目的:探讨外源性降钙素基因相关肽(calcitonin gene-related peptide,CGRP)对大鼠颅盖骨来源成骨细胞RUNX2因子表达水平的影响,进一步了解CGRP促进成骨的作用机制。方法:用酶消化法培养原代大鼠成骨细胞并鉴定;MTT法筛选促进成骨细胞增殖的有效浓度,将含有不同浓度CGRP的条件培养基加入大鼠成骨细胞培养体系中,药物作用48 h后,用半定量RT-PCR和Western blotting方法检测大鼠成骨细胞转录因子RUNX2在mRNA和蛋白水平的表达。结果:当CGRP浓度在10-8~10-6mol/L范围时,对成骨细胞增殖有明显促进作用,增殖率分别为71.9%,142.1%,321.0%,P〈0.05;浓度为10-7和10-6mol/L的CGRP作用于成骨细胞48 h后,转录因子RUNX2在mRNA水平的表达量明显上调,分别增强(46.2±11.2)%和(58.6±14.0)%,P〈0.05;转录因子RUNX2的蛋白表达变化趋势与其mRNA的表达变化趋势基本一致。结论:一定浓度的CGRP对大鼠成骨细胞转录因子RUNX2的表达有直接促进作用,RUNX2可能参与了CGRP刺激成骨细胞增殖反应的机制。
Objective:To investigate the effects of exogenous calcitonin gene-related peptide(CGRP) on RUNX2 expression in primary cultured rat osteoblasts.Methods: Primary cultured rat osteoblasts were obtained by collagenase / trypsinenzyme digestion from calvarial bone of neonate rats and were identified by ALP staining;The cells were exposed to gradient concentrations,and the effect of CGRP on the proliferation of osteoblasts was determined by MTT assay.The expressions of RUNX2 were quantified by RT-PCR and Western blotting after 48-hour exposure to different CGRP concentrations.Results: CGRP could promote the proliferation of osteoblasts.When the concentration of CGRP were at 10-8-10-6 mol/L,the proliferation rates of osteoblasts were 71.9%,142.1%,321.0%,respectively(P 0.05);when CGRP was at concentrations of 10-7 and 10-6 mol / L in osteoblasts for 48 h,the mRNA levels of RUNX2 was significantly increased,which increased(46.2 ± 11.2)% and(58.6 ± 14.0)% respectively(P 0.05);the expression of RUNX2 protein levels was consistent with the change of the mRNA levels.Conclusion: CGRP could promote RUNX2 expression in primary cultured rat osteoblasts,which suggests that RUNX2 is involved in the mechanism of osteoblast proliferation induced by CGRP.