Vascular calcifying progenitor cells possess bidirectional differentiation potentials.
Vascular calcifying progenitor cells possess bidirectional differentiation potentials.
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1001534
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发表时间:
2013
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影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Kim HS
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作者:
Cho HJ;Cho HJ;Lee HJ;Song MK;Seo JY;Bae YH;Kim JY;Lee HY;Lee W;Koo BK;Oh BH;Park YB;Kim HS
Calcifying progenitor cells in blood vessels have the potential to differentiate into cells that either promote calcium accumulation or reverse accumulation, and treatment with PPAR? can shift the direction of this differentiation. Vascular calcification is an advanced feature of atherosclerosis for which no effective therapy is available. To investigate the modulation or reversal of calcification, we identified calcifying progenitor cells and investigated their calcifying/decalcifying potentials. Cells from the aortas of mice were sorted into four groups using Sca-1 and PDGFRα markers. Sca-1+ (Sca-1+/PDGFRα+ and Sca-1+/PDGFRα−) progenitor cells exhibited greater osteoblastic differentiation potentials than Sca-1− (Sca-1−/PDGFRα+ and Sca-1−/PDGFRα−) progenitor cells. Among Sca-1+ progenitor populations, Sca-1+/PDGFRα− cells possessed bidirectional differentiation potentials towards both osteoblastic and osteoclastic lineages, whereas Sca-1+/PDGFRα+ cells differentiated into an osteoblastic lineage unidirectionally. When treated with a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ (PPARγ) agonist, Sca-1+/PDGFRα− cells preferentially differentiated into osteoclast-like cells. Sca-1+ progenitor cells in the artery originated from the bone marrow (BM) and could be clonally expanded. Vessel-resident BM-derived Sca-1+ calcifying progenitor cells displayed nonhematopoietic, mesenchymal characteristics. To evaluate the modulation of in vivo calcification, we established models of ectopic and atherosclerotic calcification. Computed tomography indicated that Sca-1+ progenitor cells increased the volume and calcium scores of ectopic calcification. However, Sca-1+/PDGFRα− cells treated with a PPARγ agonist decreased bone formation 2-fold compared with untreated cells. Systemic infusion of Sca-1+/PDGFRα− cells into Apoe−/− mice increased the severity of calcified atherosclerotic plaques. However, Sca-1+/PDGFRα− cells in which PPARγ was activated displayed markedly decreased plaque severity. Immunofluorescent staining indicated that Sca-1+/PDGFRα− cells mainly expressed osteocalcin; however, activation of PPARγ triggered receptor activator for nuclear factor-κB (RANK) expression, indicating their bidirectional fate in vivo. These findings suggest that a subtype of BM-derived and vessel-resident progenitor cells offer a therapeutic target for the prevention of vascular calcification and that PPARγ activation may be an option to reverse calcification. Atherosclerosis involves hardening of the arteries and can lead to heart disease. Calcium accumulation in blood vessels contributes to this process, and this process is regulated by cells that promote calcium accumulation (osteoblasts) and cells that reverse the accumulation (osteoclasts). In this study, we show that vascular calcifying progenitor cells in the blood vessel have the potential to become either osteoblasts or osteoclasts, and that a drug can push these cells towards becoming osteoclasts instead of osteoblasts. Progenitor cells that express both Sca-1 and PDGFRα cell surface proteins were more committed to differentiate into osteoblasts, while cells that only expressed Sca-1 could differentiate into osteoblasts or osteoclasts in a bidirectional manner. Moreover, treatment with a PPARγ agonist could shift the direction of differentiation of Sca-1+/PDGFRα− progenitor cells toward osteoclast-like cells, whereas it cannot influence the fates of Sca-1+/PDGFRα+ progenitors. These results offer new therapeutic targets for reversing calcium accumulation in blood vessels.
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