Journal
BONE
Volume 145, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2021.115843
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Leukemia inhibitory factor; Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis; Glucocorticoids; Osteoblast differentiation
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [1149 C02/INST 40/492-2, Tu220/14-1]
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The study reveals that treatment with LIF can rescue the decreased early osteogenic differentiation and mineralization of osteoblasts induced by GCs, and in vivo LIF treatment protects against GC-mediated trabecular bone loss. This protection is attributed to LIF rescuing the decreased activity of Stat3, MAPK, and Akt signaling pathways caused by GCs, suggesting a potential new therapeutic strategy to prevent GC-induced bone loss.
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely used drugs for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. However, a severe side effect induced by long-term GC therapy is osteoporosis. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) - a glycoprotein 130 (gp130) dependent cytokine and member of the interleukin-6 cytokine family - is an activator protein 1 (AP-1) target gene that may be involved in one of the mechanisms underlying GC-induced bone loss. Indeed, we previously reported that the mRNA expression level of LIF was enhanced upon osteogenic differentiation, but was significantly decreased in GC-treated osteoblasts. In this study, we show that in vitro LIF treatment rescues the decreased early osteogenic differentiation and mineralization of GC-treated osteoblasts. Furthermore, we also demonstrate that in vivo LIF treatment protects against GC-mediated trabecular bone loss by decreasing the loss of both trabecular bone formation and osteoblast numbers. This protection appears to be conferred by LIF rescuing GC decreased activity of Stat3, MAPK, and Akt signaling pathways. Thus, the specific targeting of LIF signaling may represent a new therapeutic strategy to prevent GC-induced trabecular bone loss.
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