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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 290, Issue 1, Pages 157-167Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.608158
Keywords
Apoptosis; DNA Repair; Osteoblast; Parathyroid Hormone; Wnt Pathway; Ionizing Radiation
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- National Institutes of Health [R01DK095803, R01CA138804]
- Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorder [P30AR050950]
- ASBMR Junior Faculty Osteoporosis Basic Research Award
- McCabe Pilot Award
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Background: PTH1-34 alleviates radiation-induced osteoporosis in a preclinical radiotherapy model. Results: PTH1-34 attenuates radiation damage on osteoblasts by increasing Ku70 amount, accelerating DNA repair, and suppressing osteoblast apoptosis. Pathway analyses identify canonical Wnt pathway as an important mediator. Conclusion: PTH1-34 blocks radiation-induced osteoblast apoptosis through activation of -catenin. Significance: PTH1-34 or Wnt agonist could be possible therapy for radiation-induced osteoporosis. Focal radiotherapy for cancer patients has detrimental effects on bones within the radiation field and the primary clinical signs of bone damage include the loss of functional osteoblasts. We reported previously that daily injection of parathyroid hormone (PTH, 1-34) alleviates radiation-induced osteopenia in a preclinical radiotherapy model by improving osteoblast survival. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms, we irradiated osteoblastic UMR 106-01 cells and calvarial organ culture and demonstrated an anti-apoptosis effect of PTH1-34 on these cultures. Inhibitor assay indicated that PTH exerts its radioprotective action mainly through protein kinase A/-catenin pathway. -H2AX foci staining and comet assay revealed that PTH efficiently promotes the repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) in irradiated osteoblasts via activating the -catenin pathway. Interestingly, Wnt3a alone also blocked cell death and accelerated DNA repair in primary osteoprogenitors, osteoblastic and osteocytic cells after radiation through the canonical signaling. Further investigations revealed that both Wnt3a and PTH increase the amount of Ku70, a core protein for initiating the assembly of DSB repair machinery, in osteoblasts after radiation. Moreover, down-regulation of Ku70 by siRNA abrogated the prosurvival effect of PTH and Wnt3a on irradiated osteoblasts. In summary, our results identify a novel role of PTH and canonical Wnt signaling in regulating DSB repair machinery and apoptosis in osteoblasts and shed light on using PTH1-34 or Wnt agonist as possible therapy for radiation-induced osteoporosis.
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