Stimulation of osteogenic activity in human osteoblast cells by edible Uraria crinita

J Agric Food Chem. 2014 Jun 18;62(24):5581-8. doi: 10.1021/jf5012177. Epub 2014 Jun 4.

Abstract

Uraria crinita is an edible herb used as a natural food for childhood skeletal dysplasia. Ethyl acetate, n-butanol, and aqueous fractions of a 95% ethanol crude extract of U. crinita were obtained and the active ingredients isolated and purified using a bioguided method. In this manner, we isolated and identified a new active flavone glycoside, apigenin 6-C-β-d-apiofuranosyl(1→2)-α-d-xylopyranoside (3) and 10 known components with stimulatory activity on human osteoblast cells. The new compound 3 at 100 μM significantly increased alkaline phosphatase activity (114.10 ± 4.41%), mineralization (150.10 ± 0.80%), as well as osteopontin (1.39 ± 0.01-fold), bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2, 1.30 ± 0.04-fold), and runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2, 1.43 ± 0.10-fold) mRNA expression through the activation of the BMP-2/Runx2 pathway. Two other components, dalbergioidin (1) and byzantionoside B (9), displayed similar effects. These results show that U. crinita and its active compounds may have the potential to stimulate bone formation and regeneration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkaline Phosphatase / metabolism
  • Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 / genetics
  • Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 / metabolism
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit / genetics
  • Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit / metabolism
  • Fabaceae / chemistry*
  • Humans
  • Osteoblasts / drug effects*
  • Osteoblasts / metabolism
  • Osteogenesis / drug effects*
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology*
  • Plant Roots / chemistry
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism

Substances

  • BMP2 protein, human
  • Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
  • Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit
  • Plant Extracts
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RUNX2 protein, human
  • Alkaline Phosphatase