• 1. Kunming Medical University, Kunming Yunnan, 650504, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Orthopedics, Kunming General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region;
XUYongqing, Email: xuyongqingkm@163.net
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Objective To investigate the molecular mechanism of osteoclast differentiation induced by Staphylococcal peptidoglycan (PGN-sa). Methods Raw264.7 cells were stimulated with PGN-sa and with PGN-sa+SC75741[a potent inhibitor of nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) activation] in a concentration of 200 ng/mL. The protein expression of nuclear factor of activated T-cells cytoplasmic 1 (NFATc1) was tested at 0, 1, 2, and 3 days; the proteins related to osteoclast differentiation of extracellular regulated protein kinases (ERK), p38, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), NF-κB, inhibitor of NF-κB (IκB-α), Akt, and the phosphorylation forms of p38, ERK, JNK, Akt, NF-κB were measured at 0, 5, 10, 20, 40, and 60 minutes by Western blot. In addition, Raw264.7 cells were stimulated with PGN-sa in the concentrations of 100 ng/mL (group A), 200 ng/mL (group B), 400 ng/mL (group C), and with PBS (group D) for 1, 2, and 3 days; the expression levels of tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin 1α (IL-1α), and IL-6 were detected by ELISA. Results The results of Western blot showed that the expression of NFATc1 increased gradually with time, showing significant difference between different time points (P<0.05). However, after SC75741 was added, the expression of NFATc1 was inhibited at 2 and 3 days, showing significant difference when compared with no addition of SC75741 (P<0.001). After stimulation of PGN-sa, the expression of IkB-α decreased significantly at 5 and 10 minutes when compared with those at the other time points (P<0.001), and returned to normal at 20 minutes. Meanwhile, the expression of p-NF-κB increased significantly at 5 and 10 minutes when compared with those at the other time points (P<0.001), and returned to normal at 20 minutes; and the expression of p-NF-κB at 5 minutes was significantly higher than that at 10 minutes (P<0.001). After the addition of SC75741, there was no change in the expressions of IκB-α and p-NF-κB, showing no significant difference between different time points P>0.05). Moreover, the expressions of ERK, p38, JNK, NF-κB, Akt, p-p38, p-ERK, p-JNK, and p-Akt showed no significant change between different time points P>0.05). ELISA results showed that there were no expressions of TNF-α and IL-1α in groups A-D at different time points. The expression of IL-6 had an increasing trend with time prolonged in each group, showing significant differences between different time points (P<0.05). Moreover, at 1 day after culture, the expression of IL-6 showed no significant difference among groups P>0.05). At 2 and 3 days after culture, the expression of IL-6 in groups A-C showed an increasing trend and was significantly higher than that in group D, showing significant difference among groups (P<0.05). Conclusion PGN-sa can promote osteoclast differentiation through NF-κB signaling pathway, and IL-6 may play a role in this process.

Citation: REN Lirong, XU Yongqing, WANG Hai, HE Xiaoqing, SONG Muguo, CHEN Xueqiu. STUDY ON MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF OSTEOCLAST DIFFERENTIATION INDUCED BY STAPHYLOCOCCAL PEPTIDOGLYCAN. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2016, 30(10): 1244-1248. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.20160254 Copy

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