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Sclerostin is an important regulator of bone homeostasis and canonical Wnt signaling is a key regulator of osteogenesis. Strontium ranelate is a treatment for osteoporosis that has been shown to reduce fracture risk, in part, by increasing bone formation. Here we show that exposure of human osteoblasts in primary culture to strontium increased mineralization and decreased the expression of sclerostin, an osteocyte-specific secreted protein that acts as a negative regulator of bone formation by inhibiting canonical Wnt signaling. Strontium also activated, in an apparently separate process, an Akt-dependent signaling cascade via the calcium-sensing receptor that promoted the nuclear translocation of β-catenin. We propose that two discrete pathways linked to canonical Wnt signaling contribute to strontium-induced osteogenic effects in osteoblasts.
Cell Nucleus, Genetic Markers, Osteoblasts, Bone Density Conservation Agents, Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, Thiophenes, Osteocytes, Wnt Proteins, Calcification, Physiologic, Osteogenesis, Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, Organometallic Compounds, Humans, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Cells, Cultured, beta Catenin, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Signal Transduction
Cell Nucleus, Genetic Markers, Osteoblasts, Bone Density Conservation Agents, Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, Thiophenes, Osteocytes, Wnt Proteins, Calcification, Physiologic, Osteogenesis, Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, Organometallic Compounds, Humans, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, Cells, Cultured, beta Catenin, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Signal Transduction
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