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PMID:19000376
| Citation |
Gao, Y, Xue, J, Li, X, Jia, Y and Hu, J (2008) Metformin regulates osteoblast and adipocyte differentiation of rat mesenchymal stem cells. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 60:1695-700 |
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| Abstract |
Metformin is widely used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this study, we evaluated the effects of metformin on the osteoblast and adipocyte differentiation of rat marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in culture. Treatment of MSCs in osteoblastic or adipogenic medium with 100 muM metformin for 21 days led to an increased mRNA expression of the osteoblast markers but a decreased mRNA expression of the adipocyte markers in the MSCs. Metformin markedly stimulated deposition of mineralized nodules and blocked the formation of cytoplasmic lipid droplets. In addition, alkaline phosphate activity and Western blot analysis for core binding factor a1 (Cbfa1) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 2 (PPARgamma2) proteins also confirmed that metformin inhibited adipocyte differentiation and promoted osteoblast differentiation. The reciprocal relationship between osteoblastic and adipogenic differentiation suggests that metformin may regulate osteoblastic and adipogenic differentiation through inhibition of PPARgamma. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1211/jpp.60/12.0017 |
| Keywords |
Adipocytes/metabolism; Alkaline Phosphatase/metabolism; Animals; Blotting, Western; Cell Differentiation/drug effects; Cells, Cultured; Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects; Hypoglycemic Agents/pharmacology; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells/drug effects; Mesenchymal Stromal Cells/metabolism; Metformin/pharmacology; Osteoblasts/metabolism; PPAR gamma/antagonists & inhibitors; RNA, Messenger/drug effects; RNA, Messenger/metabolism; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley |
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| Gene product | Qualifier | GO Term | Evidence Code | with/from | Aspect | Extension | Notes | Status |
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involved_in |
GO:1901558: response to metformin |
ECO:0000270: expression pattern evidence used in manual assertion |
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Seeded From UniProt |
complete | |||
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