期刊
IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY-ANIMAL
卷 51, 期 8, 页码 808-814出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-015-9895-x
关键词
Bone remodeling; HIF-1 alpha; Osteoblast; Osteoclast; Osteoprotegerin
Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) is one of the master regulators of hypoxia reactions, playing an important role in bone modeling, remodeling, and homeostasis. And overexpression of HIF-1 alpha in mature osteoblasts through conditional deletion of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) gene profoundly increases angiogenesis and osteogenesis. Studies showed that mice with osteoblasts lacking Vhl had a high level of Hif-1 alpha and increased bone mass and density. On the contrary, Hif-1 alpha conditional knockout mice had decreased bone mass and density. Our in vitro study showed that osteoprotegerin (OPG), an essential regulator of osteoclastic activity, can be upregulated by HIF-1 alpha and in turn downregulate the resorption activity of osteoclasts. We showed that HIF-1 alpha may directly bind to the upstream site of OPG and enhance its expression. Our study suggested that a novel mechanism, which works via OPG signaling, may mediate the function of HIF-1 alpha in bone remodeling.
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