Cited by 35Mesenchymal stem cell researchBone Metabolism and DiseasesT-cell and B-cell Immunology

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells promotes c-Jun-dependent secretion of interleukin 8 and mediates the migration and differentiation of CD4+ T cells

Open access
Ye, Feng, Li, Jinteng, Xu, Peitao, Xie, Zhongyu, Zheng, Guan, Liu, Wenjie, Ye, Guiwen, Yu, Wenhui +7 more·2022·Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Abstract

Background: The immune system and the skeletal system have complex interactions in the bone marrow and even in the joints, which has promoted the development of the concept of osteoimmunology. Some evidence has indicated that T cells and B cells contribute to the balance between the resorption and formation of bone. However, there has been little discussion on the regulation of CD4+ T lymphocytes by cells involved in bone metabolism. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which exert core functions related to immunoregulation and osteogenic differentiation, are crucial cells linked to both bone metabolism and the immune system. Previous studies have shown that the immunoregulatory capacity of MSCs changes following differentiation. However, it is still unclear whether the osteogenic differentiation of MSCs affects the migration and differentiation of CD4+ T cells. Methods: MSCs were cultured in growth medium or osteogenic medium for 10 days and then cocultured with CD4+ T cells. CD4+ T cell migration and differentiation were detected by flow cytometry. Further, gene expression levels of specific cytokines were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. A Proteome Profiler Human XL Cytokine Array Kit was used to analyze supernatants collected from MSCs. Alizarin red S staining and Alkaline phosphatase assay were used to detect the osteogenic differentiation of MSCs. Results: Here, we found that the migration of CD4+ T cells was elevated, and the capacity to induce the differentiation of regulatory T (Treg) cells was weakened during MSC osteogenic differentiation, while the differentiation of T helper 1 (Th1), T helper 2 (Th2) and T helper 17 (Th17) cells was not affected. Further studies revealed that interleukin (IL)-8 was significantly upregulated during MSC osteogenic differentiation. Both a neutralizing antibody and IL-8-specific siRNA significantly inhibited the migration of CD4+ T cells and promoted the differentiation of Treg cells. Finally, we found that the transcription factor c-Jun was involved in regulating the expression of IL-8 and affected the osteogenic differentiation of MSCs, thereby mediating the migration and differentiation of CD4+ T cells. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that MSC osteogenic differentiation promoted c-Jun-dependent secretion of IL-8 and mediated the migration and differentiation of CD4+ T cells. These results provide a further understanding of the crosstalk between bone and the immune system and reveal information about the relationship between osteogenesis and inflammation in the field of osteoimmunology.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1186/s13287-022-02735-0This paper is marked retracted.

Cites

51 of 51 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • IL-8 and MMP9 may affect the activity of cells critical to bone healing and may influence the bone healing process.

    “IL-8 and MMP9 may affect the activity of these cells, which are critical participating cells in the bone healing process, in the manner described above and may, therefore, influence the bone healing process”

    From Modulation of fracture healing by senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP): a narrative review of the current literature (2024) · cites this paper as [101]

    The Discussion (page not provided) reports that IL-8 regulates CD4+ T-cell recruitment and polarization during mesenchymal stem-cell osteogenic differentiation, supporting the proposed effect on cells involved in bone biology. Our copy does not address MMP9 or show that either factor changes the bone-healing process itself. (LLM, conf=0.86)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 1

  1. [11]Smith WB Gamble JR Clark-Lewis I Vadas MA Interleukin-8 induces neutrophil transendothelial migration Immunology 1991 72 65 72 1997402 PMC1384337

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Ye, F., Li, J., Xu, P., Xie, Z., Zheng, G., Liu, W., Ye, G., Yu, W., Lin, J., Su, Z., Che, Y., Zhang, Z., Wang, P., Wu, Y., & Shen, H.
Affiliations
Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Wang, Peng
  • Wu, Yanfeng
  • Shen, Huiyong
Venue
Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Published
2022-02-05
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
58-58
ISSN
1757-6512 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4210493837
Cited by
35
References
51
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 2
FWCI
5.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Status
Retracted
Open access
Locations
  • Stem Cell Research & Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • national natural science foundation of china (81971518, 82002267)
  • key-area research and development program of guangdong province (2019B020236001)
  • technology project of shenzhen city (RCBS20200714114909007)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Mesenchymal stem cell research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bone Metabolism and Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
Keywords
mesenchymal stem cells, osteogenic differentiation, CD4+ T cells, interleukin-8, c-Jun, regulatory T cells, T cell migration, Th17 cells, Th1/Th2 cells, osteoimmunology, bone-immune crosstalk, immunomodulation, cytokine production, transcriptional regulation, retracted article
MeSH terms
Cell Differentiation, Cell Movement, Cells, Cultured, Humans, Osteogenesis, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Interleukin-8, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, Mesenchymal Stem Cells

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review