Osteotropic agents regulate the expression of osteoclast differentiation factor and osteoprotegerin in osteoblastic stromal cells.

Journal article

The osteoclastogenic factor of osteoblastic origin has recently been elucidated as a novel Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-ligand family member, termed osteoclast differentiation factor (ODF). Using a semiquantitative RT-PCR approach, we sought to determine the mRNA expression of ODF and its decoy receptor, osteoprotegerin (OPG), in a selection of osteoblastic cell lines and in response to three factors representative of different signal transduction pathways, vitamin D receptor, protein kinase A or gp130. Each osteotropic agent, either 1,25-(OH)2D3, PTH or IL-11, promoted an increase in the ratio of ODF:OPG, with maximal stimulation occurring at 24 h, 4 h, and 8 h, respectively, and furthermore each was shown to act in a dose-dependent manner. This report establishes that osteoblastic cell lines incapable of supporting osteoclast formation have markedly reduced ODF expression and also illustrates the importance of the relative abundance of ODF compared with the levels of OPG for the induction of osteoclastogenesis.

Authors: Horwood, N; Elliott, J; Martin, T; Gillespie, M

• Journal: Endocrinology
• Volume: 139
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 4743-4746
• Publication date: 1998-11-01
• DOI: 10.1210/en.139.11.4743
• EISSN: 1945-7170
• ISSN: 0013-7227
• Language: English
• Keywords: Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B; Membrane Glycoproteins; Cells, Cultured; Glycoproteins; Receptors, Calcitriol; Stromal Cells; Osteoprotegerin; Calcitriol; Osteoclasts; Signal Transduction; Mice; Animals, Newborn; Carrier Proteins; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Osteoblasts; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; Parathyroid Hormone; RANK Ligand; Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Interleukin-11; Cytokines; Animals