Journal: The FASEB Journal
Article Title: Low‐Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Promotes Osteogenesis in Porous Titanium Alloys Through miR ‐1187/ BMP4 Pathway
doi: 10.1096/fj.202403395RR
Figure Lengend Snippet: BMP4 positively regulates osteogenic differentiation in MC3T3‐E1 cells. (A) Level of BMP4 decreased after transfected with different siRNA‐BMP4, si‐BMP4‐785 was identified to have the highest transfection efficiency. (B) BMP4 transcript levels was determined by RT‐PCR after transfected with overexpression plasmids of BMP4. (C) qRT‐PCR analysis. Level of Col‐1 , Alp , Runx2 , and Ocn mRNA expression was significantly downregulated in BMP4 silencing. (D) qRT‐PCR analysis. Level of Col‐1 , Alp , Runx2 , and Ocn mRNA expression was significantly upregulated in BMP4 overexpression. (E) Western blotting. Expression of BMP4 protein and osteogenesis‐related proteins COL‐1, ALP, RUNX2 as well as statistical analysis after transfecting si‐BMP4. (F) Western blotting. Expression of BMP4 protein and osteogenesis‐related proteins COL‐1, ALP, RUNX2 as well as statistical analysis after transfecting pCDNA3.1‐BMP4. (G) ALP activity detection on day 7 in si‐BMP4 and pCDNA3.1‐BMP4 transfected MC3T3‐E1cells. (H) ALP staining on day 10 in si‐BMP4 and pCDNA3.1‐BMP4 transfected MC3T3‐E1cells (scale bar = 500 μm). (I) Alizarin red S staining and quantitative analysis of Alizarin Red S accumulation on day 21 in si‐BMP4 and pCDNA3.1‐BMP4 transfected MC3T3‐E1cells (scale bar = 200 μm/100 μm), the black arrow indicate the magnified area, the magnified pictures were marked within the square frame in the image. All values represent means ± SD ( n = 3). * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: BMP4 protein levels in the supernatant were quantified using a mouse BMP‐4 ELISA kit (EK0316, Boster, China) following the manufacturer's protocol.
Techniques: Transfection, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Over Expression, Quantitative RT-PCR, Expressing, Western Blot, Activity Assay, Staining