Research Article
Hedgehog Signaling Inhibition by Smoothened Antagonist BMS-833923 Reduces Osteoblast Differentiation and Ectopic Bone Formation of Human Skeletal (Mesenchymal) Stem Cells
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Effects of BMS-833923 treatment on human bone marrow skeletal (mesenchymal) stem cell (hMSC) functions in vitro. hMSCs were induced to osteoblast differentiation in the presence of BMS-833923 (3.0 μM) or vehicle (DMSO), and osteoblast differentiation was determined by cytochemical staining with Alizarin red for an in vitro formed mineralized matrix (a) and expression of osteoblast-specific genes by quantitative RT-PCR (b). Magnification: 10x. Data are presented as , . ; . (c) Expression of GLI1 and PCTH1 in hMSCs treated with BMS-833923 (3.0 μM) for 24 hours and measured using qRT-PCR, . Abbreviations: ALP—alkaline phosphatase; COL1A1—collagen Type I Alpha 1; ON—osteonectin; DMSO—dimethyl sulfoxide; GLI1—GLI Family Zinc Finger 1; PTCH1—patched 1.
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