TY - JOUR
T1 - Erythropoietin signaling in osteoblasts is required for normal bone formation and for bone loss during erythropoietin-stimulated erythropoiesis
AU - Suresh, Sukanya
AU - Lee, Jeeyoung
AU - Noguchi, Constance T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Published 2020. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Erythropoietin (EPO) regulates erythropoiesis by binding to erythropoietin receptor (Epor) on erythroid progenitor cells. Epor is also expressed on bone forming osteoblasts and bone loss accompanies EPO-stimulated erythropoiesis in mice. Mice with Epor restricted to erythroid tissue exhibit reduced bone and increased marrow adipocytes; in contrast, transgenic mice (Tg) with osteoblastic-specific deletion of Epor exhibit reduced trabecular bone with age without change in marrow adipocytes. By 12 weeks, male Tg mice had 22.2% and female Tg mice had 29.6% reduced trabecular bone volume (BV) compared to controls. EPO administration (1200 U/kg) for 10 days reduced trabecular bone in control mice but not in Tg mice. There were no differences in numbers of osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and marrow adipocytes in Tg mice, suggesting independence of EPO signaling in mature osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and adipocytes. Female Tg mice had increased number of dying osteocytes and male Tg mice had a trend for more empty lacunae. Osteogenic cultures from Tg mice had reduced differentiation and mineralization with reduced Alpl and Runx2 transcripts. In conclusion, endogenous EPO-Epor signaling in osteoblasts is important in bone remodeling, particularly trabecular bone and endogenous Epor expression in osteoblasts is required for bone loss accompanying EPO-stimulated erythropoiesis.
AB - Erythropoietin (EPO) regulates erythropoiesis by binding to erythropoietin receptor (Epor) on erythroid progenitor cells. Epor is also expressed on bone forming osteoblasts and bone loss accompanies EPO-stimulated erythropoiesis in mice. Mice with Epor restricted to erythroid tissue exhibit reduced bone and increased marrow adipocytes; in contrast, transgenic mice (Tg) with osteoblastic-specific deletion of Epor exhibit reduced trabecular bone with age without change in marrow adipocytes. By 12 weeks, male Tg mice had 22.2% and female Tg mice had 29.6% reduced trabecular bone volume (BV) compared to controls. EPO administration (1200 U/kg) for 10 days reduced trabecular bone in control mice but not in Tg mice. There were no differences in numbers of osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and marrow adipocytes in Tg mice, suggesting independence of EPO signaling in mature osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and adipocytes. Female Tg mice had increased number of dying osteocytes and male Tg mice had a trend for more empty lacunae. Osteogenic cultures from Tg mice had reduced differentiation and mineralization with reduced Alpl and Runx2 transcripts. In conclusion, endogenous EPO-Epor signaling in osteoblasts is important in bone remodeling, particularly trabecular bone and endogenous Epor expression in osteoblasts is required for bone loss accompanying EPO-stimulated erythropoiesis.
KW - EPO
KW - bone remodeling
KW - osteoblast differentiation
KW - osteocyte
KW - trabecular
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U2 - 10.1096/fj.202000888R
DO - 10.1096/fj.202000888R
M3 - Article
C2 - 32671900
AN - SCOPUS:85087904349
SN - 0892-6638
VL - 34
SP - 11685
EP - 11697
JO - FASEB Journal
JF - FASEB Journal
IS - 9
ER -