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Defining the most potent osteoinductive culture conditions for MC3T3-E1 cells reveals no implication of oxidative stress or energy metabolism
Semicheva, Alexandra Ersoy, Ufuk Vasilaki, Aphrodite Myrtziou, Ioanna Kanakis, Ioannis
Semicheva, Alexandra
Ersoy, Ufuk
Vasilaki, Aphrodite
Myrtziou, Ioanna
Kanakis, Ioannis
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The MC3T3-E1 preosteoblastic cell line is widely utilised as a reliable in vitro system to assess bone formation. However, the experimental growth conditions for these cells hugely diverge, and, particularly, the osteogenic medium (OSM)’s composition varies in research studies. Therefore, we aimed to define the ideal culture conditions for MC3T3-E1 subclone 4 cells with regard to their mineralization capacity and explore if oxidative stress or the cellular metabolism processes are implicated. Cells were treated with nine different combinations of long-lasting ascorbate (Asc) and β-glycerophosphate (βGP), and osteogenesis/calcification was evaluated at three different time-points by qPCR, Western blotting, and bone nodule staining. Key molecules of the oxidative and metabolic pathways were also assessed. It was found that sufficient mineral deposition was achieved only in the 150 μg.mL−1/2 mM Asc/βGP combination on day 21 in OSM, and this was supported by Runx2, Alpl, Bglap, and Col1a1 expression level increases. NOX2 and SOD2 as well as PGC1α and Tfam were also monitored as indicators of redox and metabolic processes, respectively, where no differences were observed. Elevation in OCN protein levels and ALP activity showed that mineralisation comes as a result of these differences. This work defines the most appropriate culture conditions for MC3T3-E1 cells and could be used by other research laboratories in this field.
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Semicheva, A., Ersoy, U., Vasilaki, A., Myrtziou, I., & Kanakis, I. (2024). Defining the most potent osteoinductive culture conditions for MC3T3-E1 ccells reveals no implication of oxidative stress or energy metabolism. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(8), 4180. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25084180
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© 2024 by the authors.
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