Stomatology ›› 2026, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (5): 337-343.doi: 10.13591/j.cnki.kqyx.2026.05.003

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Coffee inhibits osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells via suppression of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway

WANG Jie, LI Na, YU Jinhua()   

  1. Department of EndodonticsThe Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanjing Medical University,State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Research,Prevention and Treatment for Oral Diseases (Nanjing Medical University),Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Stomatological Translational Medicine(Nanjing Medical University)Nanjing 210029, China
  • Received:2025-12-03 Online:2026-05-28 Published:2026-05-15

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the effect of coffee on the osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) and preliminarily elucidate its relationship with the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Methods Rat BMMSCs were isolated and cultured using the whole bone marrow adherence method. Coffee-conditioned medium was prepared at different concentrations,and the optimal concentration was selected based on alkaline phosphatase (ALP) staining. Changes in osteogenesis-related markers were observed via qRT-PCR and Western blot,and alterations in the gene and protein expression levels of β-catenin were detected. Results Rat BMMSCs were successfully isolated and cultured. ALP activity assay identified 0.1 mg/mL as the optimal concentration of coffee-conditioned medium. Further experiments showed that this concentration had no significant effect on the proliferation of rat BMMSCs during the first 3 days but inhibited their proliferation from Day 5 to 9. Coffee-conditioned medium suppressed the expression of osteogenic markers in rat BMMSCs and concurrently downregulated the expression of proteins related to the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Conclusion Coffee-conditioned medium can inhibit the osteogenic differentiation of rat BMMSCs,and its mechanism may be associated with the suppression of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.

Key words: coffee, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs), osteogenic differentiation, Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway

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