Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To study if four statins could attenuate TNFα-induced growth inhibition and compare their effects in MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cells. METHODS Murine osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells were cultured in DMEM essential medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and antibiotics. 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2yl-)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) was used to evaluate cell viability. RESULTS TNFα at concentrations (1-100 ng·mL
-1) inhibited the viability of MC3T3-E1 cells in time and concentration-dependent manners. MC3T3-E1 cells exposed to low concentrations of simvastatin(10
-10-10
-7 mol·L
-1), fluvastatin(10
-10-10
-6 mol·L
-1) and atorvastatin(10
-8-10
-6 mol·L
-1) increased growth and viability. In contrast, rosuvastatin(10
-10-10
-7 mol·L
-1) had no effect, and high concentration of rosuvastatin(10
-6-10
-5 mol·L
-1) decreased cell growth. MC3T3-E1 cells treated with simvastatin, fluvastatin and atorvastatin in the presence of TNFα concentration-dependently increased cell growth compared with that of untreated control cells. Low concentration of rosuvastatin(10
-10-10
-8 mol·L
-1) in the presence of TNFα markedly increased cell growth, and high concentration of rosuvastatin(10
-6 mol·L
-1) in the presence of TNFα decreased cell growth. CONCLUSION The results demonstrate that statins can increase growth and viability of osteoblastic cells and decrease TNFα induced growth inhibition in murine osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells, and rosuvastatin at low and high concentration had opposite effects.