Aged-vascular niche hinders osteogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells through paracrine repression of Wnt-axis.
Aging Cell
; 23(6): e14139, 2024 06.
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ABSTRACT
Age-induced decline in osteogenic potential of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) potentiates osteoporosis and increases the risk for bone fractures. Despite epidemiology studies reporting concurrent development of vascular and bone diseases in the elderly, the underlying mechanisms for the vascular-bone cross-talk in aging are largely unknown. In this study, we show that accelerated endothelial aging deteriorates bone tissue through paracrine repression of Wnt-driven-axis in BMSCs. Here, we utilize physiologically aged mice in conjunction with our transgenic endothelial progeria mouse model (Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome; HGPS) that displays hallmarks of an aged bone marrow vascular niche. We find bone defects associated with diminished BMSC osteogenic differentiation that implicate the existence of angiocrine factors with long-term inhibitory effects. microRNA-transcriptomics of HGPS patient plasma combined with aged-vascular niche analyses in progeria mice reveal abundant secretion of Wnt-repressive microRNA-31-5p. Moreover, we show that inhibition of microRNA-31-5p as well as selective Wnt-activator CHIR99021 boosts the osteogenic potential of BMSCs through de-repression and activation of the Wnt-signaling, respectively. Our results demonstrate that the vascular niche significantly contributes to osteogenesis defects in aging and pave the ground for microRNA-based therapies of bone loss in elderly.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Osteogenesis
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Mesenchymal Stem Cells
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Wnt Signaling Pathway
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Animals
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Aging Cell
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Aging cell
Year:
2024
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Article
Affiliation country:
Austria