title: Beta-arrestin2 regulates parathyroid hormone effects on a p38 MAPK and NFkappaB gene expression network in osteoblasts.
abstract: Interaction of the cytoplasmic adaptor molecule beta-arrestin2 with the activated parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTHrP receptor inhibits G protein mediated signaling and triggers MAPKs signaling. In turn, the effects of both intermittent (i.) and continuous (c.) PTH on bone are altered in beta-arrestin2-deficient (Arrb2(-/-)) mice. To elucidate the expression profile of bone genes responsive to PTH and targeted for regulation by beta-arrestin2, we performed microarray analysis using total RNA from primary osteoblastic cells isolated from wild-type (WT) and Arrb2(-/-) mice. By comparing gene expression profiles in cells exposed to i.PTH, c.PTH or vehicle (Veh) for 2 weeks, we found that i.PTH specifically up-regulated 215 sequences (including beta-arrestin2) and down-regulated 200 sequences in WT cells, about two-thirds of them being under the control of beta-arrestin2. In addition, beta-arrestin2 appeared necessary to the down-regulation of a genomic cluster coding for small leucin-rich proteins (SLRPs) including osteoglycin, osteomodulin and asporin. Pathway analyses identified a main gene network centered on p38 MAPK and NFkappaB that requires beta-arrestin2 for up- or down-regulation by i.PTH, and a smaller network of PTH-regulated genes centered on TGFB1, that is normally repressed by beta-arrestin2. In contrast the expression of some known PTH gene targets regulated by the cAMP/PKA pathway was not affected by the presence or absence of beta-arrestin2 in osteoblasts. These results indicate that beta-arrestin2 targets prominently p38 MAPK- and NFkappaB-dependent expression in osteoblasts exposed to i.PTH, and delineates new molecular mechanisms to explain the anabolic and catabolic effects of PTH on bone.
authors: Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, WHO Center for Osteoporosis Prevention, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine, Switzerland. bianchi6@etu.unige.ch
authors: Estelle N
authors: EN
authors: Bianchi
authors: Serge L
authors: SL
authors: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019390:Arrestins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks / Q000187:drug effects*; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000235:genetics*; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D000071560:beta-Arrestin 2; D000071557:beta-Arrestins; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C000605258:Arrb2 protein, mouse; D019390:Arrestins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D000071560:beta-Arrestin 2; D000071557:beta-Arrestins; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases