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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 328, Issue 3, Pages 800-807Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.01.019
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osteoporosis; osteoclasts; STAT3; c-fos
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM40924] Funding Source: Medline
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Hematopoietic cell-specific disruption of the STAT3 gene induces hyperproliferation of cells of the myeloid lineage. Osteoclasts (OC), the bone-resorbing cells, are generated from the same precursors as monocyte/macrophages. STAT3 mutant mice exhibit decreased bone density, bone volume, and increased numbers of TRAP-positive OC. In vitro generation of OC showed significantly greater numbers of OC in mutant mice. The increased numbers of Mac1(+) cells and c-kit(+) cells were detected by FACS analysis, suggesting an increased number of OC precursors. Treatment of splenocytes with CSF-1 and RANKL significantly increased the Mac-1(+)RANK(+) cells, with much higher levels observed in cells from mutant mice compared with littermate controls. Besides enhanced number of Mac1(+) OC precursors, we also identified an OC-generating Mac1(-) c-kit(+) population in mutant mice which was absent in littermate controls. The Mac1(-) c-kit(-) cells did not generate OC. Finally, we determined that protein expression and mRNA level of c-fos, a transcription factor which is essential for OC differentiation, were enhanced in OC precursors of mutant mice, which may contribute to the osteopenic phenotype. (C) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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