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01-10-2009 | Original Paper

Periprosthetic strain magnitude-dependent upregulation of type I collagen synthesis in human osteoblasts through an ERK1/2 pathway

Authors: Junfeng Zhu, Xiaoling Zhang, Chengtao Wang, Xiaochun Peng, Xianlong Zhang

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 5/2009

Abstract

Human osteoblasts sense mechanical stimulation and synthesise type I collagen in periprosthetic osseointegration following total hip arthroplasty. However, the regulation of type I collagen synthesis by periprosthetic strain is unclear because the cellular-level strain magnitude remains unknown to date. Fortunately, the tissue-level strain in implanted femurs is measurable. According to the mechanism of strain amplification, the tissue-level strain was amplified 20 times to stretch human osteoblasts in this study. Elongation of 0.8–3.2% enhanced the mRNA level of type I collagen, whereas the release of procollagen type I C propeptide only increased at 2.4% and 3.2% elongation. Type I collagen expression increased with the activation of ERK1/2 phosphorylation in a strain-magnitude-dependent manner, whereas JNK and P38 were unaffected. The responses were completely inhibited by blocking the ERK1/2 pathway with U0126. The results indicate that type I collagen synthesis in human osteoblasts depends on the level of periprosthetic strain and ERK1/2 activation.

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Title: Periprosthetic strain magnitude-dependent upregulation of type I collagen synthesis in human osteoblasts through an ERK1/2 pathway
Authors: Junfeng Zhu
Xiaoling Zhang
Chengtao Wang
Xiaochun Peng
Xianlong Zhang
Publication date: 01-10-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-009-0735-z

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