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  • Title: Crucial involvement of the EP4 subtype of prostaglandin E receptor in osteoclast formation by proinflammatory cytokines and lipopolysaccharide.
    Author: Sakuma Y, Tanaka K, Suda M, Yasoda A, Natsui K, Tanaka I, Ushikubi F, Narumiya S, Segi E, Sugimoto Y, Ichikawa A, Nakao K.
    Journal: J Bone Miner Res; 2000 Feb; 15(2):218-27. PubMed ID: 10703923.
    Abstract:
    Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) exerts its effects through the PGE receptor that consists of four subtypes (EP1, EP2, EP3, and EP4). Osteoclast formation in the coculture of primary osteoblastic cells (POB) and bone marrow cells was enhanced more by 11-deoxy-PGE1 (an EP4 and EP2 agonist) than by butaprost (an EP2 agonist) and other agonists, which suggests that EP4 is the main factor in PGE2-induced osteoclast formation. PGE2-induced osteoclast formation was not observed in the coculture of POB from EP4-deficient (EP4 k/o) mice and spleen cells from wild-type (w/t) mice, whereas osteoclasts were formed in the coculture of POB from w/t mice and spleen cells from EP4-k/o mice. In situ hybridization (ISH) showed that EP4 messenger RNA (mRNA) was expressed on osteoblastic cells but not on multinucleated cells (MNCs) in w/t mice. These results indicate that PGE2 enhances osteoclast formation through its EP4 subtype on osteoblasts. Osteoclast formation by interleukin 1alpha (IL-1alpha), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was hardly observed in the coculture of POB and bone marrow cells, both from EP4-k/o mice, which shows the crucial involvement of PG and the EP4 subtype in osteoclast formation by these molecules. In contrast, osteoclast formation by 1,25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) was not impaired and that by parathyroid hormone (PTH) was only partially impaired in EP4-k/o mice, which may be related to the fact that EP4-k/o mice revealed no gross skeletal abnormalities. Because it has been suggested that IL-1alpha, TNF-alpha, bFGF, and LPS are involved in inflammatory bone loss, our work can be expected to contribute to an understanding of the pathophysiology of these conditions.
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