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Mechanical Overloading Induced-Activation of mTOR Signaling in Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells Contributes to Tendinopathy Development
Despite the importance of mechanical loading in tendon homeostasis and pathophysiology, the molecular responses involved in the mechanotransduction in tendon cells remain unclear. In this study, we found that in vitro mechanical loading activated the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in rat patel...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311934/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34322484 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.687856 |
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author | Nie, Daibang Zhou, Yiqin Wang, Wang Zhang, Jianying Wang, James H.-C. |
author_facet | Nie, Daibang Zhou, Yiqin Wang, Wang Zhang, Jianying Wang, James H.-C. |
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description | Despite the importance of mechanical loading in tendon homeostasis and pathophysiology, the molecular responses involved in the mechanotransduction in tendon cells remain unclear. In this study, we found that in vitro mechanical loading activated the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in rat patellar tendon stem/progenitor cells (TSCs) in a stretching magnitude-dependent manner. Application of rapamycin, a specific inhibitor of mTOR, attenuated the phosphorylation of S6 and 4E-BP1 and as such, largely inhibited the mechanical activation of mTOR. Moreover, rapamycin significantly decreased the proliferation and non-tenocyte differentiation of PTSCs as indicated by the reduced expression levels of LPL, PPARγ, SOX-9, collagen II, Runx-2, and osteocalcin genes. In the animal studies, mice subjected to intensive treadmill running (ITR) developed tendon degeneration, as evidenced by the formation of round-shaped cells, accumulation of proteoglycans, and expression of SOX-9 and collagen II proteins. However, daily injections of rapamycin in ITR mice reduced all these tendon degenerative changes. Collectively, these findings suggest that mechanical loading activates the mTOR signaling in TSCs, and rapamycin may be used to prevent tendinopathy development by blocking non-tenocyte differentiation due to mechanical over-activation of mTOR in TSCs. |
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spelling | pubmed-83119342021-07-27 Mechanical Overloading Induced-Activation of mTOR Signaling in Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells Contributes to Tendinopathy Development Nie, Daibang Zhou, Yiqin Wang, Wang Zhang, Jianying Wang, James H.-C. Front Cell Dev Biol Cell and Developmental Biology Despite the importance of mechanical loading in tendon homeostasis and pathophysiology, the molecular responses involved in the mechanotransduction in tendon cells remain unclear. In this study, we found that in vitro mechanical loading activated the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in rat patellar tendon stem/progenitor cells (TSCs) in a stretching magnitude-dependent manner. Application of rapamycin, a specific inhibitor of mTOR, attenuated the phosphorylation of S6 and 4E-BP1 and as such, largely inhibited the mechanical activation of mTOR. Moreover, rapamycin significantly decreased the proliferation and non-tenocyte differentiation of PTSCs as indicated by the reduced expression levels of LPL, PPARγ, SOX-9, collagen II, Runx-2, and osteocalcin genes. In the animal studies, mice subjected to intensive treadmill running (ITR) developed tendon degeneration, as evidenced by the formation of round-shaped cells, accumulation of proteoglycans, and expression of SOX-9 and collagen II proteins. However, daily injections of rapamycin in ITR mice reduced all these tendon degenerative changes. Collectively, these findings suggest that mechanical loading activates the mTOR signaling in TSCs, and rapamycin may be used to prevent tendinopathy development by blocking non-tenocyte differentiation due to mechanical over-activation of mTOR in TSCs. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8311934/ /pubmed/34322484 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.687856 Text en Copyright © 2021 Nie, Zhou, Wang, Zhang and Wang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Cell and Developmental Biology Nie, Daibang Zhou, Yiqin Wang, Wang Zhang, Jianying Wang, James H.-C. Mechanical Overloading Induced-Activation of mTOR Signaling in Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells Contributes to Tendinopathy Development |
title | Mechanical Overloading Induced-Activation of mTOR Signaling in Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells Contributes to Tendinopathy Development |
title_full | Mechanical Overloading Induced-Activation of mTOR Signaling in Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells Contributes to Tendinopathy Development |
title_fullStr | Mechanical Overloading Induced-Activation of mTOR Signaling in Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells Contributes to Tendinopathy Development |
title_full_unstemmed | Mechanical Overloading Induced-Activation of mTOR Signaling in Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells Contributes to Tendinopathy Development |
title_short | Mechanical Overloading Induced-Activation of mTOR Signaling in Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells Contributes to Tendinopathy Development |
title_sort | mechanical overloading induced-activation of mtor signaling in tendon stem/progenitor cells contributes to tendinopathy development |
topic | Cell and Developmental Biology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311934/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34322484 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2021.687856 |
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