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JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY-AMERICAN VOLUME
Volume 90A, Issue -, Pages 31-35Publisher
JOURNAL BONE JOINT SURGERY INC
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.01183
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Sclerosteosis and Van Buchem disease are rare, high-bone-mass disorders that have been linked to deficiency in the SOST gene, encoding sclerostin. Sclerostin belongs to the DAN family of glycoproteins, of which multiple family members have been shown to antagonize bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and/or Wnt activity. Sclerostin is specifically expressed by osteocytes and inhibits BIAP-induced osteoblast differentiation and ectopic bone formation. Sclerostin binds only weakly to BMPs and does not inhibit direct BMP-induced responses. Instead, sclerostin antagonizes canonical Wnt signaling by binding to Wnt coreceptors, low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 and 6. Several lipoprotein receptor-related protein-5 mutants that cause the high-bone-mass trait are defective in sclerostin binding. Thus, high bone mass in sclerosteosis and Van Buchem disease may result from increased Wnt signaling due to the absence of or insensitivity to sclerostin.
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