PMID:15866165

Citation	Glass, DA 2nd, Bialek, P, Ahn, JD, Starbuck, M, Patel, MS, Clevers, H, Taketo, MM, Long, F, McMahon, AP, Lang, RA and Karsenty, G (2005) Canonical Wnt signaling in differentiated osteoblasts controls osteoclast differentiation. Dev. Cell 8:751-64
Abstract	Inactivation of beta-catenin in mesenchymal progenitors prevents osteoblast differentiation; inactivation of Lrp5, a gene encoding a likely Wnt coreceptor, results in low bone mass (osteopenia) by decreasing bone formation. These observations indicate that Wnt signaling controls osteoblast differentiation and suggest that it may regulate bone formation in differentiated osteoblasts. Here, we study later events and find that stabilization of beta-catenin in differentiated osteoblasts results in high bone mass, while its deletion from differentiated osteoblasts leads to osteopenia. Surprisingly, histological analysis showed that these mutations primarily affect bone resorption rather than bone formation. Cellular and molecular studies showed that beta-catenin together with TCF proteins regulates osteoblast expression of Osteoprotegerin, a major inhibitor of osteoclast differentiation. These findings demonstrate that beta-catenin, and presumably Wnt signaling, promote the ability of differentiated osteoblasts to inhibit osteoclast differentiation; thus, they broaden our knowledge of the functions Wnt proteins have at various stages of skeletogenesis.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.devcel.2005.02.017
Keywords	Animals; Bone Development; Cell Differentiation; Cytoskeletal Proteins/genetics; Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Glycoproteins/genetics; Glycoproteins/metabolism; In Situ Hybridization; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/physiology; LDL-Receptor Related Proteins; Lac Operon; Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-5; Mice; Mice, Knockout; Mice, Mutant Strains; Mice, Transgenic; Osteoblasts/cytology; Osteoblasts/metabolism; Osteoclasts/cytology; Osteoclasts/metabolism; Osteogenesis; Osteopetrosis/etiology; Osteoprotegerin; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics; Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism; Receptors, LDL/deficiency; Receptors, LDL/genetics; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics; Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism; Signal Transduction; Trans-Activators/genetics; Trans-Activators/metabolism; Wnt Proteins; beta Catenin
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