title: Osteoclastic superoxide generation: taking control of bone resorption using modulators of superoxide concentrations.
abstract: We have examined the role of superoxide in bone resorption by stimulating defective superoxide production and bone resorption in patients with osteopetrosis and inhibiting superoxide production and bone resorption in murine calvarial explants. Interferon gamma treatment did stimulate superoxide generation and bone resorption in patients with osteopetrosis as evidenced by a reduction in bone volume and an increase in biochemical markers of bone resorption. Further, lowering the superoxide concentrations within calvarial osteoclasts using a scavenger, desferal manganese, decreased bone resorption. We conclude that superoxide generation by osteoclasts is necessary for normal osteoclastic function.
authors.affiliation: Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Key
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Ries
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Glasscock
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodriguiz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaffe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D046508:Culture Techniques; D003676:Deferoxamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013481:Superoxides; C068338:manganese desferioxamine; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D003676:Deferoxamine