Defective bone remodelling in osteoprotegerin-deficient mice.
Previous studies have reported enhanced osteoclastogenesis, increased bone resorption and osteoporosis in osteoprotegerin (OPG)-deficient mice. In the present study, we show that the tibial epiphyses contain abundant, thin trabeculae lined with numerous osteoclasts and cuboidal osteoblasts. The increase in osteoblasts and osteoclasts was associated with a dramatic increase in calcein labelling of the mineralization fronts and replacement of much of the intertrabecular marrow with numerous alkaline phosphatase-positive preosteoblasts. Furthermore, the discrete, linear cement lines seen in wild-type mice were replaced by a randomly oriented meshwork of cement lines that were stained intensely for tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase and osteopontin in the OPG-/- mice. These indices of accelerated bone remodelling in mutant bone were associated with irregular trabecular surfaces, a disorganized collagen matrix interspersed with amorphous ground substance and numerous fissures between old and new bone. In total, these observations indicate that enhanced osteoclastic activity in OPG-/- epiphyses led to a coupled increase in osteoblast differentiation and activity and an increase in bone remodelling. The high bone turnover, disorganized matrix and impaired attachment of new to old bone in the cement lines in OPG-/- mice appear to cause bone fragility.
Amizuka
Norio
N
Division of Oral Anatomy, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 2-5274 Gakkocho-dori, Niigata 951-8514, Japan. amizuka@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp
Shimomura
Junko
J
Li
Minqi
M
Seki
Yukie
Y
Oda
Kimimitsu
K
Henderson
Janet E
JE
Mizuno
Atsuko
A
Ozawa
Hidehiro
H
Maeda
Takeyasu
T
D000818:Animals; D001857:Bone Matrix / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016723:Bone Remodeling; D001862:Bone Resorption; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004838:Epiphyses; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000503:physiopathology; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000502:physiology; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000502:physiology; D053244:Osteoprotegerin; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D013977:Tibia
D006023:Glycoproteins; D053244:Osteoprotegerin; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; C506030:TNFRSF11B protein, human; C506031:Tnfrsf11b protein, mouse