MIF Plays a Key Role in Regulating Tissue-Specific Chondro-Osteogenic Differentiation Fate of Human Cartilage Endplate Stem Cells under Hypoxia
| Autor: | Yuan Yao, Qiyue Deng, Weilin Song, Huiyu Zhang, Yuanjing Li, Yang Yang, Xin Fan, Minghan Liu, Jin Shang, Chao Sun, Yu Tang, Xiangting Jin, Huan Liu, Bo Huang, Yue Zhou |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Stem Cell Reports, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 249-262 (2016) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2213-6711 51824485 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.07.003 |
| Popis: | Degenerative cartilage endplate (CEP) shows decreased chondrification and increased ossification. Cartilage endplate stem cells (CESCs), with the capacity for chondro-osteogenic differentiation, are responsible for CEP restoration. CEP is avascular and hypoxic, while the physiological hypoxia is disrupted in the degenerated CEP. Hypoxia promoted chondrogenesis but inhibited osteogenesis in CESCs. This tissue-specific differentiation fate of CESCs in response to hypoxia was physiologically significant with regard to CEP maintaining chondrification and refusing ossification. MIF, a downstream target of HIF1A, is involved in cartilage and bone metabolisms, although little is known about its regulatory role in differentiation. In CESCs, MIF was identified as a key point through which HIF1A regulated the chondro-osteogenic differentiation. Unexpectedly, unlike the traditionally recognized mode, increased nuclear-expressed MIF under hypoxia was identified to act as a transcriptional regulator by interacting with the promoter of SOX9 and RUNX2. This mode of HIF1A/MIF function may represent a target for CEP degeneration therapy. |
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