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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Volume 288, Issue 5, Pages E1011-E1018Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00534.2004
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osteoblast; p75; tumor necrosis factor receptor 1; tumor necrosis; factor receptor 2; bone; osteoporosis; tumor necrosis factor; apoptosis
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [R01 AR-46452] Funding Source: Medline
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After menopause, increased tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) stimulates bone resorption while inhibiting differentiation of new bone-forming osteoblasts ( OB). TNF receptors, p55 and p75, signal similar intracellular pathways, but only p55 activates apoptosis. To evaluate the relationship between the TNF receptor mediating inhibition of OB differentiation and the role of apoptosis, marrow stromal cells (MSC) were cultured from mice deficient in either or both receptors. Cells grown in ascorbate and beta-glycerophosphate produce alkaline phosphatase and osteocalcin and mineralize matrix. Treatment of wild-type or p55(+/+)/p75(-/-) MSC with murine TNF (binds p55 and p75) or human TNF (binds only p55) inhibited OB differentiation. TNF did not inhibit OB differentiation in p55(-/-) MSC. Expression of p75 modestly attenuated sensitivity to TNF. To determine the role of apoptosis, changes in total DNA, cell viability, caspase 3, and percentage of annexin V-positive cells were measured in MSC and preosteoblastic MC3T3 cells. TNF treatment that reduced differentiation by 50% did not decrease cell viability or increase apoptosis, as determined by alamar blue reduction, trypan blue exclusion, and percentage of annexin V-positive cells. TNF increased caspase 3 activity 1.5-fold in MC3T3 and insignificantly in MSC cells compared with >4-fold after 4 h actinomycin D. Treatment of MSC or MC3T3 cells with three caspase inhibitors failed to reverse the inhibitory effect of TNF on OB differentiation despite inhibition of caspase activity. These results suggest that the p55 receptor is essential, and p75 dispensable, for TNF inhibition of OB differentiation through a mechanism that does not require apoptosis.
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