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ArticleMolecular medicine reports2019

Fluoxetine induces direct inhibitory effects on mesenchymal stem cell‑derived osteoprogenitor cells independent of serotonin concentration.

Samar M Koura, Mohamed Salama, Mahmoud El-Hussiny, Mahmoud El-Sayed Awad Khalil, Ahmed Lotfy, Samia Ahmed Hassan, Seham Aly Gad Elhak, Mohamed A Sobh

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Article in Molecular medicine reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The Effect of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Nestin andIranian journal of medical sciences · 2024
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  3. Observational
  4. FOCUS trial: results, potentialities and limits.Annals of translational medicine · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samar M KouraForensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Mohamed SalamaForensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Mahmoud El-HussinyMedical Experimental Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Mahmoud El-Sayed Awad KhalilForensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Ahmed LotfyBiotechnology and Life Sciences Department, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies for Advanced Sciences, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef 62511, Egypt.
Samia Ahmed HassanForensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Seham Aly Gad ElhakForensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Mohamed A SobhUrology and Nephrology Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.
Mansoura University · EGBeni-Suef University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the most commonly prescribed antidepressants worldwide, which have been reported to exert potential detrimental effects on bone mineral density and increase the risk of developing fractures. The present study aimed to investigate the pathways underlying the negative effects of fluoxetine on bone using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from rat adipose tissue as a source of osteoprogenitor cells. MSCs were harvested from adipose tissue using a collagenase enzyme digestion method and were allowed to differentiate into osteoprogenitor cells. Various concentrations of fluoxetine were added to the cells, which were harvested and analyzed by flow cytometry to detect apoptotic markers Annexin V and caspase‑3, in order to assess the levels of apoptosis. The levels of endogenous serotonin released in the extracellular matrix were measured using a serotonin ELISA kit. The underlying molecular pathways associated with the effects of fluoxetine on bone were investigated with reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction. The results of the present study revealed a significant dose‑dependent increase in apoptosis in response to increasing doses of fluoxetine, which was independent of serotonin levels in the culture supernatant. These findings indicated that fluoxetine exerted a direct inhibitory effect on bone cells via an apoptosis‑dependent pathway. Furthermore, the expression levels of serotonergic genes, including serotonin 1B receptor, serotonin 2A receptor (HTR2A), serotonin 2B receptor and serotonin transporter, were down regulated; of these genes, HTR2A exhibited the highest expression levels. Further in vitro and in vivo studies are required to verify this association and to determine the molecular pathways involved in fluoxetine‑induced bone loss. Fluoxetine‑induced apoptosis of osteoprogenitor cells may be the mechanism underlying the increased incidence of bone loss observed in patients treated with fluoxetine.

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AnimalsApoptosisBiomarkersCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedFluoxetineGene ExpressionImmunophenotypingMaleMesenchymal Stem CellsOsteoblastsOsteogenesisRatsSerotoninBiomarkersFluoxetineSerotonin

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