Natural phenols may have beneficial properties against oxidative stress, which is associated with aging and major chronic aging-related diseases, such as loss of bone mineral mass (osteoporosis) and diabetes. The main aim of this study was to analyze the effect of quercetin, a major nutraceutical compound present in the "Mediterranean diet", on mesenchymal stem-cell (MSC) differentiation. Such cells were induced to differentiate into osteoblasts or adipocytes in the presence of two quercetin concentrations (0.1 and 10μM). Several physiological parameters and the expression of osteoblastogenesis and adipogenesis marker genes were monitored. Quercetin (10μM) inhibited cell proliferation, alkaline phosphatase (ALPL) activity and mineralization, down-regulating the expression of ALPL, collagen type I alpha 1 (COL1A1) and osteocalcin [bone gamma-carboxyglutamate protein (BGLAP)] osteoblastogenesis-related genes in MSC differentiating into osteoblasts. Moreover, in these cultures, CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (CEBPA) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma 2 (PPARG2) adipogenic genes were induced, and cells differentiated into adipocytes were observed. Quercetin did not affect proliferation, but increased adipogenesis, mainly at 10-μM concentration in MSC induced to differentiate to adipocytes. β- and γ-catenin (plakoglobin) nuclear levels were reduced and increased, respectively, in quercetin-treated cultures. This suggests that the effect of high concentration of quercetin on MSC osteoblastic and adipogenic differentiation is mediated via Wnt/β-catenin inhibition. In conclusion, quercetin supplementation inhibited osteoblastic differentiation and promoted adipogenesis at the highest tested concentration. Such possible adverse effects of high quercetin concentrations should be taken into account in nutraceutical or pharmaceutical strategies using such flavonol.
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