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MT1‐MMP downregulation via the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway is required for the mechanical stretching‐inhibited invasion of bone‐marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cells
Author(s) -
Fu Xiaorong,
Halim Alexander,
Tian Boren,
Luo Qing,
Song Guanbin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of cellular physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 174
eISSN - 1097-4652
pISSN - 0021-9541
DOI - 10.1002/jcp.28105
Subject(s) - downregulation and upregulation , pi3k/akt/mtor pathway , protein kinase b , ly294002 , phosphorylation , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , matrix metalloproteinase , mesenchymal stem cell , signal transduction , activator (genetics) , bone marrow , cancer research , biology , immunology , biochemistry , receptor , gene
Mobilization from the bone marrow and the migration of bone‐marrow‐derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) through the peripheral circulation to injured tissue sites are regulated by multiple mechanical and chemical factors. We previously demonstrated that mechanical stretching promotes the migration but inhibits the invasion of BMSCs. However, the involved mechanisms, especially the mechanism of stretching‐inhibited BMSC invasion, have not been thoroughly elucidated to date. In this study, we found that mechanical stretching with a 10% amplitude at a 1‐Hz frequency for 8 hr significantly reduces BMSC invasion and downregulates the expression of membrane type‐1 matrix metalloproteinases (MT1‐MMP) at both the messenger RNA and protein levels. The overexpression of MT1‐MMP restores mechanical stretching‐reduced BMSC invasion. Moreover, phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinase (PI3K)‐dependent Akt phosphorylation in BMSCs was found to be inactivated by mechanical stretching. Pharmacological inhibitors of PI3K/Akt signaling (LY294002 or A443654) reduced the expression of MT1‐MMP and impaired BMSC invasion. In addition, the upregulation of Akt phosphorylation by a pharmacological activator (SC79) increased MT1‐MMP expression and suppressed mechanical stretching‐reduced BMSC invasion. Taken together, our results suggest that mechanical stretching inhibits BMSC invasion by downregulating MT1‐MMP expression by suppressing the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.