PMID- 20108254 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100629 LR - 20191210 IS - 1097-4644 (Electronic) IS - 0730-2312 (Linking) VI - 109 IP - 6 DP - 2010 Apr 15 TI - Physcion-8-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside enhances the commitment of mouse mesenchymal progenitors into osteoblasts and their differentiation: Possible involvement of signaling pathways to activate BMP gene expression. PG - 1148-57 LID - 10.1002/jcb.22494 [doi] AB - Here, we show the involvement of signaling pathways to induce the gene expression of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) in the osteogenic activity of physcion-8-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (physcion-Glu); it stimulated osteoblast differentiation in mouse osteoblast MC3T3-E1 subclone 4 cells and induced BMP-2 gene expression and activation of Akt and ERK/MAP kinases. Physcion-Glu-induced BMP-2 expression and mineralization were attenuated by LY294002, an inhibitor of PI3K that lies upstream of Akt and MAP kinases, suggesting that physcion-Glu induces osteoblast differentiation via PI3K-Akt/MAP kinase signaling pathways, which play important roles in inducing BMP-2 gene expression. Physcion-Glu also enhanced BMP-2-induced commitment of mouse bi-potential mesenchymal precursor C2C12 cells into osteoblasts while inducing the transcription of several osteogenic BMP isoforms, such as BMP-2, -4, -7, and -9. Osteogenic synergy between BMP-2 and physcion-Glu was supported by the fact that noggin inhibited BMP-2 and physcion-Glu-induced alkaline phosphatase expression and activity. Considering that physcion-Glu induced Runx2 activity and the nuclear translocation of p-Smad, physcion-Glu could act by enhancing the BMP signaling pathway that induces Smad activation and translocation to activate Runx2. In conclusion, physcion-Glu could enhance the commitment of mesenchymal progenitors into osteoblasts and their differentiation by activating signaling pathways to induce BMP gene expression. FAU - Lee, Su-Ui AU - Lee SU AD - Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Daejeon 305-600, Korea. FAU - Choi, Yeon Hee AU - Choi YH FAU - Kim, Young Sup AU - Kim YS FAU - Park, Sang-Joon AU - Park SJ FAU - Kwak, Han Bok AU - Kwak HB FAU - Min, Yong Ki AU - Min YK FAU - Kim, Hyun-Nam AU - Kim HN FAU - Lim, Kyung-Eun AU - Lim KE FAU - Choi, Je-Yong AU - Choi JY FAU - Rhee, Myungchull AU - Rhee M FAU - Kim, Seong Hwan AU - Kim SH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Cell Biochem JT - Journal of cellular biochemistry JID - 8205768 RN - 0 (Bmp2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2) RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Glucosides) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 31M2U1DVID (2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) RN - H6PT94IV61 (physcione) RN - KA46RNI6HN (Emodin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Emodin/*analogs & derivatives/chemistry MH - Glucosides/*chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*cytology/*drug effects MH - Mice MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Osteoblasts/*cytology MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects EDAT- 2010/01/29 06:00 MHDA- 2010/06/30 06:00 CRDT- 2010/01/29 06:00 PHST- 2010/01/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/01/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/06/30 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/jcb.22494 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Biochem. 2010 Apr 15;109(6):1148-57. doi: 10.1002/jcb.22494.