Src-like adaptor protein regulates osteoclast generation and survival.
Src-like adaptor protein (SLAP) is a hematopoietic adaptor containing Src homology (SH)3 and SH2 motifs and a unique carboxy terminus. Unlike c-Src, SLAP lacks a tyrosine kinase domain. We investigated the role of SLAP in osteoclast development and resorptive function. Employing SLAP-deficient mice, we find lack of the adaptor enhances in vitro proliferation of osteoclast precursors in the form of bone marrow macrophages (BMMs), without altering their survival. Furthermore, osteoclastogenic markers appear more rapidly in SLAP-/- BMMs exposed to RANK ligand (RANKL). The accelerated proliferation of M-CSF-treated, SLAP-deficient precursors is associated with enhanced ERK activation. SLAP's role as a mediator of M-CSF signaling, in osteoclastic cells, is buttressed by complexing of the adaptor protein and c-Fms in lipid rafts. Unlike c-Src, SLAP does not impact resorptive function of mature osteoclasts but induces their early apoptosis. Thus, SLAP negatively regulates differentiation of osteoclasts and proliferation of their precursors. Conversely, SLAP decreases osteoclast death by inhibiting activation of caspase 3. These counterbalancing events yield indistinguishable bones of WT and SLAP-/- mice which contain equal numbers of osteoclasts in basal and stimulated conditions.
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. biohjk@knu.ac.kr
Hyun-Ju
HJ
Kim
Wei
W
Zou
Yuji
Y
Ito
Shin-Yoon
SY
Kim
Jean
J
Chappel
F Patrick
FP
Ross
Steven L
SL
Teitelbaum
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002452:Cell Count; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000172:deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
D015415:Biomarkers; C095148:Sla protein, mouse; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016186:Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases