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Cysteine Cathepsins in Breast Cancer: Promising Targets for Fluorescence-Guided Surgery. Mol Imaging Biol 2023; 25:58-73. [PMID: 36002710 PMCID: PMC9971096 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-022-01768-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The majority of breast cancer patients is treated with breast-conserving surgery (BCS) combined with adjuvant radiation therapy. Up to 40% of patients has a tumor-positive resection margin after BCS, which necessitates re-resection or additional boost radiation. Cathepsin-targeted near-infrared fluorescence imaging during BCS could be used to detect residual cancer in the surgical cavity and guide additional resection, thereby preventing tumor-positive resection margins and associated mutilating treatments. The cysteine cathepsins are a family of proteases that play a major role in normal cellular physiology and neoplastic transformation. In breast cancer, the increased enzymatic activity and aberrant localization of many of the cysteine cathepsins drive tumor progression, proliferation, invasion, and metastasis. The upregulation of cysteine cathepsins in breast cancer cells indicates their potential as a target for intraoperative fluorescence imaging. This review provides a summary of the current knowledge on the role and expression of the most important cysteine cathepsins in breast cancer to better understand their potential as a target for fluorescence-guided surgery (FGS). In addition, it gives an overview of the cathepsin-targeted fluorescent probes that have been investigated preclinically and in breast cancer patients. The current review underscores that cysteine cathepsins are highly suitable molecular targets for FGS because of favorable expression and activity patterns in virtually all breast cancer subtypes. This is confirmed by cathepsin-targeted fluorescent probes that have been shown to facilitate in vivo breast cancer visualization and tumor resection in mouse models and breast cancer patients. These findings indicate that cathepsin-targeted FGS has potential to improve treatment outcomes in breast cancer patients.
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Bafail A, Carneiro KMM, Kishen A, Prakki A. Effect of Odanacatib on the release of NTX (Amino Terminal Telopeptide) from LPS contaminated type I dentin collagen. Dent Mater 2023; 39:162-169. [PMID: 36608993 DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2022.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluated the Odanacatib inhibitor treatment on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) contamination effect on cathepsin-K mediated dentin degradation by analysis of type I collagen C- and N-termini telopeptides. METHODS Pulverized and disks of human dentin were demineralized and LPS contaminated, or stored in deionized water (DW) for 12 h. Samples were challenged with lactic acid (LA). Aliquots of dentin powder were treated with 1 mL Odanacatib or stored in DW for 30 min. Dentin collagen degradation was determined by sub-product release of C-terminal (ICTP and CTX) and N-terminal (NTX) telopeptides, normalized to total protein (tp) concentration (n = 3). Dentin matrix was evaluated for gravimetric (n = 8) and ultrastructural changes. Data were analyzed by Student t-test, one-way ANOVA and Tukey's test (α = 5 %). RESULTS LA incubation significantly increased telopeptide release compared with DW (p < 0.05). In untreated groups, significantly higher CTXtp, NTXtp telopeptide rates were observed for LA+LPS samples compared with DW (p < 0.01). Odanacatib significantly reduced ICTPtp, CTXtp, and NTXtp telopeptide release for LPS, LA, and LA+LPS conditions. In untreated groups, LPS and LA+LPS challenge significantly increased dentin weight loss (p = 0.02). Within each storage condition, Odanacatib treatment did not affect weight change (p > 0.05) of dentin disks. SIGNIFICANCE This study showed that LPS contamination resulted in significantly higher rates of NTX than CTX from dentin matrix. Odanacatib significantly reduced telopeptide release rates of LPS contaminated dentin matrix.
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- Arwa Bafail
- Dental Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Restorative Dental Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
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- Dental Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Dental Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Dental Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Heinz A. Elastases and elastokines: elastin degradation and its significance in health and disease. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 55:252-273. [PMID: 32530323 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2020.1768208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Elastin is an important protein of the extracellular matrix of higher vertebrates, which confers elasticity and resilience to various tissues and organs including lungs, skin, large blood vessels and ligaments. Owing to its unique structure, extensive cross-linking and durability, it does not undergo significant turnover in healthy tissues and has a half-life of more than 70 years. Elastin is not only a structural protein, influencing the architecture and biomechanical properties of the extracellular matrix, but also plays a vital role in various physiological processes. Bioactive elastin peptides termed elastokines - in particular those of the GXXPG motif - occur as a result of proteolytic degradation of elastin and its non-cross-linked precursor tropoelastin and display several biological activities. For instance, they promote angiogenesis or stimulate cell adhesion, chemotaxis, proliferation, protease activation and apoptosis. Elastin-degrading enzymes such as matrix metalloproteinases, serine proteases and cysteine proteases slowly damage elastin over the lifetime of an organism. The destruction of elastin and the biological processes triggered by elastokines favor the development and progression of various pathological conditions including emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atherosclerosis, metabolic syndrome and cancer. This review gives an overview on types of human elastases and their action on human elastin, including the formation, structure and biological activities of elastokines and their role in common biological processes and severe pathological conditions.
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- Andrea Heinz
- Department of Pharmacy, LEO Foundation Center for Cutaneous Drug Delivery, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Eğri Ö, Ökten ME, Deveci H. Lomber disk herniasyonlu hastalarda, transkutanöz elektriksel sinir stimülasyonu (TENS) ve ultrason uygulamalarının, serum oksidatif stres parametreleri ve idrar kollajen yıkım ürünleri üzerine etkilerinin değerlendirilmesi. EGE TIP DERGISI 2019. [DOI: 10.19161/etd.664930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Vidak E, Javoršek U, Vizovišek M, Turk B. Cysteine Cathepsins and their Extracellular Roles: Shaping the Microenvironment. Cells 2019; 8:cells8030264. [PMID: 30897858 PMCID: PMC6468544 DOI: 10.3390/cells8030264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 44.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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For a long time, cysteine cathepsins were considered primarily as proteases crucial for nonspecific bulk proteolysis in the endolysosomal system. However, this view has dramatically changed, and cathepsins are now considered key players in many important physiological processes, including in diseases like cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, and various inflammatory diseases. Cathepsins are emerging as important players in the extracellular space, and the paradigm is shifting from the degrading enzymes to the enzymes that can also specifically modify extracellular proteins. In pathological conditions, the activity of cathepsins is often dysregulated, resulting in their overexpression and secretion into the extracellular space. This is typically observed in cancer and inflammation, and cathepsins are therefore considered valuable diagnostic and therapeutic targets. In particular, the investigation of limited proteolysis by cathepsins in the extracellular space is opening numerous possibilities for future break-through discoveries. In this review, we highlight the most important findings that establish cysteine cathepsins as important players in the extracellular space and discuss their roles that reach beyond processing and degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM) components. In addition, we discuss the recent developments in cathepsin research and the new possibilities that are opening in translational medicine.
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- Eva Vidak
- Jozef Stefan Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- International Postgraduate School Jozef Stefan, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Jozef Stefan Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- International Postgraduate School Jozef Stefan, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Jozef Stefan Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich Otto-Stern-Weg 3, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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- Jozef Stefan Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular and Structural Biology, Jamova 39, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Vecna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Vizovišek M, Fonović M, Turk B. Cysteine cathepsins in extracellular matrix remodeling: Extracellular matrix degradation and beyond. Matrix Biol 2019; 75-76:141-159. [DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2018.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 01/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Lindström E, Rizoska B, Henderson I, Terelius Y, Jerling M, Edenius C, Grabowska U. Nonclinical and clinical pharmacological characterization of the potent and selective cathepsin K inhibitor MIV-711. J Transl Med 2018; 16:125. [PMID: 29743078 PMCID: PMC5944028 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-018-1497-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cathepsin K is an attractive therapeutic target for diseases in which bone resorption is excessive such as osteoporosis and osteoarthritis (OA). The current paper characterized the pharmacological profile of the potent and selective cathepsin K inhibitor, MIV-711, in vitro and in cynomolgus monkeys, and assessed translation to human based on a single dose clinical study in man. METHODS The potency and selectivity of MIV-711 were assessed in vitro using recombinant enzyme assays and differentiated human osteoclasts. MIV-711 was administered to healthy cynomolgus monkeys (3-30 µmol/kg, p.o.). Plasma levels of MIV-711 and the bone resorption biomarker CTX-I were measured after single dose experiments, and urine levels of CTX-I, NTX-I and CTX-II biomarkers were measured after repeat dose experiments. The safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (serum CTX-I) of MIV-711 were assessed in human healthy subjects after single ascending doses from 20 to 600 mg. RESULTS MIV-711 was a potent inhibitor of human cathepsin K (Ki: 0.98 nmol/L) with > 1300-fold selectivity towards other human cathepsins. MIV-711 inhibited human osteoclast-mediated bone resorption with an IC50 value of 43 nmol/L. Single oral doses of MIV-711 to monkeys reduced plasma levels of CTX-I in a dose-dependent fashion by up to 57% at trough. The effect on CTX-I was linearly correlated to the plasma exposure of MIV-711, while the efficacy duration outlasted plasma exposure. Repeat oral dosing with MIV-711 also reduced urinary levels of the bone resorption biomarkers CTX-I (by 93%) and NTX-I (by 71%) and the cartilage degradation biomarker CTX-II (by 71%). MIV-711 was safe and well-tolerated when given as single ascending doses to healthy subjects. MIV-711 reduced serum CTX-I levels in a dose-dependent manner by up to 79% at trough. The relationship between MIV-711 exposure and effects on these biomarkers in humans was virtually identical when compared to the corresponding monkey data. CONCLUSIONS MIV-711 is a potent and selective cathepsin K inhibitor with dose-dependent effects on biomarkers of bone and cartilage degradation in monkey and human. Taken together, MIV-711 shows promise for the treatment of bone and cartilage related disorders in humans, such as OA. Trial Registration EudraCT number 2011-003024-12, registered on June 22nd 2011.
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Tanaka M, Hashimoto Y, Hasegawa C, Deacon S, Eastell R. Antiresorptive effect of a cathepsin K inhibitor ONO-5334 and its relationship to BMD increase in a phase II trial for postmenopausal osteoporosis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2017. [PMID: 28629344 PMCID: PMC5477094 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-017-1625-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background ONO-5334 is a cathepsin K inhibitor that induced bone mineral density (BMD) gain in a phase II study in postmenopausal osteoporosis patients. Even though the antiresorptive effect could only be monitored in the morning during the study, simulation can allow the antiresorptive effect to be assessed over 24 h, with assessment of the relationship to BMD gain. Methods Inhibition of the serum C-telopeptide of type I collagen (sCTX) level at doses of ONO-5334 of 100 mg once daily (QD), 300 mg QD, and 50 mg twice daily (BID) was simulated using plasma ONO-5334 pharmacokinetic (PK) data for repeated dose administration in a phase I study and corresponding sCTX inhibition from the PK-pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) relationship. sCTX was selected because it has a high signal-to-noise ratio compared to other telopeptides. A negative sigmoidal shape for the PK/PD relationship between plasma ONO-5334 and sCTX levels was obtained in our previous study. Results The simulated sCTX inhibition reached >99% of the maximal inhibitory effect (Emax) at 0.5 h in all treatment groups, and decreased to <80% Emax at 8 and 12 h at 50 mg BID and 100 mg QD, respectively. However, sCTX inhibition at 300 mg QD was maintained at ≥82% Emax over 24 h. The mean sCTX inhibition rates for 24 h at 100 mg QD, 300 mg QD and 50 mg BID were 63, 95 and 80% Emax, respectively. There was a positive linear relationship by treatment group between mean sCTX inhibition over 24 h and observed BMD gain in the phase II study. Conclusion The dose response for BMD with ONO-5334 at 100 and 300 mg QD and higher BMD gain at 50 mg BID vs. 100 mg QD can be explained by sCTX inhibition over 24 h. The simulation gave the antiresorptive effect of ONO-5334 over 24 h and allowed prediction of BMD gain due to ONO-5334. Trial registration The registration number in The European Union Clinical Trials Register is 2007–002417-39. The date of registration was August 31, 2007. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12891-017-1625-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Makoto Tanaka
- Research Promotion, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, 3-1-1 Sakurai, Shimamoto, Osaka, 618-8585, Japan.
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- Translational Medicine Center, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Shimamoto, Osaka, Japan
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- Translational Medicine Center, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Shimamoto, Osaka, Japan
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- Clinical Development, Ono Pharma UK Ltd, London, UK
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- Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Applicability of in vitro-in vivo translation of cathepsin K inhibition from animal species to human with the use of free-drug hypothesis. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2017; 390:435-441. [DOI: 10.1007/s00210-017-1356-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Tanaka M, Hashimoto Y, Hasegawa C. An oral cathepsin K inhibitor ONO-5334 inhibits N-terminal and C-terminal collagen crosslinks in serum and urine at similar plasma concentrations in postmenopausal women. Bone 2015; 81:178-185. [PMID: 26188109 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Relationships between the plasma concentration of a cathepsin K inhibitor (ONO-5334) and inhibition of bone resorption markers N-telopeptide of type I collagen (NTX) and C-telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX) in serum and urinary NTX/creatinine and CTX/creatinine were examined in 10 postmenopausal women. The subjects received slow-release tablets of 100mg ONO-5534 under fasted or fed conditions in a study with a crossover design. Inhibition of serum NTX and CTX levels and plasma concentrations of ONO-5334 were monitored at 0, 24, 48 and 168 h after dosing. Changes in urinary NTX/creatinine and CTX/creatinine levels in second morning urine were evaluated on 0, 1, 2 and 7 days after dosing. Data were analyzed using sigmoid maximal drug effect (Emax) models. The maximal inhibition, estimated Emax values, were -31.8% for serum NTX, -53.1% for serum CTX, -67.2% for urinary NTX/creatinine, and -95.2% for urinary CTX/creatinine. The estimated half maximal effective plasma concentrations (EC50) of ONO-5334 and confidence intervals were 1.79 (1.01 to 3.16) ng/mL for serum NTX, 2.07 (1.63 to 2.62) ng/mL for serum CTX, 1.85 (1.30 to 2.61) ng/mL for urinary NTX/creatinine, and 1.98 (0.94 to 3.76) ng/mL for urinary CTX/creatinine. EC50 values for the four crosslinks did not significantly differ, as indicated by the overlapping 95% confidence intervals. The highest signal-to-noise ratio was achieved with serum CTX, and was 2-fold higher than that on serum NTX. Inhibition for serum NTX and CTX, and urinary NTX/creatinine and CTX/creatinine by ONO-5334 were all correlated with correlation coefficients ranging from 0.55 to 0.80. In conclusion, data of ONO-5334 slow-releasing tablets in postmenopausal women were well fitted in Emax model. In all measured telopeptides, the maximal inhibition was obtained at urinary CTX/creatinine level, but serum CTX had the highest signal-to-noise ratio. Inhibition for all measured telopeptides by ONO-5334 were all correlated. The estimated half maximal effective plasma concentrations were not significantly different between all measured telopeptides.
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- Makoto Tanaka
- Research Promotion, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shimamoto, Osaka, Japan.
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- Translational Medicine Center, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shimamoto, Osaka, Japan
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- Translational Medicine Center, Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shimamoto, Osaka, Japan
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Novinec M, Lenarčič B. Cathepsin K: a unique collagenolytic cysteine peptidase. Biol Chem 2014; 394:1163-79. [PMID: 23629523 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2013-0134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Accepted: 04/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cathepsin K has emerged as a promising target for the treatment of osteoporosis in recent years. Initially identified as a papain-like cysteine peptidase expressed in high levels in osteoclasts, the important role of this enzyme in bone metabolism was highlighted by the finding that mutations in the CTSK gene cause the rare recessive disorder pycnodysostosis, which is characterized by severe bone anomalies. At the molecular level, the physiological role of cathepsin K is reflected by its unique cleavage pattern of type I collagen molecules, which is fundamentally different from that of other endogenous collagenases. Several cathepsin K inhibitors have been developed to reduce the excessive bone matrix degradation associated with osteoporosis, with the frontrunner odanacatib about to successfully conclude Phase 3 clinical trials. Apart from osteoclasts, cathepsin K is expressed in different cell types throughout the body and is involved in processes of adipogenesis, thyroxine liberation and peptide hormone regulation. Elevated activity of cathepsin K has been associated with arthritis, atherosclerosis, obesity, schizophrenia, and tumor metastasis. Accordingly, its activity is tightly regulated via multiple mechanisms, including competitive inhibition by endogenous macromolecular inhibitors and allosteric regulation by glycosaminoglycans. This review provides a state-of-the-art description of the activity of cathepsin K at the molecular level, its biological functions and the mechanisms involved in its regulation.
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- Marko Novinec
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Zerbini CAF, McClung MR. Odanacatib in postmenopausal women with low bone mineral density: a review of current clinical evidence. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis 2013; 5:199-209. [PMID: 23904864 DOI: 10.1177/1759720x13490860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Human bones are in a continuous process of remodeling that ensures renovation and maintenance of the skeletal mass. Bone remodeling has two phases that are normally coupled and balanced: bone resorption mediated by osteoclasts and bone formation mediated by osteoblasts. An increase in bone resorption over bone formation results in a progressive loss of bone mass and impairment of bone microarchitecture leading to osteoporosis and its associated fractures. Recent advances in the understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the remodeling process have allowed the development of new targets for osteoporosis treatment. Cathepsin K, a cysteine protease, is found in osteoclasts along the bone resorption surfaces and very efficiently degrades type I collagen, the major component of the organic bone matrix. Inhibition of cathepsin K reduces bone resorption but does not impair bone formation particularly at cortical sites. Odanacatib, a potent and highly selective cathepsin K inhibitor, showed prevention of bone loss without reduction of bone formation in preclinical and clinical trials (phase I and II). Odanacatib is currently in a phase III fracture outcome international trial for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
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Gursoy UK, Könönen E, Huumonen S, Tervahartiala T, Pussinen PJ, Suominen AL, Sorsa T. Salivary type I collagen degradation end-products and related matrix metalloproteinases in periodontitis. J Clin Periodontol 2012; 40:18-25. [PMID: 23078613 DOI: 10.1111/jcpe.12020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Revised: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM Type I collagen degradation end-products and related matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) were examined aiming to detect potential markers of periodontitis in saliva, with high sensitivity and specificity. MATERIALS AND METHODS The salivary concentrations of MMP-8, MMP-9 and MMP-13, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase serum type 5b, C-terminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen (CTx), N-terminal cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen (NTx) and cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type I collagen were analysed in 230 subjects. Oral health examination included panoramic radiography. RESULTS The concentrations of MMP-8, MMP-9 and MMP-13 in saliva were higher in subjects with generalized periodontitis than in controls. Of the tested salivary markers, MMP-8 was the only marker capable of differentiating subjects with severe alveolar bone loss from those with slight bone loss (p < 0.001). The association between the salivary MMP-8 levels and periodontitis remained significant after the adjustment with age, gender and smoking. In addition, significant correlations were found between the tested markers and periodontal parameters. CONCLUSION Enzymes and end-products of type I collagen degradation have different associations with each other and with periodontal status that may reflect their roles in the cascade leading to alveolar bone loss. MMP-8 is a strong biomarker candidate for detecting alveolar bone destruction.
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- Ulvi K Gursoy
- Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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Borel O, Gineyts E, Bertholon C, Garnero P. Cathepsin K preferentially solubilizes matured bone matrix. Calcif Tissue Int 2012; 91:32-9. [PMID: 22569910 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-012-9604-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2012] [Accepted: 03/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Bone collagen undergoes a series of enzymatic and nonenzymatic posttranslational modifications with maturation. The aim of this study was to analyze the collagenolytic efficiency of cathepsin K in relation to the extent of bone collagen age. Bone collagen posttranslational maturation was induced in vitro by preincubating bovine fetal cortical bone specimens at 37 °C for different times. The collagen enzymatic cross-links pyridinoline (PYD) and deoxypyridinoline (DPD), the advanced glycation end product pentosidine (PEN), and the native (α) and β-isomerized C-telopeptide (CTX) isomers were measured in each bone specimen. After extraction, bone collagen was incubated with human recombinant cathepsin K at different concentrations and its collagenolytic activity was measured by the release of hydroxyproline. To assess the affinity of cathepsin K for isomerized and nonisomerized CTX isomers, incubation with cathepsin K was also performed in the presence of various concentrations of a specific inhibitor. We showed that preincubation of bone collagen at 37 °C induces a marked increase in the bone concentration of PYD, DPD, and PEN and of CTX isomerization as reflected by the ratio of α-/βCTX. This increase was associated with a parallel increase in the efficiency of cathepsin K to solubilize bone collagen. When cathepsin K was incubated in the presence of an inhibitor, the β-isomerized form of collagen from 3-month- and 8-year-old bovine bone was more susceptible to degradation than the native α form. These results suggest that the collagenolytic activity of cathepsin K may be increased toward more matured bone collagen.
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- Olivier Borel
- INSERM Unit 1033, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Pavillon F, 69437, Lyon Cedex 03, France.
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Tamiya M, Kobayashi M, Morimura O, Yasue T, Nakasuji T, Satomu M, Kohei O, Takayuki S, Morishita N, Suzuki H, Sasada S, Okamoto N, Hirashima T, Kawase I. Clinical significance of the serum crosslinked N-telopeptide of type I collagen as a prognostic marker for non-small-cell lung cancer. Clin Lung Cancer 2012; 14:50-4. [PMID: 22609050 DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2012.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2012] [Revised: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Many patients with lung cancer are in its advanced stages at the time of diagnosis. The 5-year survival rate for lung cancer is 10% to 20%, and the prognosis for patients with lung cancer is still poor. The crosslinked N-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (NTx) is a metabolite of type I collagen, the main constituent of bone matrix. PATIENTS AND METHODS We measured serum NTx levels in patients who underwent staging during hospitalization for the initial treatment of lung cancer in our department. We examined whether serum NTx levels would be relevant to the prognosis of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). RESULTS This study included 176 patients with lung cancer (125 men and 51 women), including 109 with adenocarcinoma, 53 with squamous cell carcinoma, 6 with large-cell carcinoma, and 8 with other cancer types. Univariate and multivariate analysis using the Cox proportional hazards model revealed a particularly close association between sex, performance status, disease stage, and serum NTx levels and overall survival (OS). A median OS of 368 days was observed for patients with a serum NTx level < 22 nmol BCE/L, which was significantly longer than the 197 days for patients with a serum NTx level ≥ 22 nmol BCE/L (hazard ratio [HR], 2.02; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.36-2.99; log-rank P = .00037). CONCLUSIONS We have revealed that a high serum NTx level (> 22 nmol BCE/L) appears to be a risk factor for a reduction in OS in patients with NSCLC.
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- Motohiro Tamiya
- Department of Thoracic Malignancy, Osaka Prefectural Hospital Organization Osaka, Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
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Duong LT. Therapeutic inhibition of cathepsin K-reducing bone resorption while maintaining bone formation. BONEKEY REPORTS 2012; 1:67. [PMID: 23951460 DOI: 10.1038/bonekey.2012.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Accepted: 03/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Osteoporosis is a disease of high bone remodeling with an imbalance of bone resorption over bone formation, resulting in decreased bone mineral density and deterioration of bone microarchitecture. From the emerging understandings of the molecular and cellular regulators of bone remodeling, potential new targets for therapeutic intervention for this disease have been identified. Cathepsin K (CatK), a cysteine protease produced by osteoclasts, is the primary enzyme mediating the degradation of the demineralized bone matrix. Current genetic and pharmacological evidence from studies in multiple preclinical species have consistently demonstrated that inhibition of CatK results in the reduction of bone resorption while allowing bone formation to continue. Early results from clinical studies with several investigational CatK inhibitors indicate that the impact of CatK inhibition on bone formation is distinct from that of either the bisphosphonates or the anti-receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand antibody, denosumab. Odanacatib, a highly selective, reversible and potent inhibitor of CatK, is currently in phase III clinical trials for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis.
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- Le T Duong
- Department of Bone Biology, Merck Research Laboratories , West Point, PA, USA
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DeMaio L, Buckley ST, Krishnaveni MS, Flodby P, Dubourd M, Banfalvi A, Xing Y, Ehrhardt C, Minoo P, Zhou B, Crandall ED, Borok Z. Ligand-independent transforming growth factor-β type I receptor signalling mediates type I collagen-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition. J Pathol 2011; 226:633-44. [PMID: 21984393 DOI: 10.1002/path.3016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2011] [Revised: 08/26/2011] [Accepted: 09/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Evidence suggests epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) as one potential source of fibroblasts in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. To assess the contribution of alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) EMT to fibroblast accumulation in vivo following lung injury and the influence of extracellular matrix on AEC phenotype in vitro, Nkx2.1-Cre;mT/mG mice were generated in which AECs permanently express green fluorescent protein (GFP). On days 17-21 following intratracheal bleomycin administration, ~4% of GFP-positive epithelial-derived cells expressed vimentin or α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA). Primary AECs from Nkx2.1-Cre;mT/mG mice cultured on laminin-5 or fibronectin maintained an epithelial phenotype. In contrast, on type I collagen, cells of epithelial origin displayed nuclear localization of Smad3, acquired spindle-shaped morphology, expressed α-SMA and phospho-Smad3, consistent with activation of the transforming growth factor-β (TGFβ) signalling pathway and EMT. α-SMA induction and Smad3 nuclear localization were blocked by the TGFβ type I receptor (TβRI, otherwise known as Alk5) inhibitor SB431542, while AEC derived from Nkx2.1-Cre;Alk5(flox/KO) mice did not undergo EMT on collagen, consistent with a requirement for signalling via Alk5 in collagen-induced EMT. Inability of a pan-specific TGFβ neutralizing antibody to inhibit effects of collagen together with absence of active TGFβ in culture supernatants is consistent with TGFβ ligand-independent activation of Smad signalling. These results support the notion that AECs can acquire a mesenchymal phenotype following injury in vivo and implicate type I collagen as a key regulator of EMT in AECs through signalling via Alk5, likely in a TGFβ ligand-independent manner.
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- Lucas DeMaio
- Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Center, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA 90033, USA
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Costa AG, Cusano NE, Silva BC, Cremers S, Bilezikian JP. Cathepsin K: its skeletal actions and role as a therapeutic target in osteoporosis. Nat Rev Rheumatol 2011; 7:447-56. [PMID: 21670768 DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2011.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Bone remodeling consists of two phases--bone resorption and bone formation--that are normally balanced. When bone resorption exceeds bone formation, pathologic processes, such as osteoporosis, can result. Cathepsin K is a member of the papain family of cysteine proteases that is highly expressed by activated osteoclasts. Cathepsin K readily degrades type I collagen, the major component of the organic bone matrix. With such a major role in the initial process of bone resorption, cathepsin K has become a therapeutic target in osteoporosis. The antiresorptive properties of cathepsin K inhibitors have been studied in phase I and phase II clinical trials. Phase III studies are currently underway for odanacatib, a selective cathepsin K inhibitor.
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- Aline G Costa
- Metabolic Bone Diseases Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 630 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Sturge J, Caley MP, Waxman J. Bone metastasis in prostate cancer: emerging therapeutic strategies. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2011; 8:357-68. [DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2011.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Robinson MW, Corvo I, Jones PM, George AM, Padula MP, To J, Cancela M, Rinaldi G, Tort JF, Roche L, Dalton JP. Collagenolytic activities of the major secreted cathepsin L peptidases involved in the virulence of the helminth pathogen, Fasciola hepatica. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2011; 5:e1012. [PMID: 21483711 PMCID: PMC3071364 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background The temporal expression and secretion of distinct members of a family of virulence-associated cathepsin L cysteine peptidases (FhCL) correlates with the entry and migration of the helminth pathogen Fasciola hepatica in the host. Thus, infective larvae traversing the gut wall secrete cathepsin L3 (FhCL3), liver migrating juvenile parasites secrete both FhCL1 and FhCL2 while the mature bile duct parasites, which are obligate blood feeders, secrete predominantly FhCL1 but also FhCL2. Methodology/Principal Findings Here we show that FhCL1, FhCL2 and FhCL3 exhibit differences in their kinetic parameters towards a range of peptide substrates. Uniquely, FhCL2 and FhCL3 readily cleave substrates with Pro in the P2 position and peptide substrates mimicking the repeating Gly-Pro-Xaa motifs that occur within the primary sequence of collagen. FhCL1, FhCL2 and FhCL3 hydrolysed native type I and II collagen at neutral pH but while FhCL1 cleaved only non-collagenous (NC, non-Gly-X-Y) domains FhCL2 and FhCL3 exhibited collagenase activity by cleaving at multiple sites within the α1 and α2 triple helix regions (Col domains). Molecular simulations created for FhCL1, FhCL2 and FhCL3 complexed to various seven-residue peptides supports the idea that Trp67 and Tyr67 in the S2 subsite of the active sites of FhCL3 and FhCL2, respectively, are critical to conferring the unique collagenase-like activity to these enzymes by accommodating either Gly or Pro residues at P2 in the substrate. The data also suggests that FhCL3 accommodates hydroxyproline (Hyp)-Gly at P3-P2 better than FhCL2 explaining the observed greater ability of FhCL3 to digest type I and II collagens compared to FhCL2 and why these enzymes cleave at different positions within the Col domains. Conclusions/Significance These studies further our understanding of how this helminth parasite regulates peptidase expression to ensure infection, migration and establishment in host tissues. Fasciola hepatica is a helminth parasite that causes liver fluke disease (fasciolosis) in domestic animals (sheep and cattle) and humans worldwide. In order to infect their mammalian hosts, F. hepatica larvae must penetrate and traverse the intestinal wall of the duodenum, move through the peritoneum and penetrate the liver. After migrating through the liver, causing extensive tissue damage, the parasites move to their final niche in the bile ducts where they mature and feed on host haemoglobin to support the production of eggs. To achieve these tasks, F. hepatica secretes a number of distinct cathepsin L cysteine peptidases (FhCL). Thus, the infective larvae that penetrate the host gut secrete cathepsin L3 (FhCL3), the migrating liver-stage juvenile parasites secrete both FhCL1 and FhCL2 while mature bile duct parasites that feed on host blood secrete predominantly FhCL1 but also FhCL2. Here we show that the major cathepsin L peptidases secreted by F. hepatica (FhCL1, FhCL2 and FhCL3) display differential ability to degrade host collagen (an important component of host tissues) and investigate this phenomenon at the molecular level.
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- Mark W Robinson
- Infection, Immunity and Innovation (i3) Institute, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Usefulness of the serum cross-linked N-telopeptide of type I collagen as a marker of bone metastasis from lung cancer. Med Oncol 2011; 29:215-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s12032-010-9801-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2010] [Accepted: 12/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Wu JJ, Weis MA, Kim LS, Eyre DR. Type III collagen, a fibril network modifier in articular cartilage. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:18537-44. [PMID: 20404341 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.112904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The collagen framework of hyaline cartilages, including articular cartilage, consists largely of type II collagen that matures from a cross-linked heteropolymeric fibril template of types II, IX, and XI collagens. In the articular cartilages of adult joints, type III collagen makes an appearance in varying amounts superimposed on the original collagen fibril network. In a study to understand better the structural role of type III collagen in cartilage, we find that type III collagen molecules with unprocessed N-propeptides are present in the extracellular matrix of adult human and bovine articular cartilages as covalently cross-linked polymers extensively cross-linked to type II collagen. Cross-link analyses revealed that telopeptides from both N and C termini of type III collagen were linked in the tissue to helical cross-linking sites in type II collagen. Reciprocally, telopeptides from type II collagen were recovered cross-linked to helical sites in type III collagen. Cross-linked peptides were also identified in which a trifunctional pyridinoline linked both an alpha1(II) and an alpha1(III) telopeptide to the alpha1(III) helix. This can only have arisen from a cross-link between three different collagen molecules, types II and III in register staggered by 4D from another type III molecule. Type III collagen is known to be prominent at sites of healing and repair in skin and other tissues. The present findings emphasize the role of type III collagen, which is synthesized in mature articular cartilage, as a covalent modifier that may add cohesion to a weakened, existing collagen type II fibril network as part of a chondrocyte healing response to matrix damage.
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- Jiann-Jiu Wu
- Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Je JE, Ahn SJ, Kim NY, Seo JS, Kim MS, Park NG, Kim JK, Chung JK, Lee HH. Molecular cloning, expression analysis and enzymatic characterization of cathepsin K from olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2009; 154:474-85. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Revised: 07/28/2009] [Accepted: 07/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Connor JR, LePage C, Swift BA, Yamashita D, Bendele AM, Maul D, Kumar S. Protective effects of a cathepsin K inhibitor, SB-553484, in the canine partial medial meniscectomy model of osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2009; 17:1236-43. [PMID: 19361586 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2008] [Revised: 03/13/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Cathepsin K (cat K), a cysteine protease expressed in osteoclasts, chondrocytes and synovial fibroblasts, degrades several bone and cartilage matrix components suggesting its potential role in osteoarthritis (OA). We investigated the effects of SB-553484, an inhibitor of cat K, on lesion severity and biomarkers of collagen degradation in the canine partial medial meniscectomy model. METHODS A partial medial meniscectomy was performed in mature female beagle dogs. Animals were dosed orally with vehicle or SB-553484 at 50mg/kg BID for 28 days. The femorotibial joints were evaluated for gross and microscopic histological changes. Biomarkers of collagen degradation were also analyzed. RESULTS In dogs treated with SB-553484, subjective gross and calculated degeneration scores decreased significantly by 29% and 46%, respectively. Histopathologic evaluation demonstrated that the summed tibial degeneration score decreased significantly by 21%. Inhibition of tibial cartilage degeneration was significant in zone 1 (32%) and the depth ratio of any tibial matrix change was decreased significantly by 28%. Urinary biomarkers of bone and cartilage degradation were also significantly reduced. CONCLUSION Treatment with SB-553484 resulted in mild to moderate beneficial effects on gross and histopathological parameters. Reduction of biomarkers of collagen type I and II degradation indicated a direct effect of the compound on bone and cartilage. These data suggest that the prevention of cartilage degradation by cat K inhibition may represent a valid strategy for pharmacological intervention in OA and that monitoring collagen degradation biomarkers may provide an indication of the protective effects of inhibition of bone and cartilage degradation.
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- J R Connor
- Immuno-Inflammation, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.
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Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) is a common skeletal disease with serious consequences due to fractures, including increased risk of disability and death. The risk of fractures can be reduced with medications that are currently available; however, these drugs are frequently not prescribed due to failure to recognize that a patient is at high risk for fracture; fear of adverse drug effects; or, sometimes, high cost. When these drugs are prescribed, long-term adherence to therapy is poor. Efforts to improve the clinical effectiveness of pharmacological therapies have included lengthening the interval between doses, simplifying drug administration, and manipulating the molecular structure of drugs in existing therapeutic classes. Recent improvement in understanding the pathophysiology of PMO at the molecular level has fostered the development of new therapeutic agents with novel mechanisms of action. This is a review of the data on the efficacy and safety of emerging drugs for the treatment of PMO, including agents with novel mechanisms of action (denosumab, odanacatib, antibody to sclerostin), new estrogen agonists/antagonists (lasofoxifene, bazedoxifene, arzoxifene), new delivery systems for existing drugs (salmon calcitonin, teriparatide), and drug combinations given concurrently, sequentially, or cyclically. These new therapeutic agents, new delivery systems, and new methods of combining drugs may ultimately reduce the great personal and economic burden of osteoporotic fractures.
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- E Michael Lewiecki
- New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, 300 Oak Street NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, USA.
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Garamszegi N, Garamszegi SP, Shehadeh LA, Scully SP. Extracellular matrix-induced gene expression in human breast cancer cells. Mol Cancer Res 2009; 7:319-29. [PMID: 19276183 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-08-0227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules modify gene expression through attachment-dependent (focal adhesion-related) integrin receptor signaling. It was previously unknown whether the same molecules acting as soluble peptides could generate signal cascades without the associated mechanical anchoring, a condition that may be encountered during matrix remodeling and degradation and relevant to invasion and metastatic processes. In the current study, the role of ECM ligand-regulated gene expression through this attachment-independent process was examined. It was observed that fibronectin, laminin, and collagen type I and II induce Smad2 activation in MCF-10A and MCF-7 cells. This activation is not caused by transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta ligand contamination or autocrine TGF involvement and is 3- to 5-fold less robust than the TGF-beta1 ligand. The resulting nuclear translocation of Smad4 in response to ECM ligand indicates downstream transcriptional responses occurring. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments determined that collagen type II and laminin act through interaction with integrin alpha(2)beta(1) receptor complex. The ECM ligand-induced Smad activation (termed signaling crosstalk) resulted in cell type and ligand-specific transcriptional changes, which are distinct from the TGF-beta ligand-induced responses. These findings show that cell-matrix communication is more complex than previously thought. Soluble ECM peptides drive transcriptional regulation through corresponding adhesion and non-attachment-related processes. The resultant gene expressional patterns correlate with pathway activity and not by the extent of Smad activation. These results extend the complexity and the existing paradigms of ECM-cell communication to ECM ligand regulation without the necessity of mechanical coupling.
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- Nandor Garamszegi
- Department of Orthopaedics, Sarcoma Biology Laboratory of Sylvester Comprehensive Cnacer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA.
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Cathepsin K: a therapeutic target for bone diseases. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 380:721-3. [PMID: 19338743 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2009] [Accepted: 01/23/2009] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Cathepsin K is a member of the papain family of cysteine proteases and is highly expressed in osteoclasts that mediate bone resorption. In this review, some of the known features of cathepsin K such as structure, function in bone resorption, gene regulation and its roles in physiological or pathophysiological processes are highlighted.
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Wieczerzak E, Jankowska E, Rodziewicz-Motowidło S, Giełdoń A, Łągiewka J, Grzonka Z, Abrahamson M, Grubb A, Brömme D. Novel azapeptide inhibitors of cathepsins B and K. Structural background to increased specificity for cathepsin B. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2006.00329.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Eyre DR, Weis MA, Wu JJ. Advances in collagen cross-link analysis. Methods 2008; 45:65-74. [PMID: 18442706 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2008.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2008] [Accepted: 01/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The combined application of ion-trap mass spectrometry and peptide-specific antibodies for the isolation and structural analysis of collagen cross-linking domains is illustrated with examples of results from various types of collagen with the emphasis on bone and cartilage. We highlight the potential of such methods to advance knowledge on the importance of post-translational modifications (e.g., degrees of lysine hydroxylation and glycosylation) and preferred intermolecular binding partners for telopeptide and helical cross-linking domains in regulating cross-link type and placement.
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- David R Eyre
- Orthopaedic Research Labs, Department of Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195-6500, USA.
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Stack CM, Caffrey CR, Donnelly SM, Seshaadri A, Lowther J, Tort JF, Collins PR, Robinson MW, Xu W, McKerrow JH, Craik CS, Geiger SR, Marion R, Brinen LS, Dalton JP. Structural and functional relationships in the virulence-associated cathepsin L proteases of the parasitic liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:9896-908. [PMID: 18160404 PMCID: PMC3979170 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708521200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2007] [Revised: 11/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The helminth parasite Fasciola hepatica secretes cysteine proteases to facilitate tissue invasion, migration, and development within the mammalian host. The major proteases cathepsin L1 (FheCL1) and cathepsin L2 (FheCL2) were recombinantly produced and biochemically characterized. By using site-directed mutagenesis, we show that residues at position 67 and 205, which lie within the S2 pocket of the active site, are critical in determining the substrate and inhibitor specificity. FheCL1 exhibits a broader specificity and a higher substrate turnover rate compared with FheCL2. However, FheCL2 can efficiently cleave substrates with a Pro in the P2 position and degrade collagen within the triple helices at physiological pH, an activity that among cysteine proteases has only been reported for human cathepsin K. The 1.4-A three-dimensional structure of the FheCL1 was determined by x-ray crystallography, and the three-dimensional structure of FheCL2 was constructed via homology-based modeling. Analysis and comparison of these structures and our biochemical data with those of human cathepsins L and K provided an interpretation of the substrate-recognition mechanisms of these major parasite proteases. Furthermore, our studies suggest that a configuration involving residue 67 and the "gatekeeper" residues 157 and 158 situated at the entrance of the active site pocket create a topology that endows FheCL2 with its unusual collagenolytic activity. The emergence of a specialized collagenolytic function in Fasciola likely contributes to the success of this tissue-invasive parasite.
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- Colin M. Stack
- From the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- From the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- From the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- From the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
- the Departamento de Genetica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del la Republica, General Flores 2125, CP 11800, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- From the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- From the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- From the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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- Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- the Departments of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158, and
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- the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- From the Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2007, Australia
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Prezelj J, Ostanek B, Logar DB, Marc J, Hawa G, Kocjan T. Cathepsin K predicts femoral neck bone mineral density change in nonosteoporotic peri- and early postmenopausal women. Menopause 2008; 15:369-73. [PMID: 17882010 DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e3181271873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Cathepsin K is a cysteine protease that plays an essential role in organic bone matrix degradation. The aim of our study was to seek correlation of serum cathepsin K levels and a change in bone mineral density (BMD) over a 3-year period in a population of healthy nonosteoporotic women. The secondary end points were the correlations of serum cathepsin K with cross-sectional BMD and with other serum bone turnover markers and age. DESIGN In 43 healthy women aged 42 to 57 years, blood samples for determination of cathepsin K, osteocalcin, bone alkaline phosphatase, C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen, osteoprotegerin, and nuclear factor kappaB ligand were collected at the time of the first BMD measurement. BMD measurements were repeated after 3 years. RESULTS We found a moderate negative correlation of serum cathepsin K levels with change in femoral neck BMD, but none with change in spinal BMD. There were no significant correlations between cross-sectional BMD of the spine or femoral neck and serum levels of cathepsin K. Serum levels of cathepsin K were not significantly correlated with any bone turnover markers studied or with age. CONCLUSIONS Serum cathepsin K does not seem to represent a surrogate for bone turnover markers used at present, but it might be useful as a predictor of cortical bone loss.
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- Janez Prezelj
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Biomedica Group, Vienna, Austria
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Hie M, Shimono M, Fujii K, Tsukamoto I. Increased cathepsin K and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase expression in bone of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Bone 2007; 41:1045-50. [PMID: 17916452 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.08.030] [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: 02/01/2007] [Revised: 08/10/2007] [Accepted: 08/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The effect of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) on bone metabolism was evaluated using the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat 1 week after the induction of diabetes. The urinary excretion of cross-linked N-telopeptides of type I collagen (NTx) and deoxypyridinoline (Dpd) in diabetic rats increased to 3.6-fold and 1.2-fold the control level, respectively. The amount of hydroxyproline and calcium in the distal femur of diabetic rats significantly decreased to 76% and 90% of the control, respectively. The levels of serum osteocalcin and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in the distal femur of the diabetic rats were significantly reduced to about 40% and 70% of the control levels, respectively. The decrease in the expression osteocalcin was observed in distal femur of the diabetic rats, although the level of ALP mRNA was unchanged. The activity and the mRNA level of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) increased to 1.5- and 2.3-fold the control level, respectively, in distal femur of the diabetic rats. The activity, protein, and mRNA levels of cathepsin K of diabetic rats also elevated to about 2-, 2.3-, and 2-fold the control levels, respectively. These results suggest that IDDM contributes to bone loss through changes in gene expression of TRAP and cathepsin K in osteoclasts as well as osteocalcin in osteoblasts resulting in increased bone resorptive activity and decreased bone formation.
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- Mamiko Hie
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630, Japan
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Lecaille F, Brömme D, Lalmanach G. Biochemical properties and regulation of cathepsin K activity. Biochimie 2007; 90:208-26. [PMID: 17935853 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2007.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2007] [Accepted: 08/24/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cysteine cathepsins (11 in humans) are mostly located in the acidic compartments of cells. They have been known for decades to be involved in intracellular protein degradation as housekeeping proteases. However, the discovery of new cathepsins, including cathepsins K, V and F, has provided strong evidence that they also participate in specific biological events. This review focuses on the current knowledge of cathepsin K, the major bone cysteine protease, which is a drug target of clinical interest. Nevertheless, we will not discuss recent developments in cathepsin K inhibitor design since they have been extensively detailed elsewhere. We will cover features of cathepsin K structure, cellular and tissue distribution, substrate specificity, and regulation (pH, propeptide, glycosaminoglycans, oxidants), and its putative roles in physiological or pathophysiological processes. Finally, we will review the kinetic data of its inhibition by natural endogenous inhibitors (stefin B, cystatin C, H- and L-kininogens).
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- Fabien Lecaille
- INSERM, U618, Protéases et Vectorisation Pulmonaires, Equipe Protéases et Pathologies Pulmonaires, Faculté de Médecine, Université François Rabelais, 10 Boulevard Tonnellé, F-37032 Tours Cedex, France.
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Takahara K, Kamimura M, Hashidate H, Uchiyama S, Nakagawa H. Change of cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP) and other bone resorption markers in patients with bone fragility fractures. J Orthop Sci 2007; 12:219-26. [PMID: 17530373 DOI: 10.1007/s00776-007-1113-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2006] [Accepted: 01/10/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The serum concentration of cross-linked telopeptide of type I collagen (ICTP) has been reported to be a useful marker and for both diagnosis and monitoring of bone metastasis. This study was performed to clarify the changes in various bone turnover markers, including ICTP, after bone fragility fracture. METHODS Seventy-six bone fragility fracture patients (14 men and 62 postmenopausal women; mean age, 77.0 years) were evaluated for bone resorption markers, including serum ICTP. We measured urinary N-terminal telopeptides of type I collagen (NTX) several times after fracture. Furthermore, serum ICTP, serum NTX, urinary deoxypyridinoline (DPD), and urinary C-telopeptide-cross-linked type I collagen (CTX) were measured at the times of both minimum and maximum urinary NTX. RESULTS Urinary NTX was increased significantly from 86.4 +/- 57.9 to 214.3 +/- 137.2 nmol BCE/mmol Cr following fracture. Serum ICTP showed a similar significant increase from 7.6 +/- 4.7 to 10.4 +/- 5.5 ng/ml in bone fragility fracture patients. Furthermore, other markers also showed similar increases. The level of increase in urinary NTX (148.0%) was especially high compared with other bone resorption markers. On the other hand, the level of increase in serum ICTP (36.8%) was similar to that in serum NTX (39.8%). Serum ICTP levels were significantly correlated with other bone resorption markers, with an especially strong correlation between serum ICTP and serum NTX (r = 0.647, P < 0.001). The percentage of cases in which ICTP exceeded the cutoff value for suspected bone metastasis in postmenopausal women was 73.6%. CONCLUSIONS The value of ICTP increases with bone fragility fracture and is correlated with other bone resorption markers, and ICTP obviously exceeded the reference value as compared with other bone resorption markers.
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- Kenji Takahara
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Suwa Red Cross Hospital, Suwa, Japan
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Nakai T, Kanbara N. Serum crosslinked N-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen for evaluation of bone loss in hemodialysis patients using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/dat.20122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kumar S, Dare L, Vasko-Moser JA, James IE, Blake SM, Rickard DJ, Hwang SM, Tomaszek T, Yamashita DS, Marquis RW, Oh H, Jeong JU, Veber DF, Gowen M, Lark MW, Stroup G. A highly potent inhibitor of cathepsin K (relacatib) reduces biomarkers of bone resorption both in vitro and in an acute model of elevated bone turnover in vivo in monkeys. Bone 2007; 40:122-31. [PMID: 16962401 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Revised: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cathepsin K is an osteoclast-derived cysteine protease that has been implicated as playing a major role in bone resorption. A substantial body of evidence indicates that cathepsin K is critical in osteoclast-mediated bone resorption and suggests that its pharmacological inhibition should result in inhibition of bone resorption in vivo. Here we report the pharmacological characterization of SB-462795 (relacatib) as a potent and orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of cathepsin K that inhibits bone resorption both in vitro in human tissue and in vivo in cynomolgus monkeys. SB-462795 is a potent inhibitor of human cathepsins K, L, and V (K(i, app)=41, 68, and 53 pM, respectively) that exhibits 39-300-fold selectivity over other cathepsins. SB-462795 inhibited endogenous cathepsin K in situ in human osteoclasts and human osteoclast-mediated bone resorption with IC50 values of approximately 45 nM and approximately 70 nM, respectively. The anti-resorptive potential of SB-462795 was evaluated in normal as well as medically ovariectomized (Ovx) female cynomolgus monkeys. Serum levels of the C- and N-terminal telopeptides of Type I collagen (CTx and NTx, respectively) and urinary levels of NTx were monitored as biomarkers of bone resorption. Administration of SB-462795 to medically ovariectomized or normal monkeys resulted in an acute reduction in both serum and urinary markers of bone resorption within 1.5 h after dosing, and this effect lasted up to 48 h depending on the dose administered. Our data indicate that SB-462795 potently inhibits human cathepsin K in osteoclasts, resulting in a rapid inhibition of bone resorption both in vitro and in vivo in the monkey. These studies also demonstrate the therapeutic potential of relacatib in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis and serves to model the planned clinical trials in human subjects.
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- Department of Musculoskeletal Diseases, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA.
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Niikura K. Comparative analysis of the effects of a novel vacuolar adenosine 5'-triphosphatase inhibitor, FR202126, and doxycycline on bone loss caused by experimental periodontitis in rats. J Periodontol 2006; 77:1211-6. [PMID: 16805684 DOI: 10.1902/jop.2006.050344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Doxycycline is reported to inhibit alveolar bone destruction by blocking matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). Nevertheless, MMPs are not involved in osteoclastic bone resorption; osteoclasts directly resorb bone. An acidic microenvironment, which is formed by vacuolar adenosine 5'-triphosphatase (V-ATPase) expressed in the plasma membranes of osteoclasts, is indispensable for osteoclastic bone resorption. In the present study, we investigated the potential role of the acidic environment on periodontal bone destruction using a novel and specific V-ATPase inhibitor, FR202126, which we compared to doxycycline. METHODS Inhibitory activity against in vitro bone resorption was examined by measuring the Ca2+ release from murine calvariae cultured for 6 days, which were treated with interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, or parathyroid hormone. Experimental periodontitis was induced by a ligature wire tied around the contact between the first and second maxillary molars of male Wistar rats. FR202126 and doxycycline were administered orally once daily for 6 days. Seven days after tying, the maxillae were dissected and mesiodistal longitudinal paraffin sections, including interdental alveolar bone, were processed for histopathologic analysis. RESULTS FR202126 inhibited bone resorption almost completely in calvaria cultures induced by three stimulators, whereas doxycycline was unable to prevent in vitro bone resorption. Oral administration of FR202126 significantly prevented alveolar bone loss in experimental periodontitis. However, doxycycline did not inhibit alveolar bone destruction. CONCLUSION These results suggest that an acidic microenvironment plays a more important role than MMPs in periodontal alveolar bone destruction and that V-ATPase inhibitors may offer a new approach to the treatment of periodontal disease.
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- K Niikura
- Data Management and Regulatory Support Department, Astellas Research Service, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Avnet S, Lamolinara A, Zini N, Solimando L, Quacquaruccio G, Granchi D, Maraldi NM, Giunti A, Baldini N. Effects of antisense mediated inhibition of cathepsin K on human osteoclasts obtained from peripheral blood. J Orthop Res 2006; 24:1699-708. [PMID: 16795033 DOI: 10.1002/jor.20209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Cathepsin K is a cystein protease that displays a proteolytic activity against Type I collagen and is abundantly and selectively expressed in osteoclasts where it plays a critical role in bone degradation. Its direct role in bone tissue has been defined by knock-out mice studies and inhibiting strategies in animals models. However, direct proof of cathepsin K function in human osteoclast model in vitro is lacking. The aim of this study is to analyze cathepsin K expression and localization in human osteoclasts obtained from peripheral blood and to examine cathepsin K function in these cells by antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (AS-ODN) strategy. AS-ODN was added to the culture of osteoclast precursors induced to differentiate by RANKL and M-CSF. AS-ODN treatment produced a significant down-regulation of cathepsin K mRNA (>80%) and protein expression, as verified respectively by Real-time PCR and by immunocytochemistry or Western blot. The cathepsin K inhibition caused an impairment of resorption activity as evaluated by a pit formation assay ( p = 0.045) and by electron microscopy, while the acidification process was unaffected. We demonstrated that antisense strategies against cathepsin K are selectively effective to inhibit resorption activity in human osteoclasts, like in animal models.
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- Sofia Avnet
- Laboratory for Pathophysiology, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, v. di barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Boyce BF, Xing L, Yao Z, Shakespeare WC, Wang Y, Metcalf CA, Sundaramoorthi R, Dalgarno DC, Iuliucci JD, Sawyer TK. Future Anti-Catabolic Therapeutic Targets in Bone Disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2006; 1068:447-57. [PMID: 16831942 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1346.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Understanding of the regulation of bone catabolism has advanced significantly over the past two decades with the identification of key enzymes that regulate osteoclast formation, activation, and survival following their knockout in mice or recognition of mutations in humans. This led to the discovery of specific inhibitors of some of these key enzymes as proof-of-concept lead compounds or potential clinical candidates for the prevention of osteoporosis and other diseases associated with increased bone resorption. Bisphosphonates have been the major therapeutic agents prescribed for the prevention of bone loss in a variety of pathologic conditions for over 30 years. More potent amino bisphosphonates have increased efficacy than earlier drugs, but side effects such as upper gastrointestinal symptoms and the requirement to take them at least 2 h before food have limited patient compliance. This, coupled with the growing knowledge of the pathways regulating osteoclast function, has driven efforts to identify small molecular lead compounds that could be developed into new therapeutic agents with efficacy that matches or supersedes that of bisphosphonates for the prevention of bone loss. In this article, we review briefly the effects of specific inhibitors of bone resorption that have been developed to date and highlight in a variety of models of increased bone resorption the effects of Src kinase inhibitors that have been targeted to bone to limit potential unwanted side effects on other cells.
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- Brendan F Boyce
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 626, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA.
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Taskinen M, Kananen K, Välimäki M, Löyttyniemi E, Hovi L, Saarinen-Pihkala U, Lipsanen-Nyman M. Risk factors for reduced areal bone mineral density in young adults with stem cell transplantation in childhood. Pediatr Transplant 2006; 10:90-7. [PMID: 16499594 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2005.00405.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Slightly, but significantly, reduced bone mineral density (BMD) has been detected as a late effect after stem cell transplantation (SCT) performed in childhood. The aim of the study was to evaluate the risk factors of reduced BMD after SCT in childhood. We evaluated areal BMD of 16 young adults (six males, 10 females), aged 21 yr (range 15-34) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at the lumbar spine, at the femoral neck, in the total hip, and in the total body. Bone turnover rate was evaluated by markers of bone formation and resorption. Six of the 16 patients had reduced BMD with a Z-score of < or = -1 at least at one measurement site. Factors associated with reduced BMD were prepubertal status at transplant (p = 0.03), delayed pubertal growth (p = 0.03), pubertal onset gonadal hormone insufficiency (p = 0.02), and female sex (p = 0.02). Surprisingly, height in SDs and lumbar spine BMD correlated negatively (p = 0.008) in those with reduced bone mass, indicating that low areal density could not be due the small size of the vertebrae. Bone turnover markers were similar for those with normal and reduced BMD. In conclusion, 38% of the SCT long-term survivors had reduced areal BMD. Prepubertal status at transplant with pubertal onset gonadal hormone insufficiency and female sex predisposed to reduced bone mass after SCT performed in childhood.
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- Mervi Taskinen
- Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Ma GF, Ali A, Verzijl N, Hanemaaijer R, TeKoppele J, Konttinen YT, Salo J. Increased collagen degradation around loosened total hip replacement implants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 54:2928-33. [PMID: 16948130 DOI: 10.1002/art.22064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess collagen degradation and its relationship to some of the key collagenolytic proteinases in the aggressive synovial membrane-like interface tissue around aseptically loosened hip replacement implants. METHODS The medical indication for the primary total hip replacement was osteoarthritis in all study patients. Samples from the study patients were compared with control synovial membranes obtained from trauma (hip fracture) patients. Proteoglycans were extracted with 4M guanidinium chloride. Denatured collagen in the remaining matrix was solubilized with alpha-chymotrypsin. Nonsoluble matrix and supernatant fractions were acid hydrolyzed before measurement of hydroxyproline. The proportion of soluble (in vivo-degraded) collagen of the total sample collagen content was calculated. Proteinases were stained using the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex method. RESULTS Collagen in the interface membrane from the implants was highly degraded (mean +/- SEM 20 +/- 3%) compared with that in the control synovial membranes (12 +/- 1%; P = 0.007). In controls, the degree of collagen degradation did not correlate with levels of matrix metalloproteinase 1 (MMP-1), MMP-13, or cathepsin K, although MMP-1 approached statistical significance. In interface membranes, the correlations were r = 0.88 (P = 0.002), r = 0.92 (P = 0.001), and r = 0.98 (P < 0.0001) for MMP-1, MMP-13, and cathepsin K, respectively. CONCLUSION In normal synovial membrane, collagen matrix remodeling may be mainly an intracellular process. In contrast, pathologic tissue destruction in the interface membrane from prosthetic hip joints is associated with a shift toward MMP-13 and cathepsin K, which become activated and overcome their endogenous inhibitors (tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases and cystatin C). The highly significant correlation between collagen degradation and cathepsin K indicates an extracellular role of this acidic endoproteinase, consistent with previous observations concerning the acidity of the interface membrane.
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- Guo-Feng Ma
- Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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O'Kane JW, Hutchinson E, Atley LM, Eyre DR. Sport-related differences in biomarkers of bone resorption and cartilage degradation in endurance athletes. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2006; 14:71-6. [PMID: 16188465 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2005.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2005] [Accepted: 08/08/2005] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE By measuring urinary cross-linked N-telopeptide (NTx) as a bone resorption marker and urinary C-telopeptide of type II collagen (CTx-II) as a cartilage degradation marker, we asked whether differences in skeletal stresses in college athletes undergoing high-intensity training for diverse types of aerobic sports affect their skeletal metabolism and, if so, differentially or in unison. METHODS The study was cross-sectional at a Division 1 college campus with 60 student athletes representing crew, cross-country running and swimming. Controls were 16 non-athlete undergraduates. Urine samples were collected for NTx and CTx-II analysis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, normalizing results to creatinine. Two-way analysis of variance models and pair-wise comparisons were used to test whether biomarker levels differed by sport and the significance when adjusted for body mass index (BMI). RESULTS NTx and CTx-II showed significant differences between groups before and after adjusting for BMI. NTx was highest in the rowers, and higher in rowers and runners than in swimmers or controls. CTx-II was significantly higher in runners than in crew, swimmers or controls, when unadjusted for BMI. After adjusting for BMI, these group differences remained significant except for runners over crew. CONCLUSION Athletes in-training in the three sports show significant differences in these markers of bone resorption and cartilage collagen degradation. The results suggest that crew undergo the highest bone remodeling and runners the highest cartilage degradation. The results also show how these markers can vary physiologically between individuals, at extremes of skeletal exercise.
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- J W O'Kane
- Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-6500, USA
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Varghese BJ, Aoki K, Shimokawa H, Ohya K, Takagi Y. Bovine deciduous dentine is more susceptible to osteoclastic resorption than permanent dentine: results of quantitative analyses. J Bone Miner Metab 2006; 24:248-54. [PMID: 16622739 DOI: 10.1007/s00774-005-0679-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2005] [Accepted: 11/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Many clinical reports suggest that deciduous teeth exhibit a greater susceptibility to resorption than permanent ones. To examine the difference between deciduous and permanent dentine in their susceptibility to osteoclastic resorption, osteoclast-like cells (OCLs) were cultured on deciduous and permanent dentine slices. The number, area, depth, and volume of resorption pits were then measured, using image-analyzing systems. We measured the level of degraded collagen (cross-linked N-telopeptide of type I collagen; NTx) in culture medium using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The levels of cathepsin K, matrix metallo proteinase (MMP)-9, and MMP-13 mRNAs in the cells attached to dentine were also analyzed by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Deciduous dentine slices exhibited a significant (twofold) increase in resorbed area compared with the permanent slices. Three-dimensional analysis revealed that the volume of pits in deciduous dentine differed significantly (fourfold) compared to that in the permanent dentine. The depth of pits also followed the same trend. However, there was no significant difference in the number of pits or osteoclasts on the dentine slices. The NTx level in deciduous media was significantly more than that in permanent media. The mRNA levels also followed the same trend. These results suggest that deciduous dentine is more susceptible to resorption than permanent dentine and signals from the substrate play an important role in physiological resorption.
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- Bobby John Varghese
- Developmental Oral Health Science, Department of Orofacial Development and Function, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Tokyo, 113-8549, Japan
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Ljusberg J, Wang Y, Lång P, Norgård M, Dodds R, Hultenby K, Ek-Rylander B, Andersson G. Proteolytic Excision of a Repressive Loop Domain in Tartrate-resistant Acid Phosphatase by Cathepsin K in Osteoclasts. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:28370-81. [PMID: 15929988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m502469200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) is a metallophosphoesterase participating in osteoclast-mediated bone turnover. Activation of TRAP is associated with the redox state of the di-iron metal center as well as with limited proteolytic cleavage in an exposed loop domain. The cysteine proteinases cathepsin B, L, K, and S as well as the matrix metalloproteinase-2, -9, -13, and -14 are expressed by osteoclasts and/or other bone cells and have been implicated in the turnover of bone and cartilage. To identify proteases that could act as activators of TRAP in bone, we report here that cathepsins K and L, in contrast to the matrix metalloproteinases, efficiently cleaved and activated recombinant TRAP in vitro. Activation of TRAP by cathepsin K/L was because of increases in catalytic activity, substrate affinity, and sensitivity to reductants. Processing by cathepsin K occurred sequentially by an initial excision of the loop peptide Gly(143)-Gly(160) followed by the removal of a Val(161)-Ala(162) dipeptide at the N terminus of the C-terminal 16-kDa TRAP subunit. Cathepsin L initially released a shorter Gln(151)-Gly(160) peptide and completed processing at Ser(145) or Gly(143) at the C terminus of the N-terminal 23-kDa TRAP subunit and at Arg(163) at the N terminus of the C-terminal 16-kDa TRAP subunit. Mutation of Ser(145) to Ala partly mimicked the effect of proteolysis on catalytic activity, identifying Ser(145) as well as Asp(146) (Funhoff, E. G., Ljusberg, J., Wang, Y., Andersson, G., and Averill, B. A. (2001) Biochemistry 40, 11614-11622) as repressive amino acids of the loop region to maintain the TRAP enzyme in a catalytically latent state. The C-terminal sequence of TRAP isolated from rat bone was consistent with cathepsin K-mediated processing in vivo. Moreover, cathepsin K, but not cathepsin L, co-localized with TRAP in osteoclast-resorptive compartments, supporting a role for cathepsin K in the extracellular processing of monomeric TRAP in the resorption lacuna.
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- Jenny Ljusberg
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Divisions of Pathology and Clinical Research Centre, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
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Demou ZN, Awad M, McKee T, Perentes JY, Wang X, Munn LL, Jain RK, Boucher Y. Lack of Telopeptides in Fibrillar Collagen I Promotes the Invasion of a Metastatic Breast Tumor Cell Line. Cancer Res 2005; 65:5674-82. [PMID: 15994941 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-1682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Defective fibrillar collagen polymerization in primary tumors has been correlated with increased metastasis. However, it is unclear how collagen organization influences tumor invasion. In this study, we show that collagen I polymerized without telopeptides (the flanking regions of collagen molecules) can differentially affect the three-dimensional migration of mammary carcinoma cells. MDA-MB-231 cells capable of proteolytic degradation and mesenchymal motion, invaded telopeptide-intact and telopeptide-free collagen gels to the same extent. In contrast, MDA-MB-435S cells, with typical features of amoeboid cells (poor collagenolytic activity, rounded cell morphology), were 5-fold more invasive in telopeptide-free than telopeptide-intact collagen. A fraction of the MDA-MB-435S cells that invaded telopeptide-intact or telopeptide-free collagen had a rounded morphology; however, in telopeptide-free collagen, a significant fraction of the cells switched from a rounded to elongated morphology (protrusion formation). The dynamic changes in cellular shape facilitated MDA-MB-435S locomotion through the narrow interfiber gaps, which were smaller than cell diameters. Based on the spherical morphology of MDA-MB-435S cells, we tested if the changes in cell shape and invasion were related to RhoA-ROCK activity; GTP-bound RhoA was measured in pull-down assays. RhoA activity was 1.8-fold higher for MDA-MB-435S cells seeded on telopeptide-free than telopeptide-intact collagen. Y27632 inhibition of ROCK, a Rho effector, significantly reduced the changes in cellular morphodynamics and the invasion of MDA-MB-435S cells but did not alter the invasion of MDA-MB-231 cells. Thus, the higher RhoA activity of MDA-MB-435S cells in telopeptide-free collagen enhances the changes in cellular morphodynamics associated with motility and invasion.
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- Zoe N Demou
- Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Nakashima A, Yorioka N, Mizutani T, Yamagata Z, Ueno T, Takasugi N. Serum cross-linked N-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen for evaluation of renal osteodystrophy in hemodialysis patients. NEPHRON. CLINICAL PRACTICE 2005; 99:c78-85. [PMID: 15665550 DOI: 10.1159/000083418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2004] [Accepted: 08/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Useful markers of bone resorption are needed for hemodialysis patients with renal osteodystrophy. This study investigated the use of a new immunoassay for cross-linked N-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen to assess bone changes in hemodialysis patients. METHODS Radial bone mineral density was examined in 178 hemodialysis patients at baseline and after 12 months. Serum levels of N-terminal telopeptide and other markers were measured. RESULTS The annual percent change of radial bone mineral density was negatively correlated with the levels of N-terminal telopeptide, intact osteocalcin, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, and intact parathyroid hormone. The annual percent change of radial bone mineral density showed a stronger correlation with N-terminal telopeptide levels than with the other markers, except for intact parathyroid hormone. Also, intact parathyroid hormone and N-terminal telopeptide levels showed a stronger correlation than that of either tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase or cross-linked carboxyterminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen with intact parathyroid hormone. CONCLUSION Serum N-terminal telopeptide may be the most useful bone resorption marker in renal osteodystrophy and its use combined with bone formation markers may improve the management of this condition.
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- Ayumu Nakashima
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hakuai Hospital, Kure, Japan
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Kim TS, Hague AB, Lee TI, Lian B, Tegley CM, Wang X, Burgess TL, Qian YX, Ross S, Tagari P, Lin CH, Mayeda C, Dao J, Jordan S, Mohr C, Cheetham J, Viswanadhan V, Tasker AS. (4-Piperidinylphenyl)aminoethyl amides as a novel class of non-covalent cathepsin K inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2004; 14:87-90. [PMID: 14684304 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2003.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A series of (4-piperidinylphenyl)aminoethyl amides based on dipeptide anilines were synthesized and tested against cathepsin K, cathepsin L and cathepsin B. These new non-covalent inhibitors exhibited single-digit nM inhibition of the cysteine proteases. Compounds 3 and 7 demonstrated potency in both mouse and human osteoclast resorption assays.
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- Tae-Seong Kim
- Department of Chemistry Research and Development, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320-1799, USA.
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Anway MD, Wright WW, Zirkin BR, Korah N, Mort JS, Hermo L. Expression and Localization of Cathepsin K In Adult Rat Sertoli Cells1. Biol Reprod 2004; 70:562-9. [PMID: 14585819 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.018291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
Abstract
The cathepsins are a family of cysteine proteases that have been broadly implicated in proteolytic processes during cell growth, cell development, and normal adult cellular function. Cathepsin L is a major secretory product of rat and mouse Sertoli cells, the absence of which in furless mice is associated with atrophy of some seminiferous tubules. However, furless mice produce viable sperm, suggesting the possibility that other members of the cathepsin family of proteases may complement cathepsin L action in the testis. Our objective herein was to begin to test this hypothesis. To this end, we first utilized cDNA microarray technology to identify the members of the cathepsin gene family expressed by freshly isolated adult rat Sertoli cells. This approach, complemented by Northern blot analyses, showed that in addition to cathepsin L, cathepsin K is highly and specifically expressed in Sertoli cells. As is also true of cathepsin L, cathepsin K mRNA was found to be expressed by Sertoli cells at specific stages of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium, with maximal expression at stages VI-VII. The use of immunocytochemical methods revealed that cathepsin K protein localizes to the cytoplasm of Sertoli cells at stages VI-VIII, to small punctuate lysosomes at stages I-VIII and XIII-XIV, and to early and late residual bodies at stages IX-XII. This localization was found to be similar to that of cathepsin L. The similarity in the expression and localization of cathepsin K and cathepsin L suggest that the two proteases may have similar functions. If true, this might explain the fertility of furless mice. Further, the results suggest that cathepsin K, in both its secreted and lysosomal forms, may play a role in the degradation of Sertoli cell residual bodies.
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- Matthew D Anway
- Division of Reproductive Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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