Mechanical energy-charged navigating pump repair natural vascular scaffolds to reverse osteoporosis
Bone vasculature plays a critical role in maintaining bone health. A reduction in mechanical loading-induced vascular deficiency plays a critical role in osteoporosis progression by disrupting the bone microenvironment and impairing intercellular communication among endothelial cells, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts. A bioactive nanoparticle, formed by fusing mechanically loading-induced preosteoclasts (POCs)-derived exosomes (ML-Exo) with (DSS)<sub>6</sub> peptide-modified endothelial cell membrane vesicles (DMVs), reconstructs vascular networks and the bone microenvironment, reversing osteoporosis. Mechanical loading enhances communication capacity of ML-Exo, enabling mechanical signal transmission to endothelial cells and promoting angiogenesis-osteogenesis coupling. Additionally, the CXCR4 protein and (DSS)<sub>6</sub> peptide on DMVs facilitate bone tissue localization (soil entry), while endothelial cell membrane homologous chemotaxis ensures precise targeting of bone vasculature (direct irrigation). This "Mechanical Energy-Charged Navigating Pump" (MLE/DMV), formed by fusion of ML-Exo and DMVs, restores the "natural vascular scaffold network," improving blood supply and nutrient delivery to the bone microenvironment. It also restores intercellular communication among endothelial cells, osteoblasts, and osteoclasts, slowing osteoporosis progression.
Authors
- Jianpeng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7599-9961)
- Jiheng Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1133-4703)
- Fengkun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0597-3188)
- Yanbin Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7822-9329)
- Jiahao Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4366-5374)
- Wei Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9853-8049)
- Yiran Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9554-6078)
- Peng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9218-9132)
- Shuo Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8171-2779)
- Shuai Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3371-2197)
- Wei He (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1296-423X)
- Chunxu Fu
Institutions
- Hebei Medical University (CN)
- Union Hospital (HK)
- Peking University (CN)
- Nankai University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Engineering (CN)
- Third Hospital of Hebei Medical University (CN)
- Hospital of Hebei Province (CN)
- Hebei General Hospital (CN)
- Peking University Third Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Second People's Hospital (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Materials Today Bio
- Published
- 2025-10-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102431
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00