PMID: 26884838Feb 18, 2016Paper

Curcumin improves bone microarchitecture in glucocorticoid-induced secondary osteoporosis mice through the activation of microRNA-365 via regulating MMP-9

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology
Guowei LiRongkai Zhang

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate bone microarchitecture of the proximal tibia in glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP) mice, and the underlying molecular mechanisms of curcumin in DXM-induced osteoporosis were performed. DXM-treated facilitated to induce hypercalciuria in mice, and curcumin-treated showed a decrease in urine calcium. Curcumin reversed DXM-induced bone resorption, including an increase in serum OCN and a decrease in bone resorption markers CTX and TRAP-5b. H&E staining showed the increased disconnections and separation in trabecular bone network as well as the reduction of trabecular thickness throughout the proximal metaphysis of tibia in GIOP group. Importantly, curcumin reversed DXM-induced trabecular deleterious effects and stimulated bone remodeling. The further evidence showed that curcumin supplement significantly decreased the TRAP-positive stained area and inhibited the activity of OPG/RANKL/RANK signaling in the GIOP mice. Moreover, bioinformatics analysis suggested that miR-365 was a regulator of MMP9. The levels of miR-365 were markedly suppressed; however, curcumin treatment could reverse the downregulation of miR-365 in the tibia of GIOP mice. Simultaneously, the results demonstrated tha...Continue Reading

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