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Hydroxysafflor Yellow A Promoted Bone Mineralization and Inhibited Bone Resorption Which Reversed Glucocorticoids-Induced Osteoporosis

Authors
Liu, L., Tao, W., Pan, W., Li, L., Yu, Q., Zhang, D., Jiang, J.
ID
ZDB-PUB-180803-3
Date
2018
Source
BioMed Research International   2018: 6762146 (Journal)
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MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Bone Density
  • Bone Resorption/drug therapy*
  • Bone and Bones
  • Calcification, Physiologic/drug effects
  • Chalcone/analogs & derivatives*
  • Chalcone/pharmacology
  • Glucocorticoids/adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Osteoblasts/physiology
  • Osteoporosis/chemically induced*
  • Quinones/pharmacology*
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
30069475 Full text @ Biomed Res. Int.
Abstract
Glucocorticoids intake is the most common cause of secondary osteoporosis. Clinical studies have shown that 50% patients develop glucocorticoids-induced osteoporosis (GCIOP) after taking glucocorticoids for more than 6 months. Hydroxysafflor yellow A (HYA) is one main active ingredient in Carthamus tinctorius L. Previous studies have shown that HYA promoted bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to differentiate into osteoblasts which promoted bone formation. Therefore, we speculated that HYA has a therapeutic effect on GCIOP. However, there is no in vivo evidence about the anti-GCIOP effect of HYA. In this paper, the effect of HYA (0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 μM) on bone formation in normal zebrafish was investigated firstly. Secondly, the reversal effect of HYA on GCIOP was also evaluated by zebrafish model. It is demonstrated that HYA not only promoted bone formation in normal zebrafish (compared to Control group), but also reversed glucocorticoid induced bone loss (compared to Prednisolone group) according to the intervention of HYA in upregulating the area of mineralized bones (p < 0.01), increasing cumulative optical density (p < 0.01), promoting bone formation related gene expression (AKP, Type I, Runx2, OPG, and OCN, p < 0.01), inhibiting bone resorption related gene expression (TRACP, p < 0.01), and elevating whole-body trace mineral elements (Ca, P, K, Mg, Zn, and Fe) levels (p < 0.01). In conclusion, HYA had the potential to prevent and heal GCIOP by promoting bone mineralization, osteoblasts viability, and bone collagen expression and inhibiting bone resorption.
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