ArticleJournal of cellular and molecular medicine2018
Leptin regulates disc cartilage endplate degeneration and ossification through activation of the MAPK-ERK signalling pathway in vivo and in vitro.
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- The therapeutic potential of local injection of leptin for periodontitis in rats: an investigation based on the OPG/RANKL mechanism.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Increased angiogenesis-osteogenesis coupling in the endplate at early stages of intervertebral disc degeneration.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Leptin Regulates Intervertebral Disc Calcification and Ossification by Promoting Glycolysis Through OCN/HIF-1α Axis.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2026Article
- Degenerating intervertebral discs in the streptozotocin-high-fat diet model of type 2 diabetes show extensive inflammation.Disease models & mechanisms · 2025Article
- The transcriptome and secreted factors of the intervertebral discs in STZ-HFD Type 2 diabetic male mice reveal extensive inflammation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Deliver CEBPE via cartilage targeting Lipid nanoparticle to block CEBPE-LTF-STAT3 positive feedback loop for efficient treatment of cartilage endplate degeneration.Materials today. Bio · 2025Article
- The Role of Adipokines in Spinal Disease: A Narrative Review.JOR spine · 2025Review
- Leptin Enhances M1 Macrophage Polarization and Impairs Tendon-Bone Healing in Rotator Cuff Repair: A Rat Model.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2025Article
- A spontaneous anterior fusion of lumbar spine after posterolateral lumbar fusion with pedicle screw-plate system.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Lipid metabolic disorders and their impact on cartilage endplate and nucleus pulposus function in intervertebral disk degeneration.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying obesity in degenerative spine and joint diseases.Bone research · 2024Review
- Advances in the interaction between lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and fat infiltration of paraspinal muscles: critical summarization, classification, and perspectives.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Crosstalk between Lipid Metabolism and Bone Homeostasis: Exploring Intricate Signaling Relationships.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Preclinical in vivo animal models of intervertebral disc degeneration. Part 1: A systematic review.JOR spine · 2023Review
- Leptin Induces MMP-1 Expression Through the RhoA/ERK1/2/NF-κB Axis in Human Intervertebral Disc Cartilage Endplate-Derived Stem Cells.Journal of inflammation research · 2023Article
- Regulated cell death: Implications for intervertebral disc degeneration and therapy.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2022Review
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- The Head-to-Toe Hormone: Leptin as an Extensive Modulator of Physiologic Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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Abstract
Recent findings demonstrate that leptin plays a significant role in chondrocyte and osteoblast differentiation. However, the mechanisms by which leptin acts on cartilage endplate (CEP) cells to give rise to calcification are still unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of leptin that induced mineralization of CEP cells in vitro and in vivo. We constructed a rat model of lumbar disc degeneration and determined that leptin was highly expressed in the presence of CEP calcification. Rat CEP cells treated with or without leptin were used for in vitro analysis using RT-PCR and Western blotting to examine the expression of osteocalcin (OCN) and runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2). Both OCN and Runx2 expression levels were significantly increased in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Leptin activated ERK1/2 and STAT3 phosphorylation in a time-dependent manner. Inhibition of phosphorylated ERK1/2 using targeted siRNA suppressed leptin-induced OCN and Runx2 expression and blocked the formation of mineralized nodules in CEP cells. We further demonstrated that exogenous leptin induced matrix mineralization of CEP cells in vivo. We suggest that leptin promotes the osteoblastic differentiation of CEP cells via the MAPK/ERK signal transduction pathway and may be used to investigate the mechanisms of disc degeneration.
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