Simvastatin induces osteoblastic differentiation and inhibits adipocytic differentiation in mouse bone marrow stromal cells |
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Authors: | Song Chunli Guo Zhaoqing Ma Qingjun Chen Zhongqiang Liu Zhongjun Jia Hongti Dang Gengting |
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Affiliation: | Department of Orthopedics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, PR China. |
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Abstract: | To clarify the mechanism of the stimulatory effect of statins on bone formation, we investigated the effect of simvastatin, a widely used statin, on osteoblastic and adipocytic differentiation in primary cultured mouse bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs). Simvastatin treatment enhanced the expression level of mRNA for osteocalcin and protein for osteocalcin and osteopontin, and increased alkaline phosphatase activity significantly (p<0.05). After BMSCs were exposed to an adipocyte differentiation agonist, Oil Red O staining, fluorescence activated cell sorting, and decreased expression level of lipoprotein lipase mRNA showed that treatment with simvastatin significantly inhibits adipocytic differentiation compared to controls that did not receive simvastatin (p<0.05). Lastly, we found that simvastatin induces high expression of BMP(2) in BMSCs. These observations suggested that simvastatin acts on BMSCs to enhance osteoblastic differentiation and inhibits adipocytic differentiation; this effect is at least partially mediated by inducing BMP(2) expression in BMSCs. |
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Keywords: | Simvastatin Bone marrow stromal cells Osteoblast Adipocyte Cell differentiation Bone morphogenetic protein 2 |
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