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ArticleInternational journal of biological sciences2020

F2r negatively regulates osteoclastogenesis through inhibiting the Akt and NFκB signaling pathways.

Yan Zhang, He Wang, Guochun Zhu, Airong Qian, Wei Chen

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Article in International journal of biological sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yan ZhangLaboratory for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China.
He WangDepartment of Pathology, The School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Guochun ZhuDepartment of Pathology, The School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Airong QianLaboratory for Bone Metabolism, Key Lab for Space Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710072, China.
Wei ChenDepartment of Pathology, The School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USNorthwestern Polytechnical University · CN

Funding

Cbfβ mediates articular cartilage regeneration and repair in agingR01AG056438 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CHEN, WEI · 2019 to 2023
$2.1M
Characterizing the mechanism by which endogenous negative regulators of osteoclasts control bone homeostasis under physiological and pathological conditions in mouse modelsR01AR070135 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CHEN, WEI · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
Cbfβ mediates articular cartilage regeneration and repair in agingR56AG056438 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CHEN, WEI · 2017 to 2017
$371k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR070135NIA NIH HHS R01 AG056438NIA NIH HHS R56 AG056438
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are pivotal drug targets for many diseases. Coagulation Factor II Thrombin Receptor (F2R) is an important member of GPCR family that is highly expressed in osteoclasts. However, the role of F2r in osteoclasts is still unclear. Here, to examine the functions of F2r on osteoclast formation, differentiation, activation, survival, and acidification, we employed loss-of-function and gain-of-function approaches to study F2r using F2r-targeted short hairpin RNA (sh-F2r) lentivirus and overexpression plasmid pLX304-F2r lentivirus respectively, in mouse bone marrow cells (MBMs) induced osteoclasts. We used three shRNAs targeting F2r which had the ability to efficiently and consistently knock down the expression of F2r at different levels. Notably, F2r knockdown trigged a significant increase in osteoclast activity, number, and size, as well as promoted bone resorption and F-actin ring formation with increased osteoclast marker gene expression. Moreover, F2r overexpression blocked osteoclast formation, maturation, and acidification, indicating that F2r negatively regulates osteoclast formation and function. Furthermore, we investigated the mechanism(s) underlying the role of F2r in osteoclasts. We detected RANKL-induced signaling pathways related protein changes F2r knockdown cells and found significantly increased pAkt levels in sh-F2r infected cells, as well as significantly enhanced phosphorylation of p65 and IKBα in early stages of RANKL stimulation. These data demonstrated that F2r responds to RANKL stimulation to attenuate osteoclastogenesis through inhibiting the both F2r-Akt and F2r-NFκB signaling pathways, which lead a reduction in the expression of osteoclast genes. Our study suggests that targeting F2r may be a novel therapeutic approach for bone diseases, such as osteoporosis.

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OsteogenesisActinsAnimalsBone and BonesCells, CulturedMice, Inbred C57BLNF-kappa BOsteoclastsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRANK LigandReceptor, PAR-1RNA-SeqSignal TransductionActinsNF-kappa BProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktRANK LigandReceptor, PAR-1Akt signaling pathway, NFκB signaling pathwaybone resorptionF2rosteoclasts

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PMID32226307
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