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Title

Favorable osteogenic activity of vericiguat doped in β-tricalcium phosphate: In vitro and in vivo studies.

Authors

Tao, Zhou-Shan; Shen, Cai-Liang

Abstract

Recently, more and more studies have shown that guanylate cyclase, an enzyme that synthesizes cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), plays an important role in bone metabolism. Vericiguat (VIT), a novel oral soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator, directly generates cyclic guanosine monophosphate and reduce the death incidence from cardio-vascular causes or hospitalization. Recent studies have shown beneficial effects of VIT in animal models of osteoporosis, but very little is currently known about the effects of VIT on bone defects in the osteoporotic states. Therefore, in this study, β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) was used as a carrier to explore the effect of local VIT administration on the repair of femoral metaphyseal bone defects in ovariectomized (OVX) rats. When MC3T3-E1 was cultured in the presence of H2H2, VIT, similar to Melatonin (MT), therapy could increase the matrix mineralization and ALP, SOD2, SIRT1, and OPG expression, reduce ROS and Mito SOX production, RANKL expression, Promote the recovery of mitochondrial membrane potential. In the OVX rat model, VIT increases the osteogenic effect of β-TCP and better results were obtained at a dose of 5 mg. Local use of VIT can inhibit increased OC, BMP2 and RUNX2 expressions in bone tissue, while decreased SOST and TRAP expressions by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Thereby, VIT stimulates bone regeneration and is a promising candidate for promoting bone repair in osteoporosis.

Subjects

CYCLIC guanylic acid; GUANYLATE cyclase; IN vivo studies; BONE regeneration; BONE metabolism; MITOCHONDRIAL membranes

Publication

Journal of Biomaterials Applications, 2024, Vol 38, Issue 10, p1073

ISSN

0885-3282

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1177/08853282241245543

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