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Cysteine proteinase inhibitors regulate human and mouse osteoclastogenesis by interfering with RANK signaling

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Author

  • Fredrik Stralberg
  • Petra Henning
  • Inger Gjertsson
  • Bert Kindlund
  • Pedro P. C. Souza
  • Emma Persson
  • Magnus Abrahamson
  • Franciszek Kasprzykowski
  • Anders Grubb
  • Ulf H. Lerner

Summary, in English

The cysteine proteinase inhibitor cystatin C inhibited RANKL-stimulated osteoclast formation in mouse bone marrow macrophage cultures, an effect associated with decreased mRNA expression of Acp5, Calcr, Ctsk, Mmp9, Itgb3, and Atp6i, without effect on proliferation or apoptosis. The effects were concentration dependent with half-maximal inhibition at 0.3 M. Cystatin C also inhibited osteoclast formation when RANKL-stimulated osteoclasts were cultured on bone, leading to decreased formation of resorption pits. RANKL-stimulated cells retained characteristics of phagocytotic macrophages when cotreated with cystatin C. Three other cysteine proteinase inhibitors, cystatin D, Z-RLVG-CHN2 (IC50 0.1 M), and E-64 (IC50 3 M), also inhibited osteoclast formation in RANKL-stimulated macrophages. In addition, cystatin C, Z-RLVG-CHN2, and E-64 inhibited osteoclastic differentiation of RANKL-stimulated CD14(+) human monocytes. The effect by cystatin C on differentiation of bone marrow macrophages was exerted at an early stage after RANKL stimulation and was associated with early (4 h) inhibition of c-Fos expression and decreased protein and nuclear translocation of c-Fos. Subsequently, p52, p65, IB, and Nfatc1 mRNA were decreased. Cystatin C was internalized in osteoclast progenitors, a process requiring RANKL stimulation. These data show that cystatin C inhibits osteoclast differentiation and formation by interfering intracellularly with signaling pathways downstream RANK. Stralberg, F., Henning, P., Gjertsson, I., Kindlund, B-., Souza, P. P. C., Persson, E., Abrahamson, M., Kasprzykowski, F., Grubb, A., Lerner, U. H. Cysteine proteinase inhibitors regulate human and mouse osteoclastogenesis by interfering with RANK signaling.

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

2687-2701

Publication/Series

FASEB Journal

Volume

27

Issue

7

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

Topic

  • Cell and Molecular Biology

Keywords

  • cystatin C
  • osteoclasts
  • Nfatc1
  • c-Fos

Status

Published

Research group

  • Protease Inhibitor Research

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1530-6860