Osteoclast differentiation factor is a ligand for osteoprotegerin osteoclastogenesis-inhibitory factor and is identical to TRANCE/RANKL
Osteoclast differentiation factor is a ligand for osteoprotegerin osteoclastogenesis-inhibitory factor and is identical to TRANCE/RANKL
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.95.7.3597
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发表时间:
1998-03-31
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Suda, T
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作者:
Yasuda, H;Shima, N;Suda, T
Osteoclasts, the multinucleated cells that resorb bone, develop from hematopoietic cells of monocyte/ macrophage lineage, Osteoclast-like cells (OCLs) are formed by coculturing spleen cells with osteoblasts or bone marrow stromal cells in the presence of bone-resorbing factors, The cell-to cell interaction between osteoblasts/stromal cells and osteoclast progenitors is essential for OCL formation, Recently, we purified rand molecularly cloned osteoclastogenesis-inhibitory factor (OCIF), which was identical to osteoprote-gerin (OPG), OPG/OCIF is a secreted member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family and inhibits osteoclastogenesis by interrupting the cell-to-cell interaction, Here we report the expression cloning of a ligand for OPG/OCIF from a complementary DNA library of mouse stromal cells, The protein was found to be a member of the membrane-associated tumor necrosis factor ligand family and induced OCL formation from osteoclast progenitors, A genetically engineered soluble form containing the extracellular domain of the protein induced OCL formation from spleen cells in the absence of osteoblasts/stromal cells, OPG/OCIF abolished the OCL formation induced by the protein, Expression of its gene in osteoblasts/stromal cells was up-regulated by bone-resorbing factors, We conclude that the membrane-bound protein is osteoclast differentiation factor (ODF), a long-sought ligand mediating an essential signal to osteoclast progenitors for their differentiation into osteoclasts. ODF was found to be identical to TRANCE/RANKL, which enhances T-cell growth and dendritic-cell function, ODF seems to be an important regulator in not only osteoclastogenesis but also immune system.