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The structural role of osteocalcin in bone biomechanics and its alteration in Type-2 Diabetes

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 10, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73141-w

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  1. European Research Council (ERC) under the EU [804108]
  2. Irish Centre for High-End Computing (ICHEC)
  3. European Research Council (ERC) [804108] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)

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This study presents an investigation into the role of Osteocalcin (OC) on bone biomechanics, with the results demonstrating that the protein's alpha -helix structures play a critical role in energy dissipation behavior in healthy conditions. In the first instance, alpha -helix structures have high affinity with the Hydroxyapatite (HAp) mineral surface and provide favorable conditions for adsorption of OC proteins onto the mineral surface. Using steered molecular dynamics simulation, several key energy dissipation mechanisms associated with alpha -helix structures were observed, which included stick-slip behavior, a sacrificial bond mechanism and a favorable binding feature provided by the Ca2+ motif on the OC protein. In the case of Type-2 Diabetes, this study demonstrated that possible glycation of the OC protein can occur through covalent crosslinking between Arginine and N-terminus regions, causing disruption of alpha -helices leading to a lower protein affinity to the HAp surface. Furthermore, the loss of alpha -helix structures allowed protein deformation to occur more easily during pulling and key energy dissipation mechanisms observed in the healthy configuration were no longer present. This study has significant implications for our understanding of bone biomechanics, revealing several novel mechanisms in OC's involvement in energy dissipation. Furthermore, these mechanisms can be disrupted following the onset of Type-2 Diabetes, implying that glycation of OC could have a substantial contribution to the increased bone fragility observed during this disease state.

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