Journal
BIOESSAYS
Volume 31, Issue 7, Pages 794-804Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800223
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bone; mechanical stimulation; mechanotransduction; signaling network; transcription factor
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Mechanical stimulation has a critical role in the development and maintenance of the skeleton. This function requires the perception of extracellular stimuli as well as their conversion into intracellular biochemical responses. This process is called mechanotransduction and is mediated by a plethora of molecular events that regulate bone metabolism. Indeed, mechanoreceptors, such as integrins, G protein-coupled receptors, receptor protein tyrosine kinases, and stretch-activated Ca2+ channels, together with their downstream effectors coordinate the transmission of load-induced signals to the nucleus and the expression of bone-related genes. During the past decade, scientists have gained increasing insight into the molecular networks implicated in bone mechanotransduction. In the present paper, we consider the major signaling cascades and transcription factors that control bone and cartilage mechanobiology and discuss the influence of the mechanical microenvironment on the determination of skeletal morphology.
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