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Inhibition of the NPR3-mediated p38 MAPK or Erk1/2 pathway enhanced PDLSC osteogenic differentiation under glucose. A Expression of osteoblast differentiation-related genes (ALP, RUNX2, BMP2 and OCN) in PDLSCs transfected with or without LV-NPR3 when they were cultured in high glucose with metformin addition or high glucose with metformin and SB203580 addition following a 14-day osteogenic induction (mRNA expression levels detected by qRT-PCR). B Expression of osteoblast differentiation-related genes (ALP, RUNX2, BMP2 and OCN) in PDLSCs transfected with or without LV-NPR3 when they were cultured in high glucose with metformin addition or high glucose with metformin and U0126 addition following a 14-day osteogenic induction (mRNA expression levels detected by qRT-PCR). C Expression of osteoblast differentiation-related proteins (ALP, RUNX2, BMP2 and OCN) in PDLSCs transfected with or without LV-NPR3 when they were cultured in high glucose with metformin addition or high glucose with metformin and SB203580 addition following a 14-day osteogenic induction (protein expression levels detected by Western blot analysis). D Expression of osteoblast differentiation-related proteins (ALP, RUNX2, BMP2 and OCN) in PDLSCs transfected with or without LV-NPR3 when they were cultured in high glucose with metformin addition or high glucose with metformin and U0126 addition following a 14-day osteogenic induction (protein expression levels detected by Western blot analysis). The displayed bands were cropped from the corresponding original blots. HG, high glucose. Met, metformin. LV-NPR3, NPR3-overexpression lentivirus. SB203580, p38 MAPK pathway inhibitor. U0126, Erk1/2 pathway inhibitor. Experiments for P4 cells from three different donors were repeated independently for at least 3 times, and data are presented as the means ± SD (n = 3). p value was based on one-way analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA). *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001 represent significant differences between the indicated columns, while NS represents no significant difference