Synergism between Wnt3a and heparin enhances osteogenesis via a phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt/RUNX2 pathway
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14/06/2010
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A new strategy has emerged to improve healing of bone defects using exogenous glycosaminoglycans by increasing the effectiveness of bone-anabolic growth factors. Wnt ligands play an important role in bone formation. However, their functional interactions with heparan sulfate/heparin have only been investigated in non-osseous tissues. Our study now shows that the osteogenic activity of Wnt3a is cooperatively stimulated through physical interactions with exogenous heparin. N-Sulfation and to a lesser extent O-sulfation of heparin contribute to the physical binding and optimal co-stimulation of Wnt3a. Wnt3a-heparin signaling synergistically increases osteoblast differentiation with minimal effects on cell proliferation. Thus, heparin selectively reduces the effective dose of Wnt3a needed to elicit osteogenic, but not mitogenic responses. Mechanistically, Wnt3a-heparin signaling strongly activates the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt pathway and requires the bone-related transcription factor RUNX2 to stimulate alkaline phosphatase activity, which parallels canonical beta-catenin signaling. Collectively, our findings establish the osteo-inductive potential of a heparin-mediated Wnt3a-phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt-RUNX2 signaling network and suggest that heparan sulfate supplementation may selectively reduce the therapeutic doses of peptide factors required to promote bone formation. |
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. |
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http://www.jbc.org/content/285/34/26233 DOI:10.1074/jbc.M110.122069 Ling, L., Dombrowski, C., Foong, K. M., Haupt, Larisa M., Stein, G. S., Nurcombe, V., van Wijnen, A. J., & Cool, S. M. (2010) Synergism between Wnt3a and heparin enhances osteogenesis via a phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt/RUNX2 pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(34), pp. 26233-26244. |
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Copyright 2010 The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. |
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School of Biomedical Sciences; Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation |
Palavras-Chave | #060103 Cell Development Proliferation and Death #1-Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase/*metabolism #Animals #Cell Differentiation/drug effects #Cell Line #Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit/*metabolism #Drug Synergism #Heparin/*pharmacology #Humans #Mice #Osteoblasts/cytology/drug effects #Osteogenesis/*drug effects #Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*metabolism #Signal Transduction #Wnt Proteins/*pharmacology #Wnt3 Protein #Wnt3A Protein |
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Journal Article |