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ArticleNature aging2025

Serum amyloid P secreted by bone marrow adipocytes drives skeletal amyloidosis.

Surendra Kumar, Kangping Song, Jiekang Wang, Meghraj Singh Baghel, Yixiang Zeng, Ke Shen, Junying Zheng, Janet Crane, Shadpour Demehri, Peisong Gao and 5 more

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Article in Nature aging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factor APOE4 Exerts Dimorphic Effects on Female Bone.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Surendra KumarDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Kangping SongDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jiekang WangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Meghraj Singh BaghelDepartment of Pathology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Yixiang ZengDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ke ShenDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Junying ZhengDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Janet CraneDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Shadpour DemehriRussell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Peisong GaoDivision of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Amit JainDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Richard L SkolaskyDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2598-4427
Philip WongDepartment of Pathology, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8162-3274
Xu CaoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8614-6059
Mei WanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. mwan4@jhmi.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9404-540X

Funding

Skeleton and Joint Degeneration with AgingP01AG066603 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI CAO, XU · 2021 to 2025
$9.2M
Identifying A Skeleton-Derived Factor for Vascular AgingR01AG072090 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WAN, MEI · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Role of Cellular Senescence in the Bone-Brain InterplayR01AG068226 · NIA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WAN, MEI · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG066603NIA NIH HHS R01 AG068226NIA NIH HHS R01 AG072090U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) P01AG066603U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) R01AG068226U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Aging (U.S. National Institute on Aging) R01AG072090
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The accumulation of amyloid fibrils has been identified in tissues outside the brain, yet little is understood about the formation of extracerebral amyloidosis and its impact on organ aging. Here, we demonstrate that both transgenic Alzheimer's disease (AD) mice and naturally aging mice exhibit accumulated senescent bone marrow adipocytes (BMAds), accompanied by amyloid deposits. Senescent BMAds acquire a secretory phenotype, markedly increasing secretion of serum amyloid P component (SAP), also known as pentraxin 2 (PTX2). SAP/PTX2 colocalizes with amyloid deposits around senescent BMAds in vivo and promotes insoluble amyloid formation from soluble amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides in in vitro and ex vivo three-dimensional (3D) BMAd-based cultures. Combined SAP/PTX2 and Aβ treatment promotes osteoclastogenesis but inhibits osteoblastogenesis. Transplanting senescent BMAds into the bone marrow cavity of young mice induces bone loss, which is reversed by senolytic treatment. Finally, depleting SAP/PTX2 in aged mice abolishes marrow amyloid deposition and rescues low bone mass. Thus, senescent BMAds drive age-related skeletal amyloidosis and bone deficits via SAP/PTX2.

Indexed as

AdipocytesAgingAmyloidosisBone Marrow CellsSerum Amyloid P-ComponentAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsC-Reactive ProteinHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicAmyloid beta-PeptidesC-Reactive ProteinSerum Amyloid P-Component

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PMID40730660
PMCPMC12443615

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