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. 2023 Feb;201(2):843-855.
doi: 10.1007/s12011-022-03201-x. Epub 2022 Mar 21.

Ortho-silicic Acid Plays a Protective Role in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis via the Akt/Bad Signal Pathway In Vitro and In Vivo

Guanghui Gu  1   2 , Dehui Hou  1   2 , Guangjun Jiao  2 , Wenliang Wu  2 , Hongming Zhou  3 , Hongliang Wang  2 , Yunzhen Chen  4
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Ortho-silicic Acid Plays a Protective Role in Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis via the Akt/Bad Signal Pathway In Vitro and In Vivo

Guanghui Gu et al. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2023 Feb.

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Abstract

Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIOP) has been the most common form of secondary osteoporosis. Glucocorticoids (GCs) can induce osteocyte and osteoblast apoptosis. Plenty of research has verified that silicon intake would positively affect bone. However, the effects of silicon on GIOP are not investigated. In this study, we assessed the impact of ortho-silicic acid (OSA) on Dex-induced apoptosis of osteocytes by cell apoptosis assays. The apoptosis-related genes, cleaved-caspase-3, Bcl-2, and Bax, were detected by western blotting. Then, we evaluated the possible role of OSA on osteogenesis and osteoclastogenesis with Dex using Alizarin red staining and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining. We also detected the related genes by quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and western blotting. We then established the GIOP mouse model to evaluate the potential role of OSA in vivo. We found that OSA showed no cytotoxic on osteocytes below 50 μM and prevented MLO-Y4 from Dex-induced apoptosis. We also found that OSA promoted osteogenesis and inhibited osteoclastogenesis with Dex. OSA had a protective effect on GIOP mice via the Akt signal pathway in vivo. In the end, we verified the Akt/Bad signal pathway in vitro, which showed the same results. Our finding demonstrated that OSA could protect osteocytes from apoptosis induced by GCs both in vitro and in vivo. Also, it promoted osteogenesis and inhibited osteoclastogenesis with the exitance of Dex. In conclusion, OSA has the potential value as a therapeutic agent for GIOP.

Keywords: Apoptosis; GIOP; Ortho-silicic acid; The Akt pathway.

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