X-ray radiation at low doses stimulates differentiation and mineralization of mouse calvarial osteoblasts
X-ray radiation at low doses stimulates differentiation and mineralization of mouse calvarial osteoblasts
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DOI:
10.5483/bmbrep.2012.45.10.101
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发表时间:
2012-10-31
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Lee, Jeong-Chae
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作者:
Park, Soon-Sun;Kim, Kyoung-A;Lee, Jeong-Chae
Radiotherapy is considered to cause detrimental effects on bone tissue eventually increasing bone loss and fracture risk. However, there is a great controversy on the real effects of irradiation itself on osteoblasts, and the mechanisms by which irradiation affect osteoblast differentiation and mineralization are not completely understood. We explored how X-ray radiation influences differentiation aid bone-specific gene expression in mouse calvarial osteoblasts. Irradiation at 2 Gy not only increased differentiation and mineralization of the cells, but also upregulated the expression of alkaline phosphatase, type I collagen, osteopontin, and osteocalcin at early stages of differentiation. However, irradiation at hither doses (>2 Gy) did not stimulate osteoblast differentiation, rather it suppressed DNA synthesis by the cells without a toxic effect. Additional experiments suggested that transforming growth factor-beta 1 and runt-transcription factor 2 play important roles in irradiation- stimulated bone differentiation by acting as upstream regulators of bone-specific markers. [BMB Reports 2012; 45(10): 571-576]