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Int J Mol Sci
November 2024
Blood Sciences (Pathology), James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK.
This study explores how select microRNAs (miRNAs) influence bone structure in humans and in transgenic mice. In trabecular bone biopsies from 84 postmenopausal women (healthy, osteopenic, and osteoporotic), we demonstrate that (deleted in lymphocytic leukemia 2)-encoded is strongly positively associated with bone mineral density (BMD) at different skeletal sites. In bone transcriptome analyses, levels correlated positively with the osteocyte characteristic transcripts (encoding sclerostin) and (Matrix Extracellular Phosphoglycoprotein), while the related showed a negative association with BMD and osteoblast markers.
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November 2024
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.
Int J Mol Sci
November 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taipei Tzu-Chi Hospital, The Buddhist Tzu-Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City 231, Taiwan.
Primary osteoporosis is closely linked to hormone deficiency, which disrupts the balance of bone remodeling. It affects postmenopausal women but also significantly impacts older men. Estrogen can promote the production of osteoprotegerin, a decoy receptor for RANKL, thereby preventing RANKL from activating osteoclasts.
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December 2024
Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Senescent osteocytes are key contributors to age-related bone loss and fragility; however, the impact of mechanobiological changes in these cells remains poorly understood. This study provides a novel analysis of these changes in primary osteocytes following irradiation-induced senescence. By integrating subcellular mechanical measurements with gene expression analyses, we identified significant, time-dependent alterations in the mechanical properties of senescent bone cells.
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November 2024
Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
In this study, we developed a hydrostatic pressurizing chamber capable of applying hydrostatic pressure to osteocytic spheroids derived from mouse osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells. Our results demonstrate that a 4-hour exposure to 200 kPa of hydrostatic pressure did not alter the apparent morphology of the spheroids. However, gene expression analysis revealed a significant up-regulation of Sost, marker of late-stage osteocyte differentiation.
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