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ArticleInternational journal of endocrinology2015

Ghrelin Increases Beta-Catenin Level through Protein Kinase A Activation and Regulates OPG Expression in Rat Primary Osteoblasts.

Emanuela Mrak, Lavinia Casati, Francesca Pagani, Alessandro Rubinacci, Guido Zarattini, Valeria Sibilia

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Article in International journal of endocrinology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Emanuela MrakDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Medical Pharmacology Unit, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy.
Lavinia CasatiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Medical Pharmacology Unit, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy.
Francesca PaganiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Medical Pharmacology Unit, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy.
Alessandro RubinacciBone Metabolism Unit, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milano, Italy.
Guido ZarattiniDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
Valeria SibiliaDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Medical Pharmacology Unit, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Vanvitelli 32, 20129 Milano, Italy.
University of Milan · ITUniversity of Brescia · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ghrelin, by binding growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R), promotes osteoblast proliferation but the signaling mechanism of GHS-R on these cells remains unclear. Since canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway is critically associated with bone homeostasis, we investigated its involvement in mediating ghrelin effects in osteoblasts and in osteoblast-osteoclast cross talk. Ghrelin (10(-10)M) significantly increased β-catenin levels in rat osteoblasts (rOB). This stimulatory action on β-catenin involves a specific interaction with GHS-R1a, as it is prevented by the selective GHS-R1a antagonist, D-Lys(3)-GHRP-6 (10(-7)M). The effect of ghrelin on β-catenin involves the phosphorylation and inactivation of GSK-3β via protein kinase A (PKA). Inhibition of PKA activity reduces the facilitatory action of ghrelin on β-catenin stabilization. Ghrelin treatment of rOB significantly increases the expression of osteoprotegerin (OPG), which plays an important role in the regulation of osteoclastogenesis, and this effect is blocked by D-Lys(3)-GHRP-6. Furthermore, ghrelin reduced RANKL/OPG ratio thus contrasting osteoclastogenesis. Accordingly, conditioned media from rOB treated with ghrelin decreased the number of multinucleated TRAcP+ cells as compared with the conditioned media from untreated-control rOB. Our data suggest new roles for ghrelin in modulating bone homeostasis via a specific interaction with GHSR-1a in osteoblasts with subsequent enhancement of both β-catenin levels and OPG expression.

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