General regulatory effects of hypoxia on human cartilage endplate‑derived stem cells: A genome‑wide analysis of differential gene expression and alternative splicing events

  • Authors:
    • Yuan Yao
    • Weilin Song
    • Qiyue Deng
    • Huiyu Zhang
    • Jian Wang
    • Huan Liu
    • Yue Zhou
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  • Published online on: June 30, 2017     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6907
  • Pages: 3001-3009
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Abstract

Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration of is considered to be initiated by the degeneration of the cartilage endplate (CEP). CEP‑derived stem cells (CESCs) with the capacity for osteochondrogenic differentiation may be responsible for CEP cartilage restoration. As CEP is avascular and hypoxic, and hypoxia can greatly influence biological activities of stem cells, physiological hypoxia may serve important roles in regulating the physiological functions of CESCs. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanisms of hypoxia‑regulated CESCs fate by using the Human Transcriptome Array 2.0 system to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and alternatively spliced genes (ASGs) in CESCs cultured under hypoxic and normoxic conditions. The high‑throughput analysis of both DEGs and ASGs were notably enriched in the immune response signal, which so far has not been investigated in IVD cells, due to their avascular nature and low immunogenicity. The present results provided a referential study direction of the mechanisms of hypoxia‑regulated CESC fate at the level of gene expression and alternative splicing, which may aid in our understanding of the processes of CEP degeneration.
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Yao Y, Song W, Deng Q, Zhang H, Wang J, Liu H and Zhou Y: General regulatory effects of hypoxia on human cartilage endplate‑derived stem cells: A genome‑wide analysis of differential gene expression and alternative splicing events. Mol Med Rep 16: 3001-3009, 2017
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Yao, Y., Song, W., Deng, Q., Zhang, H., Wang, J., Liu, H., & Zhou, Y. (2017). General regulatory effects of hypoxia on human cartilage endplate‑derived stem cells: A genome‑wide analysis of differential gene expression and alternative splicing events. Molecular Medicine Reports, 16, 3001-3009. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6907
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Yao, Y., Song, W., Deng, Q., Zhang, H., Wang, J., Liu, H., Zhou, Y."General regulatory effects of hypoxia on human cartilage endplate‑derived stem cells: A genome‑wide analysis of differential gene expression and alternative splicing events". Molecular Medicine Reports 16.3 (2017): 3001-3009.
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Yao, Y., Song, W., Deng, Q., Zhang, H., Wang, J., Liu, H., Zhou, Y."General regulatory effects of hypoxia on human cartilage endplate‑derived stem cells: A genome‑wide analysis of differential gene expression and alternative splicing events". Molecular Medicine Reports 16, no. 3 (2017): 3001-3009. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2017.6907