title: Blocking FSH action attenuates osteoclastogenesis.
abstract: A direct effect of FSH on bone turnover via stimulation of osteoclast formation has been reported. Here we show that monoclonal or polyclonal antibodies to FSH inhibit osteoclast formation induced by FSH to an extent similar to that noted in FSH receptor (FSHR) knockout cells. Furthermore, we document the amplification of FSHR cDNA from well-characterized human CD14+ osteoclast precursors and osteoclasts, and the direct sequencing of the PCR products to definitively establish the expression of FSHRs. At these sites, the FSHR was expressed predominantly as an isoform that omits exon 9, a linker between the FSH-binding region and a long, invariant signaling domain of the receptor. These data provide compelling evidence for expression of a FSH receptor isoform in osteoclasts and their precursors.
authors.affiliation: School of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Ling-Ling
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tourkova
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: Lisa J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Zhuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bian
authors.forename: Mone
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaidi
authors.forename: Harry C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Blair
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001483:Base Sequence; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D037201:Follicle Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010053:Ovary; D011962:Receptors, FSH / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D037201:Follicle Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit; D011962:Receptors, FSH