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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 280, Issue 5, Pages 3974-3981Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M409807200
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA43793] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK48109] Funding Source: Medline
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Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is the Major mediator of calcium homeostasis and bone remodeling and is now known to be an effective drug for osteoporosis treatment. Yet the mechanisms responsible for its functions in bone are largely unknown. Here we report that the expression of amphiregulin (AR), a member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family, is rapidly and highly up-regulated by PTH in several osteohlastic cell lines and bone tissues. Other osteotropic hormones (1alpha,25dihydroxyvitamin D-3 and prostaglandin E-2) also strongly stimulate AR expression. We found all EGF-like ligands and their receptors are expressed in osteoblasts, but AR is the only member that is highly regulated by PTH. Functional studies demonstrated that although AR is a potent growth factor for preosteoblasts, it completely inhibits further differentiation. AR also strongly and quickly stimulated Akt and ERK phosphorylation and c-fos and c-jun expression in an EGF receptor-dependent manner. Moreover, AR null mice displayed significantly less tibial trabecular bone than wild-type mice. Taken together, we have identified a novel growth factor that is PTH-regulated and appears to have an important role in bone metabolism.
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