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BACKGROUND: Psoralen has a strong anti-osteoporotic activity and may have a restorative effect on chemotherapy-induced osteoporosis. OBJECTIVE: To explore the restorative effect of psoralen on the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in mice inhibited by cyclophosphamide and its mechanism. METHODS: C57BL/6 mouse bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were isolated and cultured. Effect of psoralen on viability of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells was detected by MTT assay. Osteogenic induction combined with alkaline phosphatase staining was used to determine the optimal dose of psoralen to restore the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells inhibited by cyclophosphamide. The mRNA expression levels of Runx2, alkaline phosphatase, Osteocalcin, osteoprotegerin, and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway-related genes Wnt1, Wnt4, Wnt10b, β-catenin, and c-MYC were measured by RT-qPCR at different time points under the intervention with psoralen. The protein expression of osteogenic specific transcription factor Runx2 and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway related genes Active β-catenin, DKK1, c-MYC, and Cyclin D1 was determined by western blot assay at different time points under the intervention with psoralen. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) There was no significant effect of different concentrations of psoralen on the viability of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. The best recovery of the inhibition of osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells caused by cyclophosphamide was under the intervention of psoralen at a concentration of 200 μmol/L. (2) Psoralen reversed the reduction in osteogenic differentiation marker genes Runx2, alkaline phosphatase, Osteocalcin and osteoprotegerin mRNA expression and Runx2 protein expression in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells caused by cyclophosphamide conditioned medium. (3) Psoralen reversed the decrease in Wnt/β-catenin pathway-related genes Wnt4, β-catenin, c-MYC mRNA and Active β-catenin, c-MYC, and Cyclin D1 protein expression and the increase in DKK1 protein expression in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells caused by cyclophosphamide conditioned medium. (4) The results showed that cyclophosphamide inhibited osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in mice, and psoralen had a restorative effect on it. The best intervention effect was achieved at a concentration of 200 μmol/L psoralen, and this protective effect might be related to the activation of Wnt4/β-catenin signaling pathway by psoralen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: Gait is one of the optimal indicators of functional status in older adults. Gait parameters are associated with adverse health outcomes in older adults. OBJECTIVE: To summarize and compare the practical value of gait parameters, and to review the progress of research on spatio-temporal parameters and the risk of adverse health outcomes in older adults. METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science, and CNKI were searched for relevant literature published from January 2010 to June 2023 using the search terms of “gait speed, walking speed, step length, cadence, step frequency, step time, walking base, aged and elderly” in English and Chinese, respectively. A total of 52 papers were finally included for the systematic review. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Currently, researchers have focused on three basic temporal-spatial parameters, namely, step speed, step length and step frequency, to explore their association with adverse health outcomes in older adults. Reduced gait speed in older adults may increase the risk of falls, all-cause mortality, and may be an independent predictor of all-cause mortality. Older adults with slow gait speed are at higher risk of cognitive decline, and may be the preferred gait parameter in assessing cognitive impairment in older adults. Older adults with slow gait speed are more likely to have debilitating or common chronic illnesses, and are at higher risk of hospitalization and public care. Step length is positively correlated with individual height and lower limb length, but age-induced shortening of step length is not related to height or lower limb length, and shortening of step length reflects reduced physical function in older adults, and shortening of step length is a risk factor for falls and cognitive decline in older adults. Stride frequency is often used as a measure of exercise intensity, and a stride frequency of ≥ 100 steps/minute is predictive of all-cause mortality, and slowing of step frequency may lead to a higher risk of falls, hospitalization and all-cause mortality in older adults. Changes in gait parameters are closely related to the level of physical fitness in older adults, and there may be a bidirectional relationship between the two. The results of the study will provide a theoretical basis for further improving risk screening in clinical populations, refining health risk assessment in the elderly, improving health protection and promoting active health in the elderly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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