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- Title
Glucocorticoids suppress bone formation via the osteoclast.
- Authors
Hyun-Ju Kim; Haibo Zhao; Kitaura, Hideki; Bhattacharyya, Sandip; Brewer, Judson A.; Muglia, Louis J.; Ross, F. Patrick; Teitelbaum, Steven L.
- Abstract
The pathogenesis of glucocorticoid-induced (GC-induced) bone loss is unclear. For example, osteoblast apoptosis is enhanced by GCs in vivo, but they stimulate bone formation in vitro. This conundrum suggests that an intermediary cell transmits a component of the bone-suppressive effects of GCs to osteoblasts in the intact animal. Bone remodeling is characterized by tethering of the activities of osteoclasts and osteoblasts. Hence, the osteoclast is a potential modulator of the effect of GCs on osteoblasts. To define the direct impact of GCs on bone-resorptive cells, we compared the effects of dexamethasone (DEX) on WT osteoclasts with those derived from mice with disruption of the GC receptor in osteoclast lineage cells (GRoc-/- mice). While the steroid prolonged longevity of osteoclasts, their bone-degrading capacity was suppressed. The inhibitory effect of DEX on bone resorption reflects failure of osteoclasts to organize their cytoskeleton in response to M-CSF. DEX specifically arrested M-CSF activation of RhoA, Rac, and Vav3, each of which regulate the osteoclast cytoskeleton. In all circumstances GRoc-/- mice were spared the impact of DEX on osteoclasts and their precursors. Consistent with osteoclasts modulating the osteoblast-suppressive effect of DEX, GRoc-/- mice are protected from the steroid's inhibition of bone formation.
- Subjects
GLUCOCORTICOIDS; OSTEOCLASTS; CYTOSKELETON; BONE remodeling; BONE resorption; BONE cells
- Publication
Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2006, Vol 116, Issue 8, p2152
- ISSN
0021-9738
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1172/JCI28084