PMID- 25673773 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160318 LR - 20200930 IS - 1522-1563 (Electronic) IS - 0363-6143 (Linking) VI - 308 IP - 9 DP - 2015 May 1 TI - Suppression of discoidin domain receptor 1 expression enhances the chondrogenesis of adipose-derived stem cells. PG - C685-96 LID - 10.1152/ajpcell.00398.2014 [doi] AB - Effectively directing the chondrogenesis of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) to engineer articular cartilage represents an important challenge in ADSC-based articular cartilage tissue engineering. The discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) has been shown to affect cartilage homeostasis; however, little is known about the roles of DDR1 in ADSC chondrogenesis. In this study, we used the three-dimensional culture pellet culture model system with chondrogenic induction to investigate the roles of DDR1 in the chondrogenic differentiation of human ADSCs (hADSCs). Real-time polymerase chain reaction and Western blot were used to detect the expression of DDRs and chondrogenic genes. Sulfated glycosaminoglycan (sGAG) was detected by Alcian blue and dimethylmethylene blue (DMMB) assays. Terminal deoxy-nucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining was used to assess cell death. During the chondrogenesis of hADSCs, the expression of DDR1 but not DDR2 was significantly elevated. The depletion of DDR1 expression in hADSCs using short hairpin RNA increased the expression of chondrogenic genes (SOX-9, collagen type II, and aggrecan) and cartilaginous matrix deposition (collagen type II and sGAG) and only slightly increased cell death (2-8%). DDR1 overexpression in hADSCs decreased the expression of chondrogenic genes (SOX-9, collagen type II, and aggrecan) and sGAG and enhanced hADSC survival. Moreover, DDR1-depleted hADSCs showed decreased expression of the terminal differentiation genes runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2) and matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP-13). These results suggest that DDR1 suppression may enhance ADSC chondrogenesis by enhancing the expression of chondrogenic genes and cartilaginous matrix deposition. We proposed that the suppression of DDR1 in ADSCs may be a candidate strategy of genetic modification to optimize ADSC-based articular cartilage tissue engineering. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 the American Physiological Society. FAU - Wu, Shun-Cheng AU - Wu SC AD - Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Orthopaedic Research Center, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; FAU - Hsiao, Hsu-Feng AU - Hsiao HF AD - Department of Family Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan, Taiwan; FAU - Ho, Mei-Ling AU - Ho ML AD - Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Orthopaedic Research Center, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; FAU - Hung, Yung-Li AU - Hung YL AD - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; FAU - Chang, Je-Ken AU - Chang JK AD - Orthopaedic Research Center, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Orthopedics, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Orthopedics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Orthopedics, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; FAU - Wang, Gwo-Jaw AU - Wang GJ AD - Orthopaedic Research Center, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Medical Device Innovation Center, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan; and Skeleton-Joint Research Center, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. FAU - Wang, Chau-Zen AU - Wang CZ AD - Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Orthopaedic Research Center, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; czwang@kmu.edu.tw. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150211 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Cell physiology JID - 100901225 RN - 0 (ACAN protein, human) RN - 0 (Aggrecans) RN - 0 (Collagen Type II) RN - 0 (Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit) RN - 0 (Glycosaminoglycans) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RUNX2 protein, human) RN - 0 (SOX9 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (SOX9 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (DDR1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Discoidin Domain Receptor 1) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (MMP13 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinase 13) SB - IM MH - Aggrecans/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Survival MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chondrocytes/*metabolism MH - *Chondrogenesis MH - Collagen Type II/genetics/metabolism MH - Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit/genetics/metabolism MH - Discoidin Domain Receptor 1 MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Glycosaminoglycans/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 13/genetics/metabolism MH - Phenotype MH - RNA Interference MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - SOX9 Transcription Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Stem Cells/*metabolism MH - Subcutaneous Fat/cytology/*metabolism MH - Time Factors MH - Transfection OTO - NOTNLM OT - ADSCs OT - DDR1 OT - adipose-derived stem cells OT - articular cartilage tissue engineering OT - chondrogenesis OT - discoidin domain receptor 1 EDAT- 2015/02/13 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/19 06:00 CRDT- 2015/02/13 06:00 PHST- 2014/12/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/02/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/02/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/02/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/19 06:00 [medline] AID - ajpcell.00398.2014 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajpcell.00398.2014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2015 May 1;308(9):C685-96. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00398.2014. Epub 2015 Feb 11.