International Journal of Nanomedicine (Apr 2024)

Magnetic Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites Boosts Craniomaxillofacial Bone Regeneration by Modulating circAars/miR-128-3p/SMAD5 Signaling Axis

  • He Y,
  • Zhang L,
  • Huang S,
  • Tang Y,
  • Li Y,
  • Li H,
  • Chen G,
  • Chen X,
  • Zhang X,
  • Zhao W,
  • Deng F,
  • Yu D

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 19
pp. 3143 – 3166

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Yi He,1,2 Lejia Zhang,1,2 Siyuan Huang,1,2 Yuquan Tang,3 Yiming Li,1,2 Hongyu Li,1,2 Guanhui Chen,4 Xun Chen,1,2 Xiliu Zhang,1,2 Wei Zhao,1,2 Feilong Deng,1,2 Dongsheng Yu1,2 1Hospital of Stomatology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Institute of Stomatological Research, Sun Yat-sen University, GuangZhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China; 2Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, GuangZhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China; 3Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Stomatology, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, ShenZhen, 518107, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Feilong Deng; Dongsheng Yu, Email [email protected]; [email protected]: The ability of nanomaterials to induce osteogenic differentiation is limited, which seriously imped the repair of craniomaxillofacial bone defect. Magnetic graphene oxide (MGO) nanocomposites with the excellent physicochemical properties have great potential in bone tissue engineering. In this study, we aim to explore the craniomaxillofacial bone defect repairment effect of MGO nanocomposites and its underlying mechanism.Methods: The biocompatibility of MGO nanocomposites was verified by CCK8, live/dead staining and cytoskeleton staining. The function of MGO nanocomposites induced osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs was investigated by ALP activity detection, mineralized nodules staining, detection of osteogenic genes and proteins, and immune-histochemical staining. BMSCs with or without MGO osteogenic differentiation induction were collected and subjected to high-throughput circular ribonucleic acids (circRNAs) sequencing, and then crucial circRNA circAars was screened and identified. Bioinformatics analysis, Dual-luciferase reporter assay, RNA binding protein immunoprecipitation (RIP), fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and osteogenic-related examinations were used to further explore the ability of circAars to participate in MGO nanocomposites regulation of osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs and its potential mechanism. Furthermore, critical-sized calvarial defects were constructed and were performed to verify the osteogenic differentiation induction effects and its potential mechanism induced by MGO nanocomposites.Results: We verify the good biocompatibility and osteogenic differentiation improvement effects of BMSCs mediated by MGO nanocomposites. Furthermore, a new circRNA-circAars, we find and identify, is obviously upregulated in BMSCs mediated by MGO nanocomposites. Silencing circAars could significantly decrease the osteogenic ability of MGO nanocomposites. The underlying mechanism involved circAars sponging miR-128-3p to regulate the expression of SMAD5, which played an important role in the repair craniomaxillofacial bone defects mediated by MGO nanocomposites.Conclusion: We found that MGO nanocomposites regulated osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs via the circAars/miR-128-3p/SMAD5 pathway, which provided a feasible and effective strategy for the treatment of craniomaxillofacial bone defects. Keywords: nanomaterials, MGO nanocomposites, craniomaxillofacial bone repair, circular RNAs, circAars

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