Abstract:
:Osteoclasts are bone-resorbing cells essential for skeletal development, homeostasis, and regeneration. They derive from hematopoietic progenitors in the monocyte/macrophage lineage and differentiate in response to RANKL. However, the precise nature of osteoclast progenitors is a longstanding and important question. Using inducible peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ)-tTA TRE-GFP (green fluorescent protein) reporter mice, we show that osteoclast progenitors reside specifically in the PPARγ-expressing hematopoietic bone marrow population and identify the quiescent PPARγ(+) cells as osteoclast progenitors. Importantly, two PPARγ-tTA TRE-Cre-controlled genetic models provide compelling functional evidence. First, Notch activation in PPARγ(+) cells causes high bone mass due to impaired osteoclast precursor proliferation. Second, selective ablation of PPARγ(+) cells by diphtheria toxin also causes high bone mass due to decreased osteoclast numbers. Furthermore, PPARγ(+) cells respond to both pathological and pharmacological resorption-enhancing stimuli. Mechanistically, PPARγ promotes osteoclast progenitors by activating GATA2 transcription. These findings not only identify the long-sought-after osteoclast progenitors but also establish unprecedented tools for their visualization, isolation, characterization, and genetic manipulation.
journal_name
Mol Cell Bioljournal_title
Molecular and cellular biologyauthors
Wei W,Zeve D,Wang X,Du Y,Tang W,Dechow PC,Graff JM,Wan Ydoi
10.1128/MCB.05979-11subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-12-01 00:00:00pages
4692-705issue
23eissn
0270-7306issn
1098-5549pii
MCB.05979-11journal_volume
31pub_type
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