Platelet-derived growth factor-BB(PDGF-BB)/platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β(PDGFR-β)pathway is conventionally considered as an important pathway to promote osteogenesis;however,recent study suggested its ro...Platelet-derived growth factor-BB(PDGF-BB)/platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β(PDGFR-β)pathway is conventionally considered as an important pathway to promote osteogenesis;however,recent study suggested its role during osteogenesis to be controversial.Regarding the differential functions of this pathway during 3 stages of bone healing,we hypothesized that temporal inhibition of PDGF-BB/PDGFR-βpathway could shift the proliferation/differentiation balance of skeletal stem and progenitor cells,toward osteogenic lineage,which leads to improved bone regeneration.We first validated that inhibition of PDGFR-βat late stage of osteogenic induction effectively enhanced differentiation toward osteoblasts.This effect was also replicated invivo by showing accelerated bone formation when block PDGFR-βpathway at late stage of critical bone defect healing mediated using biomaterials.Further,we found that such PDGFR-βinhibitor-initiated bone healing was also effective in the absence of scaffold implantation when administrated intraperitoneally.Mechanistically,timely inhibition of PDGFR-βblocked extracellular regulated protein kinase 1/2 pathway,which shift proliferation/differentiation balance of skeletal stem and progenitor cell to osteogenic lineage by upregulating osteogenesis-related products of Smad to induce osteogenesis.This study offered updated understanding of the use of PDGFR-βpathway and provides new insight routes of action and novel therapeutic methods in the field of bone repair.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Projects(2018YFC1105400)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81872173,82072959,and 31870959)+1 种基金the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation(GF22H068757)the Zhejiang Undergraduate Talent Project(2021R401214).
文摘Platelet-derived growth factor-BB(PDGF-BB)/platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β(PDGFR-β)pathway is conventionally considered as an important pathway to promote osteogenesis;however,recent study suggested its role during osteogenesis to be controversial.Regarding the differential functions of this pathway during 3 stages of bone healing,we hypothesized that temporal inhibition of PDGF-BB/PDGFR-βpathway could shift the proliferation/differentiation balance of skeletal stem and progenitor cells,toward osteogenic lineage,which leads to improved bone regeneration.We first validated that inhibition of PDGFR-βat late stage of osteogenic induction effectively enhanced differentiation toward osteoblasts.This effect was also replicated invivo by showing accelerated bone formation when block PDGFR-βpathway at late stage of critical bone defect healing mediated using biomaterials.Further,we found that such PDGFR-βinhibitor-initiated bone healing was also effective in the absence of scaffold implantation when administrated intraperitoneally.Mechanistically,timely inhibition of PDGFR-βblocked extracellular regulated protein kinase 1/2 pathway,which shift proliferation/differentiation balance of skeletal stem and progenitor cell to osteogenic lineage by upregulating osteogenesis-related products of Smad to induce osteogenesis.This study offered updated understanding of the use of PDGFR-βpathway and provides new insight routes of action and novel therapeutic methods in the field of bone repair.