title: Increased osteoclast development after estrogen loss: mediation by interleukin-6.
abstract: Osteoclasts, the cells that resorb bone, develop from hematopoietic precursors of the bone marrow under the control of factors produced in their microenvironment. The cytokine interleukin-6 can promote hematopoiesis and osteoclastogenesis. Interleukin-6 production by bone and marrow stromal cells is suppressed by 17 beta-estradiol in vitro. In mice, estrogen loss (ovariectomy) increased the number of colony-forming units for granulocytes and macrophages, enhanced osteoclast development in ex vivo cultures of marrow, and increased the number of osteoclasts in trabecular bone. These changes were prevented by 17 beta-estradiol or an antibody to interleukin-6. Thus, estrogen loss results in an interleukin-6-mediated stimulation of osteoclastogenesis, which suggests a mechanism for the increased bone resorption in postmenopausal osteoporosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Jilka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hangoc
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Girasole
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Passeri
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Abrams
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boyce
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Broxmeyer
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Manolagas
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D010052:Ovariectomy; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004958:Estradiol; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor