PMID- 33535103 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210510 LR - 20210510 IS - 1090-2104 (Electronic) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 545 DP - 2021 Mar 19 TI - Asarylaldehyde enhances osteogenic differentiation of human periodontal ligament stem cells through the ERK/p38 MAPK signaling pathway. PG - 27-32 LID - S0006-291X(21)00103-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.01.053 [doi] AB - Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease that affects tooth-supporting tissues. Chronic inflammation can progress to periodontitis, which results in loss of alveolar bone. Asarylaldehyde is a potential substance for bone metabolism present in natural compounds. Here, we propose the application of asarylaldehyde in the osteogenic differentiation of human periodontal ligament stem cells (hPDLSCs) to prevent bone loss. We investigated the effect of asarylaldehyde on hPDLSCs together with bone differentiation media in vitro. The osteogenic differentiation effect was observed after treatment of hPDLSCs with several concentrations of asarylaldehyde. After 21 days, osteogenic cells were identified by mineralization. We also observed that asarylaldehyde increased the mRNA expression of osteoblast-specific markers in hPDLSCs. Interestingly, asarylaldehyde regulated the levels of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) transcriptional activity through the p38/extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathway. Notably, asarylaldehyde induced hPDLSCs to promote osteogenic differentiation. These results suggest that asarylaldehyde plays a key role in the osteogenic differentiation of hPDLSCs. Asarylaldehyde may be a good candidate for the application of natural compounds in future in periodontal regeneration. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Hwang, Jin Wook AU - Hwang JW AD - INSERM U935, University Paris Saclay, 94800, Villejuif, France. FAU - Park, Won-Jong AU - Park WJ AD - Department of Oral Pharmacology, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea; Department of Oral and Maxillofaical Surgery, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: wjpark@wku.ac.kr. FAU - Han, Younho AU - Han Y AD - Department of Oral Pharmacology, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: daks262@wku.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210131 PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (Aldehydes) RN - NDU8J2Q00D (asaronaldehyde) SB - IM MH - Aldehydes/administration & dosage/*pharmacology MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects/physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Gene Expression/drug effects MH - Humans MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects MH - Osteogenesis/*drug effects/genetics/physiology MH - Periodontal Ligament/cytology/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Periodontitis/drug therapy/pathology/physiopathology MH - Phytotherapy MH - Regeneration/drug effects/physiology MH - Stem Cells/cytology/*drug effects/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Asarylaldehyde (2,4,5-trimethoxybenzaldehyde) OT - ERK/p38 MAPK signaling OT - Osteogenic differentiation OT - Periodontal ligament stem cells COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2021/02/04 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/11 06:00 CRDT- 2021/02/03 20:06 PHST- 2020/12/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/01/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/03 20:06 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(21)00103-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.01.053 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2021 Mar 19;545:27-32. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.01.053. Epub 2021 Jan 31.