PMID- 37866705 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231121 LR - 20231121 IS - 1096-1186 (Electronic) IS - 1043-6618 (Linking) VI - 197 DP - 2023 Nov TI - Penicopeptide A (PPA) from the deep-sea-derived fungus promotes osteoblast-mediated bone formation and alleviates ovariectomy-induced bone loss by activating the AKT/GSK-3beta/beta-catenin signaling pathway. PG - 106968 LID - S1043-6618(23)00324-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106968 [doi] AB - The potential of marine natural products as effective drugs for osteoporosis treatment is an understudied area. In this study, we investigated the ability of lead compounds from deep-sea-derived Penicillium solitum MCCC 3A00215 to promote bone formation in vitro and in vivo. We found that penicopeptide A (PPA) promoted osteoblast mineralization among bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) in a concentration-dependent manner, and thus, we selected this natural peptide for further testing. Our further experiments showed that PPA significantly promoted the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs while inhibiting their adipogenic differentiation and not affecting their chondrogenic differentiation. Mechanistic studies showed that PPA binds directly to the AKT and GSK-3beta and activates phosphorylation of AKT and GSK-3beta, resulting in the accumulation of beta-catenin. We also evaluated the therapeutic potential of PPA in a female mouse model of ovariectomy-induced systemic bone loss. In this model, PPA treatment prevented decreases in bone volume and trabecular thickness. In conclusion, our in vitro and in vivo results demonstrated that PPA could promote osteoblast-related bone formation via the AKT, GSK-3beta, and beta-catenin signaling pathways, indicating the clinical potential of PPA as a candidate compound for osteoporosis prevention. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved. FAU - Xie, Chun-Lan AU - Xie CL AD - Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ and Tissue Regeneration, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China. FAU - Yue, Yu-Ting AU - Yue YT AD - Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ and Tissue Regeneration, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen,China. FAU - Xu, Jing-Ping AU - Xu JP AD - Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ and Tissue Regeneration, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Li, Na AU - Li N AD - Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ and Tissue Regeneration, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Lin, Ting AU - Lin T AD - Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Innovative Drug Target Research, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. FAU - Ji, Guang-Rong AU - Ji GR AD - Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen,China. Electronic address: jiguangrong@sina.cn. FAU - Yang, Xian-Wen AU - Yang XW AD - Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China. Electronic address: yangxianwen@tio.org.cn. FAU - Xu, Ren AU - Xu R AD - Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ and Tissue Regeneration, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China; The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University-ICMRS Collaborating Center for Skeletal Stem Cells, State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China. Electronic address: xuren526@xmu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231020 PL - Netherlands TA - Pharmacol Res JT - Pharmacological research JID - 8907422 RN - 0 (beta Catenin) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) SB - IM MH - Female MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - Humans MH - beta Catenin MH - Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 beta MH - Osteogenesis MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt MH - *Bone Diseases, Metabolic MH - Fungi MH - Osteoblasts MH - Ovariectomy/adverse effects MH - Signal Transduction MH - *Osteoporosis/drug therapy/etiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - (R)-Mevalonolactone (PubChem CID:6419891) OT - (-)-Cyclopenol (PubChem CID: 16681741) OT - (-)-Solitumidines D (PubChem CID: 155552764) OT - 3'-diol orsellinate (PubChem CID: 71501072) OT - AKT/GSK-3beta/beta-catenin OT - Hydroxypropan-2' OT - Indole-3-acetic acid methyl ester (PubChem CID: 74706) OT - Marine natural product OT - Osteoblasts OT - Osteoporosis OT - Penicopeptide A OT - Solitumidine A (PubChem CID: 155529073) OT - Solitumine A (PubChem CID: 155537754) OT - Viridicatin (PubChem CID: 67206) OT - Viridicatol (PubChem CID: 115033) OT - mL-236A (PubChem CID: 173651) 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- 2023/10/23 00:43 MHDA- 2023/11/21 06:42 CRDT- 2023/10/22 19:33 PHST- 2023/07/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/10/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/21 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/23 00:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/22 19:33 [entrez] AID - S1043-6618(23)00324-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106968 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pharmacol Res. 2023 Nov;197:106968. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2023.106968. Epub 2023 Oct 20.