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Cao JJ, Gregoire BR. Time of day of exercise does not affect the beneficial effect of exercise on bone structure in older female rats. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1142057. [PMID: 37965104 PMCID: PMC10641222 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1142057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/16/2023] Open
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Background: Circadian clock genes are expressed in bone and biomarkers of bone resorption and formation exhibit diurnal patterns in animals and humans. Disruption of the diurnal rhythms may affect the balance of bone turnover and compromise the beneficial effects of exercise on bone. Objective: This study investigated whether the time of day of exercise alters bone metabolism in a rodent model. We hypothesized that exercise during the active phase results in greater bone mass than exercise during the rest phase in older female rats. Methods: Fifty-five, female 12-month-old Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned to four treatment groups (n = 13-14/group). Rats were subjected to no exercise or 2 h of involuntary exercise at 9 m/min and 5 days/wk for 15 weeks using motor-driven running wheels at Zeitgeber time (ZT) 4-6 (rest phase), 12-14 (early active phase), or 22-24 (late active phase). ZT 0 is defined as light on, the start of the rest phase. A red lamp was used at minimal intensity during the active, dark phase exercise period, i.e., ZT 12-14 and 22-24. Bone structure, body composition, and bone-related cytokines in serum and gene expression in bone were measured. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey-Kramer post hoc contrasts. Results: Exercise at different ZT did not affect body weight, fat mass, lean mass, the serum bone biomarkers, bone structural or mechanical parameters, or expression of circadian genes. Exercise pooled exercise data from different ZT were compared to the No-Exercise data (a priori contrast) increased serum IGF-1 and irisin concentrations, compared to No-Exercise. Exercise increased tibial bone volume/total volume (p = 0.01), connectivity density (p = 0.04), and decreased structural model index (p = 0.02). Exercise did not affect expression of circadian genes. Conclusion: These data indicate that exercise is beneficial to bone structure and that the time of day of exercise does not alter the beneficial effect of exercise on bone in older female rats.
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- Jay J. Cao
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND, United States
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Jiang Y, Wang S, Lin W, Gu J, Li G, Shao Y. BMAL1 Promotes Valvular Interstitial Cells’ Osteogenic Differentiation through NF-κ B/AKT/MAPK Pathway. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2023; 10:jcdd10030110. [PMID: 36975874 PMCID: PMC10054744 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd10030110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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Objectives: Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is most common in the aging population and is without effective medical treatments. Brain and muscle ARNT-like 1 (BMAL1) is related to calcification. It has unique tissue-specific characteristics and plays different roles in different tissues’ calcification processes. The purpose of the present study is to explore the role of BMAL1 in CAVD. Methods: The protein levels of BMAL1 in normal and calcified human aortic valves and valvular interstitial cells (VICs) isolated from normal and calcified human aortic valves were checked. HVICs were cultured in osteogenic medium as an in vitro model, and BMAL1 expression and location were detected. TGF-β and RhoA/ROCK inhibitors and RhoA-siRNA were applied to detect the mechanism underlying the source of BMAL1 during HVICs’ osteogenic differentiation. ChIP was applied to check whether BMAL1 could directly interact with the runx2 primer CPG region, and the expression of key proteins involved in the TNF signaling pathway and NF-κ B pathway was tested after silencing BMAL1. Results: In this study, we found that BMAL1 expression was elevated in calcified human aortic valves and VICs isolated from calcified human aortic valves. Osteogenic medium could promote BMAL1 expression in HVICs and the knockdown of BMAL1 induced the inhibition of HVICs’ osteogenic differentiation. Furthermore, the osteogenic medium promoting BMAL1 expression could be blocked by TGF-β and RhoA/ROCK inhibitors and RhoA-siRNA. Meanwhile, BMAL1 could not bind with the runx2 primer CPG region directly, but knockdown of BMAL1 led to decreased levels of P-AKT, P-IκBα, P-p65 and P-JNK. Conclusions: Osteogenic medium could promote BMAL1 expression in HVICs through the TGF-β/RhoA/ROCK pathway. BMAL1 could not act as a transcription factor, but functioned through the NF-κ B/AKT/MAPK pathway to regulate the osteogenic differentiation of HVICs.
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- Yefan Jiang
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road, No. 300, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road, No. 300, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road, No. 300, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road, No. 300, Nanjing 210029, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Jiefang Road, No. 1277, Wuhan 430022, China
- Correspondence: (G.L.); (Y.S.); Tel.: +86-027-85351611 (G.L.); +86-025-68303574 (Y.S.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Guangzhou Road, No. 300, Nanjing 210029, China
- Correspondence: (G.L.); (Y.S.); Tel.: +86-027-85351611 (G.L.); +86-025-68303574 (Y.S.)
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Tian Y, Ming J. The role of circadian rhythm in osteoporosis; a review. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:960456. [PMID: 36238690 PMCID: PMC9550872 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.960456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Osteoporosis is characterized by a high incidence rate, with significant effects on people’s lives. The underlying mechanisms are complex, with no treatments for the condition. Recent studies have indicated that melatonin can be used to treat osteoporosis by promoting osteoblast proliferation and differentiation, and inhibiting osteoclast differentiation. Specifically, in vivo mechanisms are initiated by stabilizing biological rhythms in bone tissue. In healthy organisms, these biological rhythms are present in bone tissue, and are characterized by bone formation during the day, and bone resorption at night. When this rhythm is disrupted, osteoporosis occurs. Thus, taking appropriate medication at different times of the day could produce different effects on osteoporosis rhythms. In this review, we characterized these processes, and provided treatments and management strategies for individuals with osteoporosis.
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Bouchard AL, Dsouza C, Julien C, Rummler M, Gaumond MH, Cermakian N, Willie BM. Bone adaptation to mechanical loading in mice is affected by circadian rhythms. Bone 2022; 154:116218. [PMID: 34571201 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2021.116218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Physical forces are critical for successful function of many organs including bone. Interestingly, the timing of exercise during the day alters physiology and gene expression in many organs due to circadian rhythms. Circadian clocks in tissues, such as bone, express circadian clock genes that target tissue-specific genes, resulting in tissue-specific rhythmic gene expression (clock-controlled genes). We hypothesized that the adaptive response of bone to mechanical loading is regulated by circadian rhythms. First, mice were sham loaded and sacrificed 8 h later, which amounted to tissues being collected at zeitgeber time (ZT)2, 6, 10, 14, 18, and 22. Cortical bone of the tibiae collected from these mice displayed diurnal expression of core clock genes and key osteocyte and osteoblast-related genes, such as the Wnt-signaling inhibitors Sost and Dkk1, indicating these are clock-controlled genes. Serum bone turnover markers did not display rhythmicity. Second, mice underwent a single bout of in vivo loading at either ZT2 or ZT14 and were sacrificed 1, 8, or 24 h after loading. Loading at ZT2 resulted in Sost upregulation, while loading at ZT14 led to Sost and Dkk1 downregulation. Third, mice underwent daily in vivo tibial loading over 2 weeks administered either in the morning, (ZT2, resting phase) or evening (ZT14, active phase). In vivo microCT was performed at days 0, 5, 10, and 15 and conventional histomorphometry was performed at day 15. All outcome measures indicated a robust response to loading, but only microCT-based time-lapse morphometry showed that loading at ZT14 resulted in a greater endocortical bone formation response compared to mice loaded at ZT2. The decreased Sost and Dkk1 expression coincident with the modest, but significant time-of-day specific increase in adaptive bone formation, suggests that circadian clocks influence bone mechanoresponse.
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- Alice L Bouchard
- Research Centre, Shriners Hospital for Children-Canada, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Experimental Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Research Centre, Shriners Hospital for Children-Canada, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Experimental Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Research Centre, Shriners Hospital for Children-Canada, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Research Centre, Shriners Hospital for Children-Canada, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Experimental Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Research Centre, Shriners Hospital for Children-Canada, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Laboratory of Molecular Chronobiology, Douglas Research Centre, Montreal, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Research Centre, Shriners Hospital for Children-Canada, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Experimental Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
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Kawakubo-Yasukochi T, Yano E, Kimura S, Nishinakagawa T, Mizokami A, Hayashi Y, Hatakeyama Y, Ohe K, Yasukochi A, Nakamura S, Jimi E, Hirata M. Hepatic glycogenolysis is determined by maternal high-calorie diet via methylation of Pygl and it is modified by oteocalcin administration in mice. Mol Metab 2021; 54:101360. [PMID: 34673295 PMCID: PMC8606545 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2021.101360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Objective Accumulating evidence indicates that an adverse perinatal environment contributes to a higher risk of metabolic disorders in the later life of the offspring. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely unknown. Thus, we investigated the contribution of maternal high-calorie diet and osteocalcin to metabolic homeostasis in the offspring. Methods Eight-week-old C57Bl/6N female mice were mated with age-matched males and allocated randomly to three groups: a normal-diet (ND) or a high-fat, high-sucrose diet group, which was administered either saline (control) or GluOC (10 ng/g body mass) from the day of mating to that of delivery, and the dams were fed a ND after the delivery. Pups weaned at 24 days after birth were analyzed. Results A maternal high-fat, high-sucrose diet during pregnancy causes metabolic disorders in the liver of the offspring via hypermethylation of the Pygl gene, encoding glycogen phosphorylase L, which mediates hepatic glycogenolysis. The reduced expression of Pygl induced by the maternal diet causes the hepatic accumulation of glycogen and triglyceride in the offspring, which remains in adulthood. In addition, the administration of uncarboxylated osteocalcin during pregnancy upregulates Pygl expression via both direct CREBH and ATF4 and indirect epigenomic pathways, mitigating the maternal diet-induced obesity and abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism in adulthood. Conclusions We propose that maternal energy status is reflected in the hepatic glycogenolysis capacity of the offspring via epigenetic modification of Pygl and uncarboxylated osteocalcin regulates glycogenolysis. A high-calorie diet during pregnancy causes metabolic disorders in mouse offspring. These are mediated by low liver expression of Pygl encoding glycogen phosphorylase. Hypermethylation of the Pygl promoter in utero suppresses subsequent gene expression. Modification and phenotypic changes are prevented by GluOC administration during pregnancy.
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- Tomoyo Kawakubo-Yasukochi
- OBT Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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- OBT Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- OBT Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan; Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Immunological and Molecular Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- OBT Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Division of Functional Structure, Department of Morphological Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan
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- Division of Functional Structure, Department of Morphological Biology, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, 8-19-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- OBT Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Oral Medicine Research Center, Fukuoka Dental College, 2-15-1 Tamura, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka 814-0193, Japan.
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Luo B, Zhou X, Tang Q, Yin Y, Feng G, Li S, Chen L. Circadian rhythms affect bone reconstruction by regulating bone energy metabolism. J Transl Med 2021; 19:410. [PMID: 34579752 PMCID: PMC8477514 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-03068-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Metabolism is one of the most complex cellular biochemical reactions, providing energy and substances for basic activities such as cell growth and proliferation. Early studies have shown that glucose is an important nutrient in osteoblasts. In addition, amino acid metabolism and fat metabolism also play important roles in bone reconstruction. Mammalian circadian clocks regulate the circadian cycles of various physiological functions. In vertebrates, circadian rhythms are mediated by a set of central clock genes: muscle and brain ARNT like-1 (Bmal1), muscle and brain ARNT like-2 (Bmal2), circadian rhythmic motion output cycle stagnates (Clock), cryptochrome 1 (Cry1), cryptochrome2 (Cry2), period 1 (Per1), period 2 (Per2), period 3 (Per3) and neuronal PAS domain protein 2 (Npas2). Negative feedback loops, controlled at both the transcriptional and posttranslational levels, adjust these clock genes in a diurnal manner. According to the results of studies on circadian transcriptomic studies in several tissues, most rhythmic genes are expressed in a tissue-specific manner and are affected by tissue-specific circadian rhythms. The circadian rhythm regulates several activities, including energy metabolism, feeding time, sleeping, and endocrine and immune functions. It has been reported that the circadian rhythms of mammals are closely related to bone metabolism. In this review, we discuss the regulation of the circadian rhythm/circadian clock gene in osteoblasts/osteoclasts and the energy metabolism of bone, and the relationship between circadian rhythm, bone remodeling, and energy metabolism. We also discuss the therapeutic potential of regulating circadian rhythms or changing energy metabolism on bone development/bone regeneration.
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- Beibei Luo
- Department of Stomatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,School of Stomatology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,School of Stomatology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,School of Stomatology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,School of Stomatology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.,School of Stomatology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China.,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China
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- Department of Stomatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. .,School of Stomatology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. .,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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- Department of Stomatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. .,School of Stomatology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, China. .,Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, Wuhan, 430022, China.
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Schatz M, Saravanan S, d'Adesky ND, Bramlett H, Perez-Pinzon MA, Raval AP. Osteocalcin, ovarian senescence, and brain health. Front Neuroendocrinol 2020; 59:100861. [PMID: 32781196 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2020.100861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Menopause, an inevitable event in a woman's life, significantly increases risk of bone resorption and diseases such as Alzheimer's, vascular dementia, cardiac arrest, and stroke. The sole role of bones, as traditionally regarded, is to provide structural support for skeletal muscles and allow for ambulation, however this concept is becoming quickly outdated. New literature has emerged that suggests the bone cell-derived hormone osteocalcin (OCN) plays a pivotal role in cognition. OCN levels are correlated with bone mass density and bone turnover, and thus are strongly influenced by the changes associated with menopause. The goal of the current review is to discuss potential gaps in our knowledge of OCN and cognition, discrepancies in methods of OCN quantification, and therapies to enhance circulating OCN. A discussion on implementing exercise or low frequency vibration interventions at the menopausal transition to reduce risk and severity of neurological diseases and associated cognitive decline is included.
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- Marc Schatz
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA; Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Peritz Scheinberg Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
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Qian Z, Zhang Y, Kang X, Li H, Zhang Y, Jin X, Gao X, Xu M, Ma Z, Zhao L, Zhang Z, Sun H, Wu S. Postnatal Conditional Deletion of Bmal1 in Osteoblasts Enhances Trabecular Bone Formation Via Increased BMP2 Signals. J Bone Miner Res 2020; 35:1481-1493. [PMID: 32212389 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A large number of studies in recent years indicated the involvement of peripheral circadian clock in varied pathologies. However, evidence regarding how peripheral clocks regulate bone metabolism is still very limited. The present study aimed to investigate the direct role of Bmal1 (the key activator of peripheral circadian clock system) in vivo during bone developmental and remodeling stages using inducible osteoblast-specific Bmal1 knockout mice. Unexpectedly, the removal of Bmal1 in osteoblasts caused multiple abnormalities of bone metabolism, including a progressive increase in trabecular bone mass in as early as 8 weeks, manifested by an 82.3% increase in bone mineral density and 2.8-fold increase in bone volume per tissue volume. As mice age, an increase in trabecular bone mass persists while cortical bone mass decreases by about 33.7%, concomitant with kyphoscoliosis and malformed intervertebral disk. The increased trabecular bone mass is attributed to increased osteoblast number and osteoblast activity coupled with decreased osteoclastogenesis. Remarkably, the ablation of Bmal1 in osteoblasts promoted the expression level of Bmp2 and phosphorylation of SMAD1, whereas the attenuation of BMP2/SMAD1 signaling partially alleviated the effects of Bmal1 deficiency on osteoblast differentiation and activity. The results revealed that Bmal1 was a transcriptional silencer of Bmp2 by targeting the Bmp2 promoter. The peripheral clock gene Bmal1 in osteoblasts was crucial to coordinate differential effects on trabecular and cortical bones through regulating BMP2/SMAD1 during bone development, thus providing novel insights into a key role of osteoblast Bmal1 in homeostasis and integrity of adult bones. © 2020 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Zhuang Qian
- Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Ministry of Education, Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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- Center for Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, P.R. China
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Acute response of biochemical bone turnover markers and the associated ground reaction forces to high-impact exercise in postmenopausal women. Biol Sport 2020; 37:41-48. [PMID: 32205909 PMCID: PMC7075221 DOI: 10.5114/biolsport.2020.91497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Revised: 11/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The aim of the study was to examine the acute response of biochemical bone turnover markers (BTM) to high-impact jumping exercise, and to quantify the ground reaction forces (GRF) achieved during each jumping exercise, in postmenopausal women. In a randomized controlled cross-over study over three days, 29 postmenopausal women (age (mean±SD): 60.0±5.6 years) were randomly assigned to 6 x 10 repetitions of three different jumps: countermovement jump (CMJ), drop jump (DJ), diagonal drop jump (DDJ). A fourth day without jumping served as a control (CON). Blood samples were collected before (PRE), after (POST), and 2 hours after (2Hr) exercise. Bone turnover was evaluated by bone formation markers (procollagen type-1 amino-terminal propeptide (P1NP) and osteocalcin (OC)) and the bone resorption marker C-terminal telopeptide of type-1 collagen (CTX). Peak anteroposterior (Fx), mediolateral (Fy), and vertical (Fz) GRF were measured using a force platform. From PRE to POST, P1NP increased (p<0.01) by 7.7±1.8%, 9.4±1.3%, and 10.6±1.6% for CMJ, DJ, and DDJ, which were higher (p<0.01) than CON. OC increased (p<0.05) by 5.5±1.8% for DJ, which was higher (p<0.05) than CON. CTX was not significantly changed at POST. There were no significant differences in BTM Δ-values between the jumps at any time point. For the CMJ, the combined three-axis peak GRF was positively associated with the PRE to POST Δ-change in P1NP (r=0.71, p<0.05). The acute, jumping-induced increase in P1NP and OC without any rise in CTX may indicate increased bone formation. Moreover, the study shows a dose-response relationship between GRF and the acute P1NP response after countermovement jumps.
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Hilbert DA, Memmert S, Marciniak J, Jäger A. Molecular biology of periodontal ligament fibroblasts and orthodontic tooth movement : Evidence and possible role of the circadian rhythm. J Orofac Orthop 2019; 80:336-347. [PMID: 31650205 DOI: 10.1007/s00056-019-00195-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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PURPOSE The circadian clock plays an important role in many physiological states and pathologies. The significance of its core genes in bone formation and tooth development has already been demonstrated. However, regulation of these genes and their influence on periodontal and bone remodeling in periodontal ligament (PDL) fibroblasts remains to be elucidated. Our hypothesis was that the circadian clock influences markers for periodontal and bone remodeling and therefore orthodontic tooth movement itself. MATERIALS AND METHODS Human PDL fibroblasts were cultured and synchronized in circadian rhythms with the help of a dexamethasone shock. Cells were harvested at 4 h intervals. Reverse transcription and quantitative RT PCR (real time polymerase chain reaction) were performed to assess the mRNA levels of the clock genes ARNTL, CLOCK1, PER1, and PER2. Subsequently, mRNA expression of important marker genes for periodontal and bone remodeling, OPG, RANKL, OCN, OPN, RUNX2, COL1A1, IL1β, KI67, and POSTN, were examined at time points of ARNTL amplitude expression. RESULTS Gene expression of core clock genes varied over 48 h in accordance with the circadian rhythm. Functional markers, except KI67, showed significant differences at time points of maximum fluctuation especially of ARNTL. CONCLUSIONS PDL fibroblasts express circadian clock genes. Our results suggest that genes associated with bone and periodontal remodeling are influenced by the circadian rhythm. Further research will have to refine the understanding of this influence for orthodontic treatment.
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- David Andreas Hilbert
- Department of Prosthodontics, Preclinical Education and Dental Materials Science, University of Bonn, Welschnonnenstr. 17, 53111, Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Orthodontics, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.,Section of Experimental Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Orthodontics, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Orthodontics, Center of Dento-Maxillo-Facial Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Tsang K, Liu H, Yang Y, Charles JF, Ermann J. Defective circadian control in mesenchymal cells reduces adult bone mass in mice by promoting osteoclast function. Bone 2019; 121:172-180. [PMID: 30659979 PMCID: PMC6699618 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2019.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Revised: 11/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Serum bone turnover markers show diurnal variation in humans, suggesting that circadian rhythms contribute to normal bone physiology. This conclusion is corroborated by bone phenotypes in mice with genetic disruption of the circadian molecular clock mechanism, for instance via deletion of the transcription factor Brain and Muscle Arntl-like 1 (Bmal1). To dissect the contribution of circadian molecular clocks in individual bone cell types, we generated mice with conditional deletion of Bmal1 in osteoclasts (Ctsk-cre) and in mesenchymal cells of the limbs (Prx1-cre). We report that deletion of Bmal1 in osteoclasts had no effect on trabecular or cortical bone parameters in vivo or on osteoclast differentiation in vitro. In contrast, Bmal1f/f.Prx1-cre mice had significantly less trabecular and cortical bone than Bmal1f/f littermate controls, recapitulating the bone phenotype of Bmal1 germline deficient mice. The number of osteoblast precursors in the bone marrow of Bmal1f/f.Prx1-cre mice was similar to wild-type controls, while the in vitro differentiation capacity of Bmal1-deficient osteoblast precursors, measured as induction of alkaline phosphatase activity, was significantly lower. Despite this, serum procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (P1NP), a measure of bone formation in vivo, was higher in Bmal1f/f.Prx1-cre mice than in Bmal1f/f mice. Consistent with a high bone turnover state in the mutant mice, the bone resorption marker serum C-terminal telopeptides of Type I collagen (CTX-I) was also elevated, and Bmal1f/f.Prx1-cre mice had a higher number of tartrate resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) positive osteoclasts than Bmal1f/f controls. These results demonstrate that adult bone mass in mice is controlled by the intrinsic circadian molecular clock in mesenchymal cells but not osteoclasts. The effect of the mesenchymal cell clock on bone turnover appears to involve osteoblast-osteoclast cross-talk.
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- Kelly Tsang
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Kawai M, Kinoshita S, Yamazaki M, Yamamoto K, Rosen CJ, Shimba S, Ozono K, Michigami T. Intestinal clock system regulates skeletal homeostasis. JCI Insight 2019; 4:121798. [PMID: 30730853 PMCID: PMC6483519 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.121798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The circadian clock network is an evolutionarily conserved system involved in the regulation of metabolic homeostasis; however, its impacts on skeletal metabolism remain largely unknown. We herein demonstrated that the circadian clock network in the intestines plays pivotal roles in skeletal metabolism such that the lack of the Bmal1 gene in the intestines (Bmal1Int-/- mice) caused bone loss, with bone resorption being activated and bone formation suppressed. Mechanistically, Clock protein interaction with the vitamin D receptor (VDR) accelerated its binding to the VDR response element by enhancing histone acetylation in a circadian-dependent manner, and this was lost in Bmal1Int-/- mice because nuclear translocation of Clock required the presence of Bmal1. Accordingly, the rhythmic expression of VDR target genes involved in transcellular calcium (Ca) absorption was created, and this was not observed in Bmal1Int-/- mice. As a result, transcellular Ca absorption was impaired and bone resorption was activated in Bmal1Int-/- mice. Additionally, sympathetic tone, the activation of which suppresses bone formation, was elevated through afferent vagal nerves in Bmal1Int-/- mice, the blockade of which partially recovered bone loss by increasing bone formation and suppressing bone resorption in Bmal1Int-/- mice. These results demonstrate that the intestinal circadian system regulates skeletal bone homeostasis.
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- Masanobu Kawai
- Department of Bone and Mineral Research, Research Institute, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Izumi, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Bone and Mineral Research, Research Institute, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Izumi, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Bone and Mineral Research, Research Institute, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Izumi, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Bone and Mineral Research, Research Institute, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Izumi, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Health Science, School of Pharmacy, Nihon University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Bone and Mineral Research, Research Institute, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Izumi, Osaka, Japan
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Aoyama S, Shibata S. The Role of Circadian Rhythms in Muscular and Osseous Physiology and Their Regulation by Nutrition and Exercise. Front Neurosci 2017; 11:63. [PMID: 28261043 PMCID: PMC5306200 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2017.00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The mammalian circadian clock regulates the day and night cycles of various physiological functions. The circadian clock system consists of a central clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus and peripheral clocks in peripheral tissues. According to the results of circadian transcriptomic studies in several tissues, the majority of rhythmic genes are expressed in a tissue-specific manner and are influenced by tissue-specific circadian rhythms. Here we review the diurnal variations of musculoskeletal functions and discuss the impact of the circadian clock on homeostasis in skeletal muscle and bone. Peripheral clocks are controlled by not only photic stimulation from the central clock in the SCN but also by external cues, such as feeding and exercise. In this review, we discuss the effects of feeding and exercise on the circadian clock and diurnal variation of musculoskeletal functions. We also discuss the therapeutic potential of chrono-nutrition and chrono-exercise on circadian disturbances and the failure of homeostasis in skeletal muscle and bone.
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- Shinya Aoyama
- Organization for University Research Initiatives, Waseda UniversityTokyo, Japan; Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda UniversityTokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University Tokyo, Japan
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Temporally coordinated resorption and synthesis is the key to maintaining healthy bones. Articular cartilage is a highly specialized connective tissue within the joints that lines the surface of a long bone. Emerging evidence has suggested a critical role of the circadian system in controlling cartilage and bone biology. Articular cartilage is sparsely populated with chondrocytes, surrounded by abundant extracellular matrices that are synthesized and maintained solely by chondrocytes. Once damaged, the articular cartilage tissue has poor capacity for endogenous repair, leaving the joints prone to osteoarthritis, an age-related painful condition that affects millions of individuals worldwide. An important question is how articular cartilage has evolved its remarkable capacity to maintain homeostasis and withstand daily biomechanical challenges associated with resting/activity cycles. Equally important is how this avascular and aneural tissue senses time and uses this information to coordinate daily phases of metabolic activity and tissue remodeling/repair. Bone tissue derived from cartilage has similarly sparse populations of resident cells living in dense and largely mineralized matrices. We discuss recent progress on circadian clocks in these matrix-rich skeletal tissues and highlight avenues for future research.
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- Nan Yang
- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, UK
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Diurnal variation in concentrations of various markers of bone metabolism in growing female goats and sheep. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1017/s1357729800058938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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AbstractTwelve 6-month-old growing female goats and sheep were used in this study. Blood samples were obtained in the morning before goats and sheep were given food and then at 2-h intervals for 24 h (part I). This procedure was repeated 2 weeks later (part II). Concentrations of osteocalcin (OC), activities of total (tAP) and bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (bAP), degradation products of C-terminal telopeptide of type-I collagen (CrossLaps™ CL), and carboxyterminal telopeptide of type-I collagen (ICTP) were measured in serum.In both parts of the study, all bone marker concentrations were significantly higher in goats than in sheep. The OC concentrations in goats increased in the late afternoon/evening and decreased thereafter to reach values similar to those obtained at the beginning. The ICTP concentrations in goats slowly decreased until 14:00 h, increased, and decreased again. The concentrations in sheep decreased continuously but not significantly, towards the morning sampling. The CL concentrations increased in both sheep and goats during the night but at 06:00 h started to decrease to levels found at the beginning of testing. The bAP activities decreased in goats from 20:00 to 22:00 h. Changes in the concentrations of bone markers were mainly observed in goats of this study. As documented for bone resorption and formation in other species, circadian rhythms were evident for concentrations of ICTP, CL, bAP and OC. The present study indicates that growing goats may have a physiologically higher bone turn-over than growing sheep, because the bone marker concentrations were always higher.
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Hosokawa T, Tsuchiya Y, Okubo N, Kunimoto T, Minami Y, Fujiwara H, Umemura Y, Koike N, Kubo T, Yagita K. Robust Circadian Rhythm and Parathyroid Hormone-Induced Resetting during Hypertrophic Differentiation in ATDC5 Chondroprogenitor Cells. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2015; 48:165-71. [PMID: 26855448 PMCID: PMC4731854 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.15025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cartilage tissues possess intrinsic circadian oscillators, which influence chondrocyte function and chondrocyte specific gene expression. However, it is not fully understood how chondrogenesis influences the circadian clock, and vice versa. Thus, we established ATDC5 cells which were stably transfected with the Bmal1:luc reporter and revealed robust circadian rhythms in ATDC5 cells during differentiation. Moreover, the circadian clock in ATDC5 cells was strongly reset by PTH in a circadian time-dependent manner. This assay system is expected to be useful for investigating the role of the circadian clock in chondrogenic differentiation and the precise molecular mechanisms underlying PTH action on the chondrocyte circadian clock.
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- Toshihiro Hosokawa
- Department of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Department of Musculoskeletal Chronobiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Department of Musculoskeletal Chronobiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Department of Musculoskeletal Chronobiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Department of Musculoskeletal Chronobiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Chronobiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Department of Orthopaedics, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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- Department of Physiology and Systems Bioscience, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Department of Musculoskeletal Chronobiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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You MK, Kim DW, Jeong KS, Bang MA, Kim HS, Rhuy J, Kim HA. St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) stimulates human osteoblastic MG-63 cell proliferation and attenuates trabecular bone loss induced by ovariectomy. Nutr Res Pract 2015; 9:459-65. [PMID: 26425274 PMCID: PMC4575957 DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2015.9.5.459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND/OBJECFTIVES The effect of St. John's Wort extract (SJW) on MG-63 cell proliferation and trabecular bone loss induced by ovariectomy was examined. MATERIALS/METHODS Proliferation, expression of estrogen receptor (ER) α and ER β, and gene expressions of osteoprotegerin (OPG), osteocalcin (OC) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) were examined in MG-63 cells treated with or without SJW. Ovariectomized rats were treated with SJW at the dose of 100 or 200 mg/kg/day, β-estradiol-3-benzoate (E2), or vehicle only (OVX-C), and sham operated rats were treated with vehicle only (Sham-C). Serum ALP and C-telopeptide (CTX), and femoral trabecular bone loss were examined. RESULTS SJW increased MG-63 cell proliferation and expression of ER α and ER β, and positive effect was shown on gene expressions of ALP, OC and OPG. SJW also showed estrogen like effect on bone associated with slowing down in trabecular bone loss. Histopathology by H&E showed rats treated with SJW displayed denser structure in metaphyseal region of distal femur compared with rats in OVX-C. SJW was shown to reduce serum CTX in OVX rats. CONCLUSION The present study provides new insight in preventing estrogen deficiency induced bone loss of SJW and possibility for its application in bone health supplement.
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- Mi-kyoung You
- Department of Food and Nutrition / Research Institute of Human Ecology, Mokpo National University, 61 Dorim-ri, 1666 Youngsan-ro, Cheonggye-myeon, Muan-gun, Jeonnam 534-729, Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Technology/Food Functional Research Center, Jeonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
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- Jeonnam Biofood Technology Center, Naju, Jeonnam 520-330, Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Technology/Food Functional Research Center, Jeonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition / Research Institute of Human Ecology, Mokpo National University, 61 Dorim-ri, 1666 Youngsan-ro, Cheonggye-myeon, Muan-gun, Jeonnam 534-729, Korea
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- Department of Food and Nutrition / Research Institute of Human Ecology, Mokpo National University, 61 Dorim-ri, 1666 Youngsan-ro, Cheonggye-myeon, Muan-gun, Jeonnam 534-729, Korea
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Lai JC, Shoback DM, Zipperstein J, Lizaola B, Tseng S, Terrault NA. Bone Mineral Density, Bone Turnover, and Systemic Inflammation in Non-cirrhotics with Chronic Hepatitis C. Dig Dis Sci 2015; 60:1813-9. [PMID: 25563723 PMCID: PMC4797945 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-014-3507-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Whether chronic HCV, a disease characterized by systemic inflammation, impacts bone mineral density (BMD) independent of cirrhosis is unknown. AIM We aimed to evaluate the association between BMD, systemic inflammation, and markers of bone turnover in chronic HCV without cirrhosis. METHODS Non-cirrhotics, 40-60 years old, with chronic HCV underwent measurement of: (1) BMD by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scan and (2) serum markers of systemic inflammation and bone turnover. By Chi-squared or t test, we compared those with normal versus low BMD. RESULTS Of the 60 non-cirrhotics, 53 % were female and 53 % Caucasian. Mean (SD) age was 53.3 years (5.7), total bilirubin 0.7 mg/dL (0.3), creatinine 0.8 mg/dL (0.2), and body mass index 28.4 kg/m(2) (6.5). Low BMD was observed in 42 %: 30 % had osteopenia, 12 % had osteoporosis. Elevated tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin-6, and C-reactive protein levels were found in 26, 32, and 5 %, respectively, but did not differ by BMD group (p > 0.05). Patients with low BMD had higher serum phosphorus (4.1 vs. 3.5 mg/dL) and pro-peptide of type 1 collagen (P1NP; 73.1 vs. 47.5 ng/mL) [p < 0.05], but similar bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, serum C-telopeptide, and parathyroid hormone levels. CONCLUSIONS Low BMD is prevalent in 40- to 60-year-old non-cirrhotics with chronic HCV, but not associated with systemic inflammatory markers. Elevated P1NP levels may help to identify those at increased risk of bone complications in this population. Chronic HCV should be considered a risk factor for bone loss, prompting earlier BMD assessments in both men and women.
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- Jennifer C Lai
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0538, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA,
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AlSwafeeri H, ElKenany W, Mowafy M, Helmy M. Crevicular alkaline phosphatase activity during the application of two patterns of orthodontic forces. J Orthod 2015; 42:5-13. [PMID: 25808378 DOI: 10.1179/1465313314y.0000000121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that using a gradually increasing orthodontic force would induce an increased activity of osteoblasts compared to a relatively constant orthodontic force. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS Twelve orthodontic patients participated in this study. In a split mouth design, one maxillary canine undergoing distal movement received a relatively constant continuous retraction force, while the contralateral canine received a gradually increasing retraction force. Gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) samples were collected from both experimental sites at weekly intervals and analysed spectrophotometrically for the activity of alkaline phosphatase enzyme, which was used as a biological marker for osteoblastic activity. RESULTS With the exception of the maxillary first molar receiving gradually increasing orthodontic force, the results revealed a consistent pattern of alkaline phosphatase activity. This pattern included an initial rise from baseline to the first week, then a peak in the second week. This peak was followed by a reduction in enzyme activity in the third week. The overall increases in enzyme activity at the maxillary canines and the maxillary first molars in the relatively constant force group were 179·76% and 332·90%, respectively. The overall increases in enzyme activity at the maxillary canines and the maxillary first molars in the gradually increasing force group were 304·81% and 493·08%, respectively. CONCLUSION The use of gradually increasing orthodontic force induces increased activity of osteoblasts during the initial stage of orthodontic tooth movement compared to that induced by a relatively constant orthodontic force.
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Mizokami A, Yasutake Y, Higashi S, Kawakubo-Yasukochi T, Chishaki S, Takahashi I, Takeuchi H, Hirata M. Oral administration of osteocalcin improves glucose utilization by stimulating glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion. Bone 2014; 69:68-79. [PMID: 25230237 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2014.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Uncarboxylated osteocalcin (GluOC), a bone-derived hormone, regulates energy metabolism by stimulating insulin secretion and pancreatic β-cell proliferation. We previously showed that the effect of GluOC on insulin secretion is mediated largely by glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) secreted from the intestine in response to GluOC exposure. We have now examined the effect of oral administration of GluOC on glucose utilization as well as the fate of such administered GluOC in mice. Long-term intermittent or daily oral administration of GluOC reduced the fasting blood glucose level and improved glucose tolerance in mice without affecting insulin sensitivity. It also increased the fasting serum insulin concentration as well as the β-cell area in the pancreas. A small proportion of orally administered GluOC reached the small intestine and remained there for at least 24h. GluOC also entered the general circulation, and the serum GLP-1 concentration was increased in association with the presence of GluOC in the intestine and systemic circulation. The putative GluOC receptor, GPRC6A was detected in intestinal cells, and was colocalized with GLP-1 in some of these cells. Our results suggest that orally administered GluOC improved glucose handling likely by acting from both the intestinal lumen and the general circulation, with this effect being mediated in part by stimulation of GLP-1 secretion. Oral administration of GluOC warrants further study as a safe and convenient option for the treatment or prevention of metabolic disorders.
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- Akiko Mizokami
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan; Division of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Division of Applied Pharmacology, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu 803-8580, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Division of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Division of Applied Pharmacology, Kyushu Dental University, Kitakyushu 803-8580, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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The night and day cycle governs the circadian (24 hourly) rhythm of activity and rest in animals and humans. This is reflected in daily changes of the global gene expression pattern and metabolism, but also in the local physiology of various tissues. A central clock in the brain co-ordinates the rhythmic locomotion behaviour, as well as synchronizing various local oscillators, such as those found in the musculoskeletal system. It has become increasingly recognized that the internal molecular clocks in cells allow a tissue to anticipate the rhythmic changes in their local environment and the specific demands of that tissue. Consequently, the majority of the rhythmic clock controlled genes and pathways are tissue specific. The concept of the tissue-specific function of circadian clocks is further supported by the diverse musculoskeletal phenotypes in mice with deletions or mutations of various core clock components, ranging from increased bone mass, dwarfism, arthropathy, reduced muscle strength and tendon calcification. The present review summarizes the current understanding of the circadian clocks in muscle, bone, cartilage and tendon tissues, with particular focus on the evidence of circadian rhythms in tissue physiology, their entrainment mechanisms and disease links, and the tissue-specific clock target genes/pathways. Research in this area holds strong potential to advance our understanding of how circadian rhythms control the health and disease of the musculoskeletal tissues, which has major implications in diseases associated with advancing age. It could also have potential implications in sports performance and sports medicine.
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Linder CH, Englund UH, Narisawa S, Millán JL, Magnusson P. Isozyme profile and tissue-origin of alkaline phosphatases in mouse serum. Bone 2013; 53:399-408. [PMID: 23313280 PMCID: PMC3593980 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.12.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Revised: 12/20/2012] [Accepted: 12/22/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Mouse serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) is frequently measured and interpreted in mammalian bone research. However, little is known about the circulating ALPs in mice and their relation to human ALP isozymes and isoforms. Mouse ALP was extracted from liver, kidney, intestine, and bone from vertebra, femur and calvaria tissues. Serum from mixed strains of wild-type (WT) mice and from individual ALP knockout strains were investigated, i.e., Alpl(-/-) (a.k.a. Akp2 encoding tissue-nonspecific ALP or TNALP), Akp3(-/-) (encoding duodenum-specific intestinal ALP or dIALP), and Alpi(-/-) (a.k.a. Akp6 encoding global intestinal ALP or gIALP). The ALP isozymes and isoforms were identified by various techniques and quantified by high-performance liquid chromatography. Results from the WT and knockout mouse models revealed identical bone-specific ALP isoforms (B/I, B1, and B2) as found in human serum, but in addition mouse serum contains the B1x isoform only detected earlier in patients with chronic kidney disease and in human bone tissue. The two murine intestinal isozymes, dIALP and gIALP, were also identified in mouse serum. All four bone-specific ALP isoforms (B/I, B1x, B1, and B2) were identified in mouse bones, in good correspondence with those found in human bones. All mouse tissues, except liver and colon, contained significant ALP activities. This is a notable difference as human liver contains vast amounts of ALP. Histochemical staining, Northern and Western blot analyses confirmed undetectable ALP expression in liver tissue. ALP activity staining showed some positive staining in the bile canaliculi for BALB/c and FVB/N WT mice, but not in C57Bl/6 and ICR mice. Taken together, while the main source of ALP in human serum originates from bone and liver, and a small fraction from intestine (<5%), mouse serum consists mostly of bone ALP, including all four isoforms, B/I, B1x, B1, and B2, and two intestinal ALP isozymes dIALP and gIALP. We suggest that the genetic nomenclature for the Alpl gene in mice (i.e., ALP liver) should be reconsidered since murine liver has undetectable amounts of ALP activity. These findings should pave the way for the development of user-friendly assays measuring circulating bone-specific ALP in mouse models used in bone and mineral research.
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- Cecilia Halling Linder
- Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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- Division of Cell Biology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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- Sanford Children’s Health Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Sanford Children’s Health Research Center, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, SE-581 85 Linköping, Sweden
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Iimura T, Nakane A, Sugiyama M, Sato H, Makino Y, Watanabe T, Takagi Y, Numano R, Yamaguchi A. A fluorescence spotlight on the clockwork development and metabolism of bone. J Bone Miner Metab 2012; 30:254-69. [PMID: 21766187 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-011-0295-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Accepted: 06/10/2011] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Biological phenomena that exhibit periodic activity are often referred as biorhythms or biological clocks. Among these, circadian rhythms, cyclic patterns reflecting a 24-h cycle, are the most obvious in many physiological activities including bone growth and metabolism. In the late 1990s, several clock genes were isolated and their primary structures and functions were identified. The feedback loop model of transcriptional factors was proposed to work as a circadian core oscillator not only in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of the anterior hypothalamus, which is recognized as the mammalian central clock, but also in various peripheral tissues including cartilage and bone. Looking back to embryonic development, the fundamental architecture of skeletal patterning is regulated by ultradian clocks that are defined as biorhythms that cycle more than once every 24 h. As post-genomic approaches, transcriptome analysis by micro-array and bioimaging assays to detect luminescent and fluorescent signals have been exploited to uncover a more comprehensive set of genes and spatio-temporal regulation of the clockwork machinery in animal models. In this review paper, we provide an overview of topics related to these molecular clocks in skeletal biology and medicine, and discuss how fluorescence imaging approaches can contribute to widening our views of this realm of biomedical science.
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- Tadahiro Iimura
- Global Center of Excellence (GCOE) Program, International Research Center for Molecular Science in Tooth and Bone Diseases, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
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New mouse models for metabolic bone diseases generated by genome-wide ENU mutagenesis. Mamm Genome 2012; 23:416-30. [PMID: 22527485 PMCID: PMC3401305 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-012-9397-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Metabolic bone disorders arise as primary diseases or may be secondary due to a multitude of organ malfunctions. Animal models are required to understand the molecular mechanisms responsible for the imbalances of bone metabolism in disturbed bone mineralization diseases. Here we present the isolation of mutant mouse models for metabolic bone diseases by phenotyping blood parameters that target bone turnover within the large-scale genome-wide Munich ENU Mutagenesis Project. A screening panel of three clinical parameters, also commonly used as biochemical markers in patients with metabolic bone diseases, was chosen. Total alkaline phosphatase activity and total calcium and inorganic phosphate levels in plasma samples of F1 offspring produced from ENU-mutagenized C3HeB/FeJ male mice were measured. Screening of 9,540 mice led to the identification of 257 phenodeviants of which 190 were tested by genetic confirmation crosses. Seventy-one new dominant mutant lines showing alterations of at least one of the biochemical parameters of interest were confirmed. Fifteen mutations among three genes (Phex, Casr, and Alpl) have been identified by positional-candidate gene approaches and one mutation of the Asgr1 gene, which was identified by next-generation sequencing. All new mutant mouse lines are offered as a resource for the scientific community.
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Kim J, Xing W, Wergedal J, Chan JY, Mohan S. Targeted disruption of nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-like 1 in osteoblasts reduces bone size and bone formation in mice. Physiol Genomics 2010; 40:100-10. [DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00105.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previous in vitro studies found that nuclear factor erythroid-derived 2-like 1 (NFE2L1) was involved in mediating ascorbic acid-induced osterix expression and osteoblast differentiation via binding to the antioxidant response element of the osterix promoter. To test the role of NFE2L1 in regulating bone formation in vivo, we disrupted NFE2L1 specifically in osteoblasts. Mice expressing Cre under the control of Col1α2 promoter were crossed with NFE2L1 loxP mice to generate Cre+ knockout (KO) and Cre− wild-type (WT) mice. Skeletal measurements by DEXA revealed 8–10% and 9–11% reduction in total body BMC and bone area in the KO mice from 3 to 8 wk of age. Peripheral quantitative computed tomography analyses found both periosteal and endosteal circumferences were reduced by 6% at the middiaphysis of the femurs from 8 wk old KO mice. Histomorphometric analyses revealed reduced bone formation was a cause for reduced bone size in the KO mice. Microcomputed tomography analysis of the metaphysis of the femur revealed that trabecular bone volume/total volume, and trabecular numbers were decreased by 30 and 53% in the NFE2L1 KO mice. Expression of osterix was decreased by 57% in the bones of NFE2L1 KO mice. In vitro nodule assay demonstrated that mineralized nodule area was reduced by 68% in the cultures of bone marrow stromal cells from NFE2L1 KO mice. Treatment of primary osteoblasts with ascorbic acid increased osterix expression by fourfold, whereas loss of NFE2L1 in osteoblasts diminished ascorbic acid stimulation of osterix expression by 50%. Our data provide the first in vivo experimental evidence that NFE2L1 produced by osteoblasts is involved in regulating osterix expression, osteoblast differentiation, and bone formation.
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- Jonghyun Kim
- Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center
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- Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center
- Departments of 2Medicine,
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- Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center
- Departments of 2Medicine,
- Biochemistry, and
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, Irvine, California
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- Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Jerry L. Pettis VA Medical Center
- Departments of 2Medicine,
- Biochemistry, and
- Physiology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda; and
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Sheng MHC, Amoui M, Stiffel V, Srivastava AK, Wergedal JE, Lau KHW. Targeted transgenic expression of an osteoclastic transmembrane protein-tyrosine phosphatase in cells of osteoclastic lineage increases bone resorption and bone loss in male young adult mice. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:11531-45. [PMID: 19244239 PMCID: PMC2670158 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m808324200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This study evaluated whether transgenic expression of PTP-oc (osteoclastic transmembrane protein-tyrosine phosphatase) in cells of the osteoclast lineage would affect bone resorption and bone density in young adult mice. Transgenic mice were generated with a transgenic construct using a tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase exon 1C promoter to drive expression of rabbit PTP-oc in osteoclastic cells. pQCT evaluation of femurs of young adult male progeny of three lines showed that transgenic mice had reduced bone volume and area, cortical and trabecular bone mineral content, and density. Histomorphometric analyses at secondary spongiosa of the femur and at metaphysis of the L4 vertebra confirmed that male transgenic mice had decreased trabecular surface, reduced percentage of trabecular area, decreased trabecular number, increased trabecular separation, and increased osteoclast number per bone surface length. Consistent with an increase in bone resorption, the serum C-telopeptide level was 25% higher in transgenic mice than in wild-type littermates. However, the bone phenotype was not readily observed in female young adult transgenic mice. This could in part be due to potential interactions between estrogen and PTP-oc signaling, since the bone loss phenotype was seen in young adult ovariectomized transgenic mice by microcomputed tomography analysis. In vitro, the average pit area per resorption pit created by marrow-derived transgenic osteoclasts was approximately 50% greater than that created by wild-type osteoclasts. Transgenic osteoclasts showed a lower c-Src phosphotyrosine 527 level, greater c-Src kinase activity, and increased tyrosine phosphorylation of paxillin. In summary, this study provides compelling in vivo evidence that PTP-oc is a positive regulator of osteoclasts.
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- Matilda H-C Sheng
- Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, California 92357, USA
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Gafni Y, Ptitsyn AA, Zilberman Y, Pelled G, Gimble JM, Gazit D. Circadian rhythm of osteocalcin in the maxillomandibular complex. J Dent Res 2009; 88:45-50. [PMID: 19131316 DOI: 10.1177/0022034508328012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The human body displays central circadian rhythms of activity. Recent findings suggest that peripheral tissues, such as bone, possess their own circadian clocks. Studies have shown that osteocalcin protein levels oscillate over a 24-hour period, yet the specific skeletal sites involved and its transcriptional profile remain unknown. The current study aimed to test the hypothesis that peripheral circadian mechanisms regulate transcription driven by the osteocalcin promoter. Transgenic mice harboring the human osteocalcin promoter linked to a luciferase reporter gene were used. Mice of both genders and various ages were analyzed non-invasively at sequential times throughout 24-hour periods. Statistical analyses of luminescent signal intensity of osteogenic activity from multiple skeletal sites indicated a periodicity of ~ 24 hrs. The maxillomandibular complex displayed the most robust oscillatory pattern. These findings have implications for dental treatments in orthodontics and maxillofacial surgery, as well as for the mechanisms underlying bone remodeling in the maxillomandibular complex.
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- Y Gafni
- Hebrew University- Hadassah Medical Campus, PO BOX 12272, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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Niemeier A, Niedzielska D, Secer R, Schilling A, Merkel M, Enrich C, Rensen PCN, Heeren J. Uptake of postprandial lipoproteins into bone in vivo: impact on osteoblast function. Bone 2008; 43:230-237. [PMID: 18538644 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2007] [Revised: 03/17/2008] [Accepted: 03/19/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Dietary lipids and lipophilic vitamins are transported by postprandial lipoproteins and are required for bone metabolism. Despite that, it remains unknown whether bone cells are involved in the uptake of circulating postprandial lipoproteins in vivo. The current study was performed to investigate a putative participation of bone in the systemic postprandial lipoprotein metabolism in mice, to identify potentially involved cell type populations and to analyze whether lipoprotein uptake affects bone function in vivo. As a model for the postprandial state, chylomicron remnants (CR) were injected intravenously into mice. Next to the liver and compared to other organs, bone appeared to be the second most important organ for the clearance of radiolabeled CR particles from the circulation in vivo. In addition, uptake of radiolabeled CR by primary murine osteoblasts and hepatocytes was quantified to be in a similar range in vitro. A complementary approach with fluorescently labeled CR and immunohistochemical staining for apoE proved that intact CR particles were taken up into bone and liver. Electron microscopy localization studies of bone sections revealed CR uptake into sinusoidal endothelial cells, macrophages and osteoblasts. The relative amount of radiolabeled CR uptake into femoral cortical bone, representing predominantly osteoblasts, and bone marrow, representing predominantly non-osteoblast cells, was within the same range. Most importantly, the injection of vitamin K1-enriched CR resulted in an increase of the degree of osteocalcin carboxylation in vivo while total osteocalcin concentrations remained unaffected, giving functional proof that osteoblasts process CR in vivo. In conclusion, here we demonstrate that bone is involved in the postprandial lipoprotein metabolism in mice. Osteoblasts participate in CR clearance from the circulation, which has a direct impact on the secretory function of osteoblasts.
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- Andreas Niemeier
- Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II: Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II: Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Trauma- Hand- and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Departament de Biologia Cellular, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II: Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Wu X, Yu G, Parks H, Hebert T, Goh BC, Dietrich MA, Pelled G, Izadpanah R, Gazit D, Bunnell BA, Gimble JM. Circadian mechanisms in murine and human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells following dexamethasone exposure. Bone 2008; 42:861-70. [PMID: 18302991 PMCID: PMC2423188 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.12.226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2007] [Revised: 12/21/2007] [Accepted: 12/28/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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A core group of regulatory factors control circadian rhythms in mammalian cells. While the suprachiasmatic nucleus in the brain serves as the central core circadian oscillator, circadian clocks also exist within peripheral tissues and cells. A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that >20% of expressed mRNAs in bone and adipose tissues oscillate in a circadian manner. The current manuscript reports evidence of the core circadian transcriptional apparatus within primary cultures of murine and human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). Exposure of confluent, quiescent BMSCs to dexamethasone synchronized the oscillating expression of the mRNAs encoding the albumin D binding protein (dbp), brain-muscle arnt-like 1 (bmal1), period 3 (per3), rev-erb alpha (Rev A), and rev-erb beta (Rev B). The genes displayed a mean oscillatory period of 22.2 to 24.3 h. The acrophase or peak expression of mRNAs encoding "positive" (bmal1) and "negative" (per3) components of the circadian regulatory apparatus were out of phase with each other by approximately 8-12 h, consistent with in vivo observations. In vivo, phosphyrylation by glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK3beta) is known to regulate the turnover of per3 and components of the core circadian regulatory apparatus. In vitro addition of lithium chloride, a GSK3beta inhibitor, significantly shifted the acrophase of all genes by 4.2-4.7 h oscillation in BMSCs; however, only the male murine BMSCs displayed a significant increase in the length of the period of oscillation. We conclude that human and murine BMSCs represent a valid in vitro model for the analysis of circadian mechanisms in bone metabolism and stem cell biology.
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- Xiying Wu
- Stem Cell Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Cell Biology Core Facility of the Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Flow Cytometry Core, Department of Pathobiology, Louisiana State University-School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Skeletal Biotechnology Laboratory, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- International Stem Cell Institute - Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Skeletal Biotechnology Laboratory, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
- International Stem Cell Institute - Department of Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Stem Cell Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Cell Biology Core Facility of the Clinical Nutrition Research Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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Patel MS, Elefteriou F. The new field of neuroskeletal biology. Calcif Tissue Int 2007; 80:337-47. [PMID: 17440766 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-007-9015-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2006] [Accepted: 01/11/2007] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The fields of neuroscience and bone biology have recently converged following the discovery that bone remodeling is directly regulated by the brain. This work has defined bone remodeling as one of the cardinal physiological functions of the body, subject to homeostatic regulation and integrated with the other major physiological functions by the hypothalamus. Central to this discovery was the definition of the adipocyte-derived hormone leptin as a regulator of both arms of bone remodeling, formation and resorption, through its action on the ventromedial hypothalamus and subsequently via the sympathetic nervous system to osteoblasts. The characterization of the sympathetic nervous system as a regulator of bone remodeling has led to several large clinical studies demonstrating a substantial protective effect of beta-blockers, particularly beta1-blockers, on fracture risk. Studies in model organisms have reinforced the role of the central nervous system in the regulation of bone remodeling in vivo by the identification of several additional genes, namely cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript (Cart), melanocortin 4 receptor (Mc4R), neuropeptide Y (NPY), Y2 receptor, cannabinoid receptor CB1 (Cnbr1), and the genes of the circadian clock. These genes have several common features, including high levels of expression in the hypothalamus and the ability to regulate other major physiological functions in addition to bone remodeling including energy homeostasis, body weight, and reproduction. We review the major pathways that define the new field of neuroskeletal biology and identify further avenues of inquiry.
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- M S Patel
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, C234, 4500 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1, Canada
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Zvonic S, Ptitsyn AA, Kilroy G, Wu X, Conrad SA, Scott LK, Guilak F, Pelled G, Gazit D, Gimble JM. Circadian oscillation of gene expression in murine calvarial bone. J Bone Miner Res 2007; 22:357-65. [PMID: 17144790 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.061114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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UNLABELLED The genes encoding the core circadian transcription factors display an oscillating expression profile in murine calvarial bone. More than 26% of the calvarial bone transcriptome exhibits a circadian rhythm, comparable with that observed in brown and white adipose tissues and liver. Thus, circadian mechanisms may directly modulate oxidative phosphorylation and multiple metabolic pathways in bone homeostasis. INTRODUCTION Although circadian rhythms have been associated historically with central regulatory mechanisms, there is emerging evidence that the circadian transcriptional apparatus exists in peripheral tissues. The aim of this study was to determine the presence and extent of circadian oscillation in the transcriptome of murine calvarial bone. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cohorts of 8-week-old male AKR/J mice were maintained in a controlled 12-h light:12-h dark cycle on an ad libitum diet for 2 weeks. Groups of three mice were killed every 4 h over a 48-h period. The level of gene expression at successive times-points was determined by quantitative RT-PCR and Affymetrix microarray. Data were analyzed using multiple statistical time series algorithms, including Cosinor, Fisher g-test, and the permutation time test. RESULTS Both the positive (Bmal1, Npas2) and negative (Cry1, Cry2, Per1, Per2, Per3) elements of the circadian transcriptional apparatus and their immediate downstream targets and mediators (Dbp, Rev-erbalpha, Rev-erbbeta) exhibited oscillatory expression profiles. Consistent with findings in other tissues, the positive and negative elements were in antiphase relative to each other. More than 26% of the genes present on the microarray displayed an oscillatory profile in calvarial bone, comparable with the levels observed in brown and white adipose tissues and liver; however, only a subset of 174 oscillating genes were shared among all four tissues. CONCLUSIONS Our findings show that the components of the circadian transcriptional apparatus are represented in calvarial bone and display coordinated oscillatory behavior. However, these are not the only genes to display an oscillatory expression profile, which is seen in multiple pathways involving oxidative phosphorylation and lipid, protein, and carbohydrate metabolism.
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- Sanjin Zvonic
- Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, Baton Rouge 70808, USA
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Generali D, Berruti A, Tampellini M, Dovio A, Tedoldi S, Bonardi S, Tucci M, Allevi G, Aguggini S, Milani M, Bottini A, Dogliotti L, Angeli A. The circadian rhythm of biochemical markers of bone resorption is normally synchronized in breast cancer patients with bone lytic metastases independently of tumor load. Bone 2007; 40:182-8. [PMID: 16935041 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2006] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 06/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bone metastases are devastating events resulting in disruption of local bone remodeling processes. Physiological bone turnover has a circadian rhythm. No data are available on the circadian pattern of bone turnover markers in patients with bone metastases. METHODS Twenty post-menopausal women with breast cancer (BC) at first disease relapse and at least one bone metastasis were consecutively recruited. Twenty healthy women served as controls. Patients were free from concomitant chemotherapy/endocrine therapy. Throughout a 24-h period, urine samples were collected at 4-h intervals, and blood samples were collected at 4-h intervals between 08:00 and 24:00, and at 2-h intervals between 24:00 and 08:00. Serum osteocalcin (OC), total and bone-alkaline phosphatase (tALP and bALP, respectively) and C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX), and urinary NTX and free deoxypyridinoline (fDPD) were measured together with serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) and serum and urinary calcium and phosphorus. Temporal variations of measured analytes were assessed by ANOVA and the COSINOR model. RESULTS At 08:00, patients had higher levels of bone resorption indices (NTX, CTX and fDPD) than controls (p<0.0001). tALP and bALP, but not OC, were higher in patients than controls (p<0.001). PTH, serum and urinary calcium and urinary phosphorus did not differ between groups; serum phosphorus was higher in controls (p<0.0001). A circadian rhythm was evident for CTX and fDPD values in both patients and controls. A circadian rhythm in NTX, OC, phosphorus and PTH was apparent in controls only. However, it was detected also in patients when percent changes from MESOR were considered. Serum phosphorus showed a circadian rhythm, while no rhythm was detected for tALP, bALP, serum and urinary calcium. The rhythmicities in cancer patients were normally synchronized, and rhythmic parameters were independent of tumor load in the skeleton, age and menopausal status. CONCLUSIONS This is the first study to yield information on the maintenance of the temporal program of bone turnover in bone metastatic cancer patients. Whether administration of bisphosphonates in the nighttime leads to a different outcome with respect to the current administration in the morning is a matter of future research.
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- Daniele Generali
- Breast Unit, Azienda Istituti Ospitalieri, Cremona, Viale Concordia 1, I-26100 Cremona, Italy.
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Clowes JA, Khosla S, Eastell R. Potential role of pancreatic and enteric hormones in regulating bone turnover. J Bone Miner Res 2005; 20:1497-506. [PMID: 16059621 DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.050524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2005] [Revised: 05/17/2005] [Accepted: 05/27/2005] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Jackie A Clowes
- Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Endocrine Research Unit, St Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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Jackson BF, Blumsohn A, Goodship AE, Wilson AM, Price JS. Circadian variation in biochemical markers of bone cell activity and insulin-like growth factor-I in two-year-old horses. J Anim Sci 2004; 81:2804-10. [PMID: 14601884 DOI: 10.2527/2003.81112804x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Studies in humans have found circadian changes to be one of the most important sources of controllable preanalytical variability when evaluating bone cell activity using biochemical markers. It remains unclear whether similar circadian changes influence bone marker concentrations in the horse. The aim of this study was to characterize changes in serum concentrations of three biochemical markers of bone cell activity over a 24-h period in six 2-yr-old Thoroughbred mares, and to determine circadian variability in IGF-I, which regulates bone turnover. Three bone markers were measured in serum: osteocalcin, a marker of bone formation, the carboxy-terminal propeptide of type-I collagen (a marker of bone formation), and the carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type-I collagen (a marker of bone resorption). Data were analyzed using the cosinor technique, which fits a 24-h cycle to each dataset. A significant circadian rhythm was observed for osteocalcin (P = 0.028), with an estimated amplitude of 7.6% of the mean (95% confidence interval 1.3% to 16.3%), and an estimated peak time of 0900. However, the observed rhythm for the carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type-I collagen (amplitude = 7.4%) was not significant (P = 0.067), and there were no significant changes in concentrations of the carboxy-terminal propeptide of type-I collagen over the 24-h study period (P = 0.44). There was a small but significant circadian rhythm for IGF-I (P = 0.04), with an estimated amplitude of 3.4% (95% confidence interval 0.2 to 7.1%) and peak at 1730. Further studies are now required to determine the potential association between circadian changes in IGF-I and osteocalcin in the horse. Although no significant circadian variation was found in concentrations of the car-boxy-terminal propeptide of type-I collagen and the carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type-I collagen, this may in part be a result of the age of the animals that were still skeletally immature. Future studies should aim to determine whether these markers develop a circadian rhythm at a later age when growth is complete. In the meantime, consistency in time of sampling should continue to be considered best practice when measuring biochemical markers of bone turnover in the horse.
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Affiliation(s)
- B F Jackson
- Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU, UK
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Srivastava AK, Mohan S, Wergedal JE, Baylink DJ. A genomewide screening of N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea-mutagenized mice for musculoskeletal phenotypes. Bone 2003; 33:179-91. [PMID: 14499351 DOI: 10.1016/s8756-3282(03)00156-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
Chemical mutagenesis followed by screening for abnormal phenotypes in the mouse holds much promise as a method for revealing gene function. We describe a mouse N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) mutagenesis program incorporating a genomewide screen of dominant as well as recessive mutations affecting musculoskeletal disorders in C3H/HeJ mice. In a primary screen, progeny of one-generation dominant mutations (F(1)) and three-generation recessive (F(3)) mutations were screened at 10 weeks of age for musculoskeletal disorders using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometery (DEXA) and biochemical markers affecting bone metabolism, such as osteocalcin, type I collagen breakdown product, skeletal alkaline phosphatase, and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). Abnormal phenotypes were identified as +/-3SD units different from baseline data collected from age- and sex-matched nonmutagenized control mice. A secondary screen at 16 weeks of age, which included peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) in addition to those parameters described in our primary screen, was used to confirm the abnormal phenotypes observed in the primary screen. The phenodeviant or outlier mice were progeny tested to determine whether their abnormality segregates bimodally in their offspring with the expected 1:1 or 1:3 Mendelian ratio, in dominant and recessive screens, respectively. With the above screening strategy, we were able to identify several mice with quantitative abnormalities in BMD, BMC, bone size, and bone metabolism. We have progeny tested and confirmed four outliers with low BMD, low bone size, and growth-related abnormality. Our results indicate that the magnitude of change in quantitative phenotypes in the ENU-mutagenized progeny was between 10 and 15%, and hence, the yield of outliers was dependent on the precision of the methods. So far, this ENU mutagenesis program has identified four outliers that can undergo positional cloning.
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- A K Srivastava
- Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Jerry L. Pettis Veterans Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA
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