To investigate the effect of oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) on the differentiation of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) to osteoblasts, in order to find a candidate ODN with potential for the treatment of periodontitis, a series of ODNs were designed and selected to test their effect on the promotion of the differentiation of BMSCs to osteoblasts in vitro and on the repair of periodontal tissue in rats with periodontitis. It was found that MT01, one of the ODNs with the sequences of human mitochondrial DNA, stimulated the proliferation of BMSCs, the differentiation of BMSCs to osteoblasts and mRNA expression of bone-associated factors including Runx2, Osterix, OPG, RANKL and collagen I in vitro. In vivo study showed that MT01 prevented the loss of alveolar bone in the rats with periodontitis and induced the production of proteins of OPG and Osterix in the bone tissue. These results indicated that MT01 could induce differentiation of BMSCs to osteoblasts and inhibit the alveolar bone absorption in rats with periodontitis.
[1]Jilin Univ, Dept Mol Biol, Med Coll Norman Bethune, Changchun 130021, Peoples R China.
[2]Jilin Univ, Sch Stomatol, Dept Periodont, Changchun 130021, Peoples R China.
[3]Peoples Hosp Shanxi, Dept Orthodont, Taiyuan 030012, Peoples R China.
[4]Jilin Univ, Sch Stomatol, Dept Orthodont, Changchun 130021, Peoples R China.
[5]Jilin Univ, China Japan Union Hosp, Dept Pathol, Changchun 130021, Peoples R China.
[6]Jilin Univ, Dept Immunol, Med Coll Norman Bethune, Changchun, Peoples R China.
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