Research Article

Melatonin Rescued Reactive Oxygen Species-Impaired Osteogenesis of Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Presence of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha

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Melatonin suppressed the phosphorylation of NF-κB signaling induced by TNF-α. BMSCs were cultured and underwent osteogenesis in osteogenesis medium containing vehicle (0.05 mol/L ethanol), TNF-α (10 ng/mL), or both TNF-α (10 ng/mL) and melatonin (100 μmol/L). The expression of p65 and IκBα protein and phosphor-p65 (p-p65) was detected using (a) Western blot after 0, 3, 7, and 14 days of osteogenic differentiation. (b) Ratio of relative protein expression of p-p65 to relative protein expression of p65 and (c) the relative expression of IκBα was examined. The results are representative of three independent experiments. versus the vehicle group, versus the TNF-α group.
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