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Sclerostin Mediates Bone Response to Mechanical Unloading Through Antagonizing Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling
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Reduced mechanical stress leads to bone loss, as evidenced by disuse osteoporosis in bedridden patients and astronauts. Osteocytes have been identified as major cells responsible for mechanotransduction; however, the mechanism underlying the response of bone to mechanical unloading remains poorly understood. In this study, we found that mechanical unloading of wildtype mice caused decrease of Wnt/β-catenin signaling activity accompanied by upregulation of Sost. To further analyze the causal relationship among these events, Sost gene targeting mice were generated. We showed that sclerostin selectively inhibited Wnt/β-catenin in vivo, and sclerostin suppressed the activity of osteoblast and viability of osteoblasts and osteocytes. Interestingly, Sost−/− mice were resistant to mechanical unloading-induced bone loss. Reduction in bone formation in response to unloading was also abrogated in the mutant mice. Moreover, in contrast to wildtype mice, Wnt/β-catenin signaling was not altered by unloading in Sost−/− mice. Those data implied that sclerostin played an essential role in mediating bone response to mechanical unloading, likely through Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Our findings also indicated sclerostin is a promising target for preventing disuse osteoporosis.
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- Lin, C., Jiang, X., Dai, Z., Guo, X., Weng, T., Wang, J., Li, Y., Feng, G., Gao, X., & He, L.
- Venue
- Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2009-10-01
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1651-1661
- ISSN
- 0884-0431 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-4681
- OpenAlex
- W2043991983
- Cited by
- 628
- References
- 8
- FWCI
- 42.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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