HIF-1α-induced microRNA-210 reduces hypoxia-induced osteoblast MG-63 cell apoptosis.

To better understand the ischemic-hypoxia-induced fracture healing impairment, we determined in this study the microRNA-210 expression in broken bone specimens and in osteoblasts under hypoxia and then determined the influence of microRNA-210 overexpression on the osteoblast cell proliferation and apoptosis. Results demonstrated that microRNA-210 expression was upregulated with an association with HIF-1α overexpression in clinical human catagmatic tissues and was upregulated HIF-1α-dependently in response to hypoxia in osteoblast MG-63 cells. CCK-8 assay indicated that microRNA-210 upregulation by microRNA-210 mimics reduced the chemotherapeutic 5-FU-induced osteoblast cell death, and colony formation assay demonstrated that microRNA-210 mimics promoted osteoblast cells growth. Moreover, the microRNA-210 mimics transfection inhibited the hypoxia-induced MG-63 cell apoptosis via inhibiting the activation of caspase 3 and caspase 9. Therefore, our research indicated a protective role of microRNA-210 in response to hypoxia. And microRNA-210 might serve as a protective role in bone fracture healing.