title: ATPase pumps in osteoclasts and osteoblasts.
abstract: Osteoblasts, osteocytes and osteoclasts are specialised cells of bone that play crucial roles in the formation, maintenance and resorption of bone matrix. Bone formation and resorption critically depend on optimal intracellular calcium and phosphate homeostasis and on the expression and activity of plasma membrane transport systems in all three cell types. Osteotropic agents, mechanical stimulation and intracellular pH are important parameters that determine the fate of bone matrix and influence the activity, expression, regulation and cell surface abundance of plasma membrane transport systems. In this paper the role of ATPase pumps is reviewed in the context of their expression in bone cells, their contribution to ion homeostasis and their relation to other transport systems regulating bone turnover.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.
authors.forename: Martin J O
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.forename: Rita L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Lees
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trujillo
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martín-Vasallo
authors.forename: Johan N M
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Heersche
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mobasheri
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000502:physiology; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D016623:Ion Pumps / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016623:Ion Pumps; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases