis was increased when treated with MWCNTs.This study revealed the inconsistent effects of MWCNTs on single type of bone cells and on the bone microenvironment.The results provided basic research data for the application of MWCNTs in bone tissue repair.