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Short- and long-term exposure to high glucose induces unique transcriptional changes in osteoblasts in vitro
Authors: Jalava Niki, Arponen Milja, Widjaja Nicko, Heino Terhi J., Ivaska Kaisa K.
Publisher: Company of Biologists
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Biology Open
Journal name in source: Biology open
Journal acronym: Biol Open
Article number: bio060239
Volume: 13
Issue: 5
ISSN: 2046-6390
eISSN: 2046-6390
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.060239(external)
Web address : https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/13/5/bio060239/347343/Short-and-long-term-exposure-to-high-glucose(external)
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Bone is increasingly recognized as a target for diabetic complications. In order to evaluate the direct effects of high glucose on bone, we investigated the global transcriptional changes induced by hyperglycemia in osteoblasts in vitro. Rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells were differentiated into osteoblasts for 10 days, and prior to analysis, they were exposed to hyperglycemia (25 mM) for the short-term (1 or 3 days) or long-term (10 days). Genes and pathways regulated by hyperglycemia were identified using mRNA sequencing and verified with qPCR. Genes upregulated by 1-day hyperglycemia were, for example, related to extracellular matrix organization, collagen synthesis and bone formation. This stimulatory effect was attenuated by 3 days. Long-term exposure impaired osteoblast viability, and downregulated, for example, extracellular matrix organization and lysosomal pathways, and increased intracellular oxidative stress. Interestingly, transcriptional changes by different exposure times were mostly unique and only 89 common genes responding to glucose were identified. In conclusion, short-term hyperglycemia had a stimulatory effect on osteoblasts and bone formation, whereas long-term hyperglycemia had a negative effect on intracellular redox balance, osteoblast viability and function.
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