title: c-Fms and the alphavbeta3 integrin collaborate during osteoclast differentiation.
abstract: beta(3) integrin-null osteoclasts are dysfunctional, but their numbers are increased in vivo. In vitro, however, the number of beta(3)(-/-) osteoclasts is reduced because of arrested differentiation. This paradox suggests cytokine regulation of beta(3)(-/-) osteoclastogenesis differs in vitro and in vivo. In vitro, additional MCSF, but not receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand (RANKL), completely rescues beta(3)(-/-) osteoclastogenesis. Similarly, activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs) and expression of c-Fos, both essential for osteoclastogenesis, are attenuated in beta(3)(-/-) preosteoclasts, but completely restored by additional MCSF. In fact, circulating and bone marrow cell membrane-bound MCSFs are enhanced in beta(3)(-/-) mice, correlating with the increase in the osteoclast number. To identify components of the MCSF receptor that is critical for osteoclastogenesis in beta(3)(-/-) cells, we retrovirally transduced authentic osteoclast precursors with chimeric c-Fms constructs containing various cytoplasmic domain mutations. Normalization of osteoclastogenesis and ERK activation, in beta(3)(-/-) cells, uniquely requires c-Fms tyrosine 697. Finally, like high-dose MCSF, overexpression of c-Fos normalizes the number of beta(3)(-/-) osteoclasts in vitro, but not their ability to resorb dentin. Thus, while c-Fms and alpha(v)beta(3) collaborate in the osteoclastogenic process via shared activation of the ERK/c-Fos signaling pathway, the integrin is essential for matrix degradation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Faccio
authors.forename: Sunao
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: Alberta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zallone
authors.forename: F Patrick
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Steven L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Teitelbaum
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000494:pharmacology; D039302:Integrin alphaVbeta3 / Q000502:physiology*; D039661:Integrin beta3 / Q000502:physiology*; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis; D053245:RANK Ligand; D053246:Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D039302:Integrin alphaVbeta3; D039661:Integrin beta3; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D053245:RANK Ligand; D053246:Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B; C505687:Tnfrsf11a protein, mouse; C505689:Tnfsf11 protein, mouse; D004921:Erythropoietin; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases