Aging activates adipogenic and suppresses osteogenic programs in mesenchymal marrow stroma/stem cells: the role of PPAR-
2 transcription factor and TGF-
/BMP signaling pathways
Authors: Elena J. Moerman1; Kui Teng1; David A. Lipschitz1; Beata Lecka-Czernik
Source: Aging Cell, Volume 3, Number 6, December 2004 , pp. 379-389(11)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
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Abstract:
Summary Osteoblasts and adipocytes originate from a common progenitor, which arises from bone marrow mesenchymal stroma/stem cells (mMSC). Aging causes a decrease in the number of bone-forming osteoblasts and an increase in the number of marrow adipocytes. Here, we demonstrate that, during aging, the status of mMSC changes with respect to both their intrinsic differentiation potential and production of signaling molecules, which contributes to the formation of a specific marrow microenvironment necessary for maintenance of bone homeostasis. Aging causes a decrease in the commitment of mMSC to the osteoblast lineage and an increase in the commitment to the adipocyte lineage. This is reflected by changes in the expression of phenotype-specific gene markers. The expression of osteoblast-specific transcription factors, Runx2 and Dlx5, and osteoblast markers, collagen and osteocalcin, is decreased in aged mMSC. Conversely, the expression of adipocyte-specific transcription factor PPAR-2, shown previously to regulate osteoblast development and bone formation negatively and to regulate marrow adipocyte differentiation positively, is increased, as is a gene marker of adipocyte phenotype, fatty acid binding protein aP2. Furthermore, production of an endogeneous PPAR- activator(s) that stimulates adipocyte differentiation and production of autocrine/paracrine factor(s) that suppresses the osteoblastic phenotype are also increased. In addition, expression of different components of TGF- and BMP2/4 signaling pathways is altered, suggesting that activities of these two cytokines essential for bone homeostasis change with aging.
Keywords:
adipocyte;
aging;
marrow stem cells;
osteoblast;
PPAR-;
TGF-/BMP
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9728.2004.00127.x
Affiliations: 1: Reynolds Department of Geriatrics, Center on Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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