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Natl Sci Rev ; 11(4): nwae035, 2024 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38463933

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Tissue regeneration is a complicated process that relies on the coordinated effort of the nervous, vascular and immune systems. While the nervous system plays a crucial role in tissue regeneration, current tissue engineering approaches mainly focus on restoring the function of injury-related cells, neglecting the guidance provided by nerves. This has led to unsatisfactory therapeutic outcomes. Herein, we propose a new generation of engineered neural constructs from the perspective of neural induction, which offers a versatile platform for promoting multiple tissue regeneration. Specifically, neural constructs consist of inorganic biomaterials and neural stem cells (NSCs), where the inorganic biomaterials endows NSCs with enhanced biological activities including proliferation and neural differentiation. Through animal experiments, we show the effectiveness of neural constructs in repairing central nervous system injuries with function recovery. More importantly, neural constructs also stimulate osteogenesis, angiogenesis and neuromuscular junction formation, thus promoting the regeneration of bone and skeletal muscle, exhibiting its versatile therapeutic performance. These findings suggest that the inorganic-biomaterial/NSC-based neural platform represents a promising avenue for inducing the regeneration and function recovery of varying tissues and organs.

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ACS Appl Bio Mater ; 7(1): 429-442, 2024 01 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38171011

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Hemorrhage and infection after emergency trauma are two main factors that cause deaths. It is of great importance to instantly stop bleeding and proceed with antibacterial treatment for saving lives. However, there is still a huge need and challenge to develop materials with functions of both rapid hemostasis and effective antibacterial therapy. Herein, we propose the fabrication of a composite aerogel mainly consisting of mesoporous bioactive glass (MBG) and graphene oxide (GO) through freeze-drying. This composite aerogel has a three-dimensional porous structure, high absorption, good hydrophilicity, and negative zeta potential. Moreover, it exhibits satisfactory hemostatic activities including low BCI, good hemocompatibility, and activation of intrinsic pathways. When applied to rat liver injury bleeding, it can decrease 60% hemostasis time and 75% blood loss amount compared to medical gauze. On the other hand, the composite aerogel shows excellent photothermal antibacterial capacity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Animal experiments further verify that this composite aerogel can effectively kill bacteria in wound sites via photothermal treatment and promote wound healing. Hence, this MBG-GO composite aerogel makes a great choice for the therapy of emergency trauma with massive hemorrhage and bacterial infection.


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Grafite , Hemostáticos , Ratos , Animais , Hemostáticos/farmacologia , Hemostáticos/uso terapêutico , Hemostasia , Antibacterianos/farmacologia , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Antibacterianos/química , Hemorragia
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Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37394619

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Natural materials and bioprocesses provide abundant inspirations for the design and synthesis of high-performance nanomaterials. In the past several decades, bioinspired nanomaterials have shown great potential in the application of biomedical fields, such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, and cancer therapy, and so on. In this review, three types of bioinspired strategies for biomedical nanomaterials, that is, inspired by the natural structures, biomolecules, and bioprocesses, are mainly introduced. We summarize and discuss the design concepts and synthesis approaches of various bioinspired nanomaterials along with their specific roles in biomedical applications. Additionally, we discuss the challenges for the development of bioinspired biomedical nanomaterials, such as mechanical failure in wet environment, limitation in scale-up fabrication, and lack of deep understanding of biological properties. It is expected that the development and clinical translation of bioinspired biomedical nanomaterials will be further promoted under the cooperation of interdisciplinary subjects in future. This article is categorized under: Implantable Materials and Surgical Technologies > Nanomaterials and Implants Therapeutic Approaches and Drug Discovery > Emerging Technologies.


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Nanoestruturas , Humanos , Nanoestruturas/química , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos , Engenharia Tecidual
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Nat Commun ; 14(1): 8333, 2023 Dec 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38097556

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Cytoglobin is a heme protein with unresolved physiological function. Genetic deletion of zebrafish cytoglobin (cygb2) causes developmental defects in left-right cardiac determination, which in humans is associated with defects in ciliary function and low airway epithelial nitric oxide production. Here we show that Cygb2 co-localizes with cilia and with the nitric oxide synthase Nos2b in the zebrafish Kupffer's vesicle, and that cilia structure and function are disrupted in cygb2 mutants. Abnormal ciliary function and organ laterality defects are phenocopied by depletion of nos2b and of gucy1a, the soluble guanylate cyclase homolog in fish. The defects are rescued by exposing cygb2 mutant embryos to a nitric oxide donor or a soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, or with over-expression of nos2b. Cytoglobin knockout mice also show impaired airway epithelial cilia structure and reduced nitric oxide levels. Altogether, our data suggest that cytoglobin is a positive regulator of a signaling axis composed of nitric oxide synthase-soluble guanylate cyclase-cyclic GMP that is necessary for normal cilia motility and left-right patterning.


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Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra , Peixe-Zebra , Animais , Humanos , Camundongos , Peixe-Zebra/genética , Peixe-Zebra/metabolismo , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/genética , Proteínas de Peixe-Zebra/metabolismo , Citoglobina/genética , Padronização Corporal/genética , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Guanilil Ciclase Solúvel/genética , Guanilil Ciclase Solúvel/metabolismo , Cílios/metabolismo , Óxido Nítrico Sintase/metabolismo
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J Orthop Surg Res ; 18(1): 552, 2023 Jul 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37525208

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CONTEXT: Naru 3 pill is a traditional Mongolian medicine for the treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD), but the mechanism is not yet clear. OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the mechanism of Naru 3 pill in the treatment of IDD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Active ingredients and related targets of Naru 3 pill, as well as IDD-related genes, were collected from public databases. The analysis was performed by protein‒protein interaction network analysis, gene ontology and Kyoto Gene and Genome Encyclopedia (KEGG) functional enrichment analysis, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations. Finally, the network pharmacology results were validated by in vitro experiments. RESULTS: Network analysis showed that sesamin, piperine and ellagic acid were potential key components and CASP3, BAX and BCL2 were key targets. KEGG analysis indicated the apoptotic pathway as a potential pathway. Molecular docking showed that sesamin interacted better with the targets than the other components. The results of molecular dynamics simulations indicated that the three systems BAX-sesamin, BCL2-sesamin and CASP3-sesamin were stable and reasonable during the simulation. In vitro experiments showed that sesamin had the least effect on cell growth and the most pronounced proliferation-promoting effect, and so sesamin was considered the key component. The experiments confirmed that sesamin had antiapoptotic effects and reversed the expression of CASP3, BAX and BCL2 in degeneration models, which was consistent with the network pharmacology results. Furthermore, sesamin alleviated extracellular matrix (ECM) degeneration and promoted cell proliferation in the IDD model. CONCLUSION: The present study suggested that Naru 3 pill might exert its therapeutic and antiapoptotic effects on IDD by delaying ECM degradation and promoting cell proliferation, which provides a new strategy for the treatment of IDD.


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Degeneração do Disco Intervertebral , Disco Intervertebral , Humanos , Caspase 3 , Degeneração do Disco Intervertebral/tratamento farmacológico , Simulação de Acoplamento Molecular , Farmacologia em Rede , Proteína X Associada a bcl-2 , Cartilagem
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Regen Biomater ; 10: rbad032, 2023.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37081861

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Tissue engineering strategy that combine biomaterials with living cells has shown special advantages in tissue regeneration and promoted the development of regenerative medicine. In particular, the rising of 3D printing technology further enriched the structural design and composition of tissue engineering scaffolds, which also provided convenience for cell loading and cell delivery of living cells. In this review, two types of cell-delivery scaffolds for tissue regeneration, including 3D printed scaffolds with subsequent cell-seeding and 3D cells bioprinted scaffolds, are mainly reviewed. We devote a major part to present and discuss the recent advances of two 3D printed cell-delivery scaffolds in regeneration of various tissues, involving bone, cartilage, skin tissues etc. Although two types of 3D printed cell-delivery scaffolds have some shortcomings, they do have generally facilitated the exploration of tissue engineering scaffolds in multiple tissue regeneration. It is expected that 3D printed cell-delivery scaffolds will be further explored in function mechanism of seeding cells in vivo, precise mimicking of complex tissues and even organ reconstruction under the cooperation of multiple fields in future.

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Adv Sci (Weinh) ; 10(21): e2301309, 2023 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37119499

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Tendon-to-bone interface has a hierarchical structure and gradient component that are conducive to distributing the stresses to achieve movement. Conventional biomaterials lack the capacity to induce synchronous repair of multiple tissues, resulting in the failure of the interface repair. Biomimetic strategies have attracted enormous attention in the field of complex structure regeneration because they can meet the different physiological requirements of multiple tissues. Herein, a biomimetic ink mimicking tendon/bone tissues is developed by combining tendon/bone-related cells and Mo-containing silicate (MS) bioceramics. Subsequently, biomimetic multicellular scaffolds are fabricated to achieve the simulation of the hierarchical structure and cellular composition of tendon-to-bone interfaces by the spatial distribution of the biomimetic inks via 3D bioprinting, which is of great significance for inducing the regeneration of complex structures in the interface region. In addition, attributed to the desirable ionic microenvironment created by MS bioceramics, the biomimetic scaffolds possess the dual function of inducing tendon/bone-related cells tenogenic and osteogenic differentiation in vitro, and promote the integrated regeneration of tendon-to-bone interfaces in vivo. The study offers a feasible strategy to construct biomimetic multicellular scaffolds with bifunction for inducing multi-lineage tissue regeneration, especially for regenerating soft-to-hard tissue interfaces.


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Bioimpressão , Alicerces Teciduais , Alicerces Teciduais/química , Engenharia Tecidual/métodos , Osteogênese , Tinta , Biomimética , Regeneração Óssea , Tendões
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Regen Biomater ; 9: rbac055, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36072263

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For the research of biomaterials in bone tissue engineering, it is still a challenge to fabricate bioceramics that overcome brittleness while maintaining the great biological performance. Here, inspired by the toughness of natural materials with hierarchical laminated structure, we presented a directional assembly-sintering approach to fabricate laminated MXene/calcium silicate-based (L-M/CS) bioceramics. Benefiting from the orderly laminated structure, the L-M/CS bioceramics exhibited significantly enhanced toughness (2.23 MPa·m1/2) and high flexural strength (145 MPa), which were close to the mechanical properties of cortical bone. Furthermore, the L-M/CS bioceramics possessed more suitable degradability than traditional CaSiO3 bioceramics due to the newly formed CaTiSiO5 after sintering. Moreover, the L-M/CS bioceramics showed good biocompatibility and could stimulate the expression of osteogenesis-related genes. The mechanism of promoting osteogenic differentiation had been shown to be related to the Wnt signaling pathway. This work not only fabricated calcium silicate-based bioceramics with excellent mechanical and biological properties for bone tissue engineering but also provided a strategy for the combination of bionics and bioceramics.

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Methods Mol Biol ; 2498: 387-396, 2022.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35727559

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Western blots are employed to detect and characterize amounts of proteins in biological samples. Quantifications are traditionally carried out through data normalization by housekeeping protein method. This approach does not account for variations not intrinsically dependent on the sample such as different experimental conditions and type of samples. Zebrafish researchers often face the challenge of comparing embryos at different developmental stages or from different strains. Housekeeping protein amount can change in these conditions therefore adding an unwanted quantification error. Here we describe the method to analyze mutant zebrafish embryos at different stages by western blot using the Stain-Free technology for normalization. We present Globin X quantification at 2 and 5 days postfertilization in wild type and in the bloodless Vlad Tepes (vlt) zebrafish mutant that lack red blood cells.


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Corantes , Peixe-Zebra , Animais , Western Blotting , Corantes/metabolismo , Embrião não Mamífero/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Peixe-Zebra/genética
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Adv Healthc Mater ; 11(14): e2200287, 2022 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35488775

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The construction of hierarchical porous structure in biomaterials is of great significance for improving nutrient transport and biological performance. However, it is still challenging to design porous bone substitutes with high strength and biological properties, which limits their clinical applications in load-bearing bone regeneration. Herein, based on hierarchical porous structure of renewable bamboo, the mineralized calcium phosphate/bamboo composite scaffolds with high strength and excellent transport performance are successfully prepared in combination of biotemplated approach and biomimetic mineralization. The mineralized biomaterials have simultaneously achieved high mechanical strength and low modulus, similar to those of cortical bone. Furthermore, the mineralized biomaterials exhibit good liquid transport capacity and can transport cells along anti-gravity direction. Based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations, the mineralized calcium phosphate reveals the optimal H2 O adsorption energy (-0.651 eV) and low diffusion energy barrier (0.743 eV), which is conducive to enhance hydrophilicity and liquid transport performance. Moreover, owing to the synergistic effect of the porous structure of biotemplate and bioactive mineralized components, the mineralized biomaterials possess enhanced bone integration and osteoconduction properties. The present study shed light on deeper understanding of mineralized biosourced materials, offering a strategy of combining green chemistry with tissue engineering to prepare eco-friendly biomaterials.


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Materiais Biocompatíveis , Materiais Biomiméticos , Substitutos Ósseos , Osso e Ossos , Sasa , Materiais Biocompatíveis/química , Materiais Biomiméticos/química , Fosfatos de Cálcio/química , Sasa/química , Engenharia Tecidual
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Biofabrication ; 14(3)2022 04 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35417888

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Bioceramics are widely used in bone tissue repair and regeneration due to their desirable biocompatibility and bioactivity. However, the brittleness of bioceramics results in difficulty of surgical operation, which greatly limits their clinical applications. The spicules of the marine spongeEuplectella aspergillum(Ea) possess high flexibility and fracture toughness resulting from concentric layered silica glued by a thin organic layer. Inspired by the unique properties of sponge spicules, flexible bioceramic-based scaffolds with spicule-like concentric layered biomimetic microstructures were constructed by combining two-dimensional (2D) bioceramics and 3D printing. 2D bioceramics could be assembled and aligned by modulating the shear force field in the direct ink writing (DIW) of 3D printing. The prepared spicules-inspired flexible bioceramic-based (SFB) scaffolds differentiated themselves from traditional 3D-printed irregular particles-based bioceramic-based scaffolds as they could be adaptably compressed, cut, folded, rolled and twisted without the occurrence of fracture, significantly breaking through the bottleneck of inherent brittleness of traditional bioceramic scaffolds. In addition, SFB scaffolds showed significantly enhancedin vitroandin vivobone-forming bioactivity as compared to conventional ß-tricalcium phosphate (ß-TCP) scaffolds, suggesting that SFB scaffolds combined both of excellent mechanical and bioactive characteristics, which is believed to greatly promote the bioceramic science and their clinical applications.


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Engenharia Tecidual , Alicerces Teciduais , Materiais Biocompatíveis/química , Materiais Biocompatíveis/farmacologia , Impressão Tridimensional , Dióxido de Silício , Engenharia Tecidual/métodos , Alicerces Teciduais/química
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JCI Insight ; 6(19)2021 10 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34464355

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A role for hereditary influences in the susceptibility for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is widely recognized. Cytotoxic lymphocytes are implicated in COPD pathogenesis, and functions of these leukocytes are modulated by interactions between their killer cell Ig-like receptors (KIR) and human leukocyte antigen-Class I (HLA-Class I) molecules on target cells. We hypothesized HLA-Class I and KIR inheritance affect risks for COPD. HLA-Class I alleles and KIR genotypes were defined by candidate gene analyses in multiple cohorts of patients with COPD (total n = 392) and control smokers with normal spirometry (total n = 342). Compared with controls, patients with COPD had overrepresentations of HLA-C*07 and activating KIR2DS1, with underrepresentations of HLA-C*12. Particular HLA-KIR permutations were synergistic; e.g., the presence of HLA-C*07 + KIR2DS1 + HLA-C12null versus HLAC*07null + KIR2DS1null + HLA-C12 was associated with COPD, especially among HLA-C1 allotype homozygotes. Cytotoxicity of COPD lymphocytes was more enhanced by KIR stimulation than those of controls and was correlated with lung function. These data show HLA-C and KIR polymorphisms strongly influence COPD susceptibility and highlight the importance of lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity in COPD pathogenesis. Findings here also indicate that HLA-KIR typing could stratify at-risk patients and raise possibilities that HLA-KIR axis modulation may have therapeutic potential.


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Antígenos HLA-C/genética , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/genética , Receptores KIR/genética , Idoso , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Polimorfismo Genético , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/fisiopatologia
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Cartilage ; 13(2_suppl): 592S-603S, 2021 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33955243

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BACKGROUND: Cartilage endplate (CEP) degeneration plays a vital role in the pathological process of intervertebral disc degeneration. It has been previously reported that microRNAs may participate in the occurrence and development of intervertebral disc degeneration through regulating its target genes directly. The regulatory roles of miR-142-3p/HMGB1 in some orthopedic diseases have been determined successively, but there was no report about the degeneration of CEP. Therefore, we aimed to determine the regulation of miR-142-3p/HMGB1 or potential molecular mechanisms on proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and autophagy of CEP cells. METHODS: The target gene of miR-142-3p was determined by double luciferase assay. We selected ATDC5 cell lines. CCK-8 method was used to detect cell proliferation. Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to determine gene expression levels, and western blot analysis was used to determine protein expression levels. We chose flow cytometry to measure cell apoptosis and cell cycle. RESULTS: The result of luciferase detection showed that the target gene of miR-142-3p in CEP cells was HMGB1. Knockdown of the miR-142-3p inhibited the expression level of HMGB1, the proliferation and migration of CEP cells, but it promoted apoptosis of CEP cells. In addition, the detection results of the proteins related to apoptosis or autophagy showed that knockdown of miR-142-3p promoted apoptosis and autophagy. CONCLUSION: The negative regulation of miR-142-3p/HMGB1 can affect the proliferation, apoptosis, migration, and autophagy of CEP cells. Our results provide a new idea for the targeted treatment of CEP degeneration by inhibiting the expression of HMGB1.


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Proteína HMGB1 , MicroRNAs , Apoptose , Autofagia , Cartilagem/metabolismo , Proliferação de Células , Proteína HMGB1/genética , Proteína HMGB1/metabolismo , MicroRNAs/genética
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ACS Biomater Sci Eng ; 7(3): 872-880, 2021 03 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33715371

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The 3D printing technology with unique strategies for accurate fabrication of biomaterials in regenerative medicine has been widely applied in bone regeneration. However, the traditional 3D printing scaffolds are only stacked by solid struts without any hollow channel structures, which limits the new bone tissue formation. In this study, a special 3D scaffold with hollow channels and a micro-nano surface was prepared by a modified 3D printing strategy combined with the hydrothermal treatment approach. By regulating the reaction solution of hydrothermal treatment, the micro-nano structures formed on the surface of scaffolds can be successfully controlled. Moreover, the scaffolds have the ability to facilitate the attachment and proliferation of BMSCs after culturing for 1, 3, and 7 days in vitro. Interestingly, the in vivo results demonstrated that the hollow channels and the micro-nano surface present synergistic effects on bone regeneration. They both boost the new bone formation in femur defects in rabbits for 12 weeks after operation. The study demonstrates a 3D scaffold with special surface microstructures and hollow struts that can overcome the shortages of most traditional scaffolds and meanwhile improve the bioactivity of biomaterials for bone tissue engineering.


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Regeneração Óssea , Alicerces Teciduais , Animais , Materiais Biocompatíveis/farmacologia , Impressão Tridimensional , Coelhos , Engenharia Tecidual
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J Orthop Surg Res ; 16(1): 55, 2021 Jan 14.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33446250

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BACKGROUND: Intervertebral disk degeneration (IDD) is a degenerative disease characterized by cytoplasm loss and extracellular matrix degradation. Numerous evidence reported that miRNAs participated in IDD development. Nevertheless, the function of miR-142-3p in IDD development remains unknown. This study mainly explored the potential role and function of miR-142-3p in IDD development. METHODS: One percent fetal bovine serum was used to induce the degeneration of ATDC5 cells, and miR-142-3p level was examined by qRT-PCR. Then, miR-142-3p mimic/inhibitor and its corresponding negative control were transfected into ATDC5 normal and degenerative cells. Viability, migration, invasion, apoptosis, cycle, Bax, Bcl-2, P62, and Beclin1 expression levels were assessed using CCK8, wound healing assay, annexin V-FITC/PI staining, western blot, and qRT-PCR, respectively. RESULTS: The results revealed that the expression levels of MMP13, ADAMTS5, MMP3, and Col-X were increased as well as the expression levels of SOX-9 and Col-II were reduced in ATDC5 degenerative cells, indicating the degeneration model was constructed. We observed that miR-142-3p was decreased in ATDC5 degenerative cells and its suppression could promote ATDC5 cell degeneration. However, miR-142-3p overexpression could reverse the cell viability inhibition, as well as apoptosis and autophagy enhancement in ATDC5 degenerative cells. CONCLUSIONS: Our results proved that miR-142-3p may play an important role in disk degeneration. Further animal study is needed to illustrate the role of the miR-142-3p in IDD development.


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Expressão Gênica , Estudos de Associação Genética , Degeneração do Disco Intervertebral/genética , MicroRNAs/genética , MicroRNAs/fisiologia , Proteína ADAMTS5/genética , Proteína ADAMTS5/metabolismo , Apoptose/genética , Autofagia/genética , Movimento Celular/genética , Sobrevivência Celular/genética , Células Cultivadas , Regulação para Baixo/genética , Humanos , Metaloproteinase 13 da Matriz/genética , Metaloproteinase 13 da Matriz/metabolismo , MicroRNAs/metabolismo
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Acta Biomater ; 119: 419-431, 2021 01 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33181360

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Hydroxyapatite (HA) is the main inorganic component of human bone. Inspired by nacre and cortical bone, hydroxyapatite-based coil scaffolds were successfully prepared. The scaffolds presented "brick and mortar" multi-layered structure of nacre and multi-layered concentric circular structure of cortical bone. Because of bioactive components and hierarchical structure, the scaffolds possessed good compressive strength (≈95 MPa), flexural strength (≈161 MPa) and toughness (≈1.1 MJ/m3). In addition, they showed improved angiogenesis and osteogenesis in rat and rabbit critical sized bone defect models. By mimicking co-biological systems, this work provided a feasible strategy to optimize the properties of traditional tissue engineering biological materials for vascularized bone regeneration.


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Regeneração Óssea , Durapatita , Animais , Osso e Ossos , Osteogênese , Porosidade , Coelhos , Ratos , Engenharia Tecidual , Alicerces Teciduais
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Mar Genomics ; 57: 100831, 2021 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33250437

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In the freezing waters of the Southern Ocean, Antarctic teleost fish, the Notothenioidei, have developed unique adaptations to cope with cold, including, at the extreme, the loss of hemoglobin in icefish. As a consequence, icefish are thought to be the most vulnerable of the Antarctic fish species to ongoing ocean warming. Some icefish also fail to express myoglobin but all appear to retain neuroglobin, cytoglobin-1, cytoglobin-2, and globin-X. Despite the lack of the inducible heat shock response, Antarctic notothenioid fish are endowed with physiological plasticity to partially compensate for environmental changes, as shown by numerous physiological and genomic/transcriptomic studies over the last decade. However, the regulatory mechanisms that determine temperature/oxygen-induced changes in gene expression remain largely unexplored in these species. Proteins such as globins are susceptible to environmental changes in oxygen levels and temperature, thus playing important roles in mediating Antarctic fish adaptations. In this study, we sequenced the full-length transcripts of myoglobin, neuroglobin, cytoglobin-1, cytoglobin-2, and globin-X from the Antarctic red-blooded notothenioid Trematomus bernacchii and the white-blooded icefish Chionodraco hamatus and evaluated transcripts levels after exposure to high temperature and low oxygen levels. Basal levels of globins are similar in the two species and both stressors affect the expression of Antarctic fish globins in brain, retina and gills. Temperature up-regulates globin expression more effectively in white-blooded than in red-blooded fish while hypoxia strongly up-regulates globins in red-blooded fish, particularly in the gills. These results suggest globins function as regulators of temperature and hypoxia tolerance. This study provides the first insights into globin transcriptional changes in Antarctic fish.


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Proteínas de Peixes/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Globinas/genética , Perciformes/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Feminino , Proteínas de Peixes/química , Proteínas de Peixes/imunologia , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/veterinária , Globinas/química , Globinas/metabolismo , Masculino , Perciformes/metabolismo , Filogenia , Alinhamento de Sequência/veterinária
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Adv Mater ; 32(48): e2005140, 2020 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33094493

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Bioceramics have been developed from bioinert to bioactive or biodegradable materials in the past few decades. However, at present, traditional bioceramics are still mainly used in bone tissue regeneration and dental restoration. In this work, a new generation of "black bioceramics," extending the applications from tissue regeneration to disease therapy, is presented. Black bioceramics, through magnesium thermal reduction of traditional white ceramics, including silicate-based (e.g., CaSiO3 , MgSiO3 ) and phosphate-based (e.g., Ca3 (PO4 )2 , Ca5 (PO4 )3 (OH)), are successfully synthesized. Due to the presence of oxygen vacancies and structural defects, the black bioceramics possess photothermal functionality while maintaining their initial high bioactivity and regenerative capacity. These black bioceramics show excellent photothermal antitumor effects for both skin and bone tumors. At the same time, they have significantly improved bioactivity for skin/bone tissue repair in vitro and in vivo. These fascinating properties award the black bioceramics with profound applications in both tumor therapy and tissue regeneration, which should greatly promote the scientific relevance and clinical application of bioceramics, representing a promising new direction of cell-instructive biomaterials.


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Materiais Biocompatíveis/química , Materiais Biocompatíveis/farmacologia , Cerâmica/química , Cerâmica/farmacologia , Regeneração/efeitos dos fármacos , Regeneração Óssea/efeitos dos fármacos , Pele/efeitos dos fármacos
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Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol ; 63(2): 255-265, 2020 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32320626

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lethal, medically refractory syndrome characterized by intrapulmonary accumulations of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins produced by fibroblasts. Activation, clonal expansion, and differentiation of lymphocytes are also frequently present in IPF. Activated T cells are known to exert several effects that promote ECM production, but opposing homeostatic actions, wherein T cells can inhibit fibrosis, are less well understood. We found that CD27, a TNF receptor ubiquitously expressed on naive T cells, is downregulated on CD4 T cells of patients with IPF and that CD70, the sole ligand for CD27, is present on human pulmonary fibroblasts. We hypothesized that cognate engagements between lymphocyte CD27 and fibroblast CD70 could have functional consequences. Accordingly, a series of subsequent studies were conducted to examine the possible role of CD27-CD70 interactions in the regulation of fibrogenesis. Using IB, flow cytometry, RT-PCR, and kinomic assays, we found that fibroblast CD70 expression was inversely correlated with cell density and upregulated by TGF-ß1 (transforming growth factor-ß1). CD70 agonists, including T-cell-derived soluble CD27, markedly diminished fibroblast collagen and fibronectin synthesis, and these effects were potent enough to also inhibit profibrotic actions of TGF-ß1 on ECM production in vitro and in two distinct ex vivo human skin models. CD70 activation was mediated by AKT (protein kinase B) and complex interconnected signaling pathways, and it was abated by prior CD70 knockdown. These results show that the CD70-CD27 axis modulates T-cell-fibroblast interactions and may be an important regulator of fibrosis and wound healing. Fibroblast CD70 could also be a novel target for specific mechanistically based antifibrosis treatments.


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Ligante CD27/metabolismo , Proteínas da Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Pulmão/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular/fisiologia , Células Cultivadas , Humanos , Fibrose Pulmonar Idiopática/metabolismo , Ativação Linfocitária/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia , Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta1/metabolismo , Membro 7 da Superfamília de Receptores de Fatores de Necrose Tumoral/metabolismo , Cicatrização/fisiologia
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Sci Adv ; 6(12): eaaz6725, 2020 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32219170

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The integration of structure and function for tissue engineering scaffolds is of great importance in mimicking native bone tissue. However, the complexity of hierarchical structures, the requirement for mechanical properties, and the diversity of bone resident cells are the major challenges in constructing biomimetic bone tissue engineering scaffolds. Herein, a Haversian bone-mimicking scaffold with integrated hierarchical Haversian bone structure was successfully prepared via digital laser processing (DLP)-based 3D printing. The compressive strength and porosity of scaffolds could be well controlled by altering the parameters of the Haversian bone-mimicking structure. The Haversian bone-mimicking scaffolds showed great potential for multicellular delivery by inducing osteogenic, angiogenic, and neurogenic differentiation in vitro and accelerated the ingrowth of blood vessels and new bone formation in vivo. The work offers a new strategy for designing structured and functionalized biomaterials through mimicking native complex bone tissue for tissue regeneration.


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Regeneração Óssea , Ósteon , Impressão Tridimensional , Engenharia Tecidual , Alicerces Teciduais , Materiais Biocompatíveis/química , Biomimética , Diferenciação Celular , Técnicas de Cocultura , Células Endoteliais da Veia Umbilical Humana , Humanos , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/citologia , Células-Tronco Mesenquimais/metabolismo , Neurogênese , Osteogênese , Porosidade
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