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Signaling Cascade /Nfatc1 Β Through Regulating the GSK3 Akt Induces Akt Induces Osteoclast Differentiation through Regulating the GSK3 β/NFATc1 Signaling Cascade This information is current as Jang Bae Moon, Jung Ha Kim, Kabsun Kim, Bang Ung of September 25, 2021. Youn, Aeran Ko, Soo Young Lee and Nacksung Kim J Immunol 2012; 188:163-169; Prepublished online 30 November 2011; doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1101254 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/188/1/163 Downloaded from Supplementary http://www.jimmunol.org/content/suppl/2011/11/30/jimmunol.110125 Material 4.DC1 http://www.jimmunol.org/ References This article cites 37 articles, 17 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/188/1/163.full#ref-list-1 Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision by guest on September 25, 2021 • No Triage! 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The Journal of Immunology Akt Induces Osteoclast Differentiation through Regulating the GSK3b/NFATc1 Signaling Cascade Jang Bae Moon,* Jung Ha Kim,* Kabsun Kim,* Bang Ung Youn,* Aeran Ko,* Soo Young Lee,† and Nacksung Kim* SHIP is an SH2-containing inositol-5-phosphatase expressed in hematopoietic cells. It hydrolyzes the PI3K product PI(3,4,5)P3 and blunts the PI3K-initiated signaling pathway. Although the PI3K/Akt pathway has been shown to be important for osteoclasto- genesis, the molecular events involved in osteoclast differentiation have not been revealed. We demonstrate that Akt induces osteoclast differentiation through regulating the GSK3b/NFATc1 signaling cascade. Inhibition of the PI3K by LY294002 reduces formation of osteoclasts and attenuates the expression of NFATc1, but not that of c-Fos. Conversely, overexpression of Akt in bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs) strongly induced NFATc1 expression without affecting c-Fos expression, suggesting that PI3K/Akt-mediated NFATc1 induction is independent of c-Fos during RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis. In addition, we found Downloaded from that overexpression of Akt enhances formation of an inactive form of GSK3b (phospho-GSK3b) and nuclear localization of NFATc1, and that overexpression of a constitutively active form of GSK3b attenuates osteoclast formation through downregu- lation of NFATc1. Furthermore, BMMs from SHIP knockout mice show the increased expression levels of phospho-Akt and phospho-GSK3b, as well as the enhanced osteoclastogenesis, compared with wild type. However, overexpression of a constitutively active form of GSK3b attenuates RANKL-induced osteoclast differentiation from SHIP-deficient BMMs. Our data suggest that the PI3K/Akt/GSK3b/NFATc1 signaling axis plays an important role in RANKL-induced osteoclastogenesis. The Journal of http://www.jimmunol.org/ Immunology, 2012, 188: 163–169. one homeostasis is tightly regulated by bone-resorbing NFATc1, osteoclast-associated receptor (OSCAR), and tartrate- activity of osteoclasts and bone-forming activity of os- resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) (3, 6). Among the induced B teoblasts. Osteoclasts, which are multinucleated cells genes, NFATc1 in particular acts as a key modulator of osteo- specialized in bone resorption, are differentiated from monocyte- clastogenesis. Ectopic expression of NFATc1 in the precursors macrophage lineage cells of hematopoietic origin. Their differ- efficiently induces differentiation into functional osteoclasts even entiation is triggered by two critical factors supplied by osteoblasts, in the absence of RANKL (7). Moreover, NFATc1-deficient em- k by guest on September 25, 2021 M-CSF and receptor activator of NF- B ligand (RANKL) (1–3). bryonic stem cells fail to differentiate into osteoclasts in response The essential role of these osteotropic factors in osteoclast for- to RANKL (8), suggesting indispensable role of NFATc1 in osteo- mation is clearly demonstrated in genetic studies in which op/op clastogenesis. mouse, which lacks M-CSF, shows osteopetrotic phenotype be- Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) is a lipid kinase that phos- cause of the defective osteoclast formation (4). RANKL-deficient phorylates phosphoinositides at the 39-OH position of the inositol mice also display a prominent osteopetrotic phenotype because of the complete absence of osteoclasts (5). ring. D3-phosphoinositides generated by PI3K recruit PH-domain- Upon binding of RANKL to its receptor RANK, downstream containing proteins such as Akt and mediates various cellular signaling pathways are activated including NF-kB, JNK, p38 functions, including mitogenesis, survival, motility, and differen- MAPK, extracellular signal-related kinase, and Akt to induce the tiation. However, the signaling pathways mediated by PI3K can be expression of osteoclastogenesis-related genes such as c-Fos, blunted by a phosphatase, such as phosphatase and tensin homo- log (PTEN) and SHIP. SHIP is a Src homology (SH) 2-containing *National Research Laboratory for Regulation of Bone Metabolism and Disease, inositol-5-phosphatase widely expressed in hematopoietic cells. Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation, Research Institute of Medical Scien- SHIP specifically hydrolyzes the 59-phosphate group from phos- ces, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 501-746, Korea; and †Department of Bioinspired Science and the Department of Life Science, Ewha phatidylinositol-3,4,5-triphosphate (PIP3), the major product of Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea PI3K and negatively regulates PI3K activity (9). Whereas PI3K Received for publication May 2, 2011. Accepted for publication October 27, 2011. initiates and regulates the signals promoting osteoclast precursors 2 2 This work was supported by a Korea Science and Engineering Foundation National survival and differentiation, SHIP / mice show increased num- Research Laboratory Program grant funded by the Korean government (R0A-2007- 000-20025-0) and a grant from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation bers of osteoclast precursors and enhanced osteoclastogenesis, re- through the Medical Research Center for Gene Regulation at Chonnam National sulting in severe osteoporosis (10). These data suggest that PI3K is University (R13-2002-013-03001-0). involved in osteoclast differentiation. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. Nacksung Kim, Department of PI3K and phospholipid dependent activation of the serine/ Pharmacology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Hak-Dong 5, Dong- Ku, Gwangju 501-746, Korea. E-mail address: [email protected] threonine kinase Akt (also known as PKB) mediate the anti- The online version of this article contains supplemental material. apoptotic function in a variety of cell types (11). PI3K/Akt sig- Abbreviations used in this article: KO, knockout; MNC, mononuclear cell; PTEN, naling pathway also has been shown to regulate osteoclasts phosphatase and tensin homolog; RANKL, receptor activator of NF-kB ligand; survival and differentiation (12, 13). However, the precise mech- TRAP, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase; WT, wild type. anism by which Akt regulates the differentiation of osteoclasts Copyright Ó 2011 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/11/$16.00 remains unknown. www.jimmunol.org/cgi/doi/10.4049/jimmunol.1101254 164 ROLE OF THE Akt/GSK3b/NFATc1 AXIS DURING OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS Upon stimulation by insulin or growth factors, Akt phosphory- Lamin B1 (Santa Cruz). HRP-conjugated secondary Abs (Amersham lates glycogen synthase kinase-3b (GSK3b) at serine residue and Biosciences) were probed and developed with ECL solution (Millipore). subsequently inhibits the kinase activity of GSK3b,suggestingthat Signals were detected and analyzed by LAS3000 luminescent image an- alyzer (Fuji Photo Film). GSK3b is one substrate for Akt (14). It has been shown that GSK3b can modulate the activity of NFATc transcription factors Transfection and reporter assay (15, 16). NFAT family members are regulated primarily at the level For transfection of reporter plasmids, 293T cells were plated into 24-well of their subcellular localization (17). GSK3b directly phosphor- plates (2 3 104 cells per well) 24 h prior to transfection. Plasmid DNA was ylates NFATc1 at its conserved serine residues necessary for nuclear mixed with FuGENE 6 and transfected into the cells following the man- export and promotes nuclear exit (15). It also has been demon- ufacturer’s protocol. After 48 h of transfection, the cells were washed b twice with PBS and then lysed in passive lysis buffer (Promega). Lucif- strated that the phosphorylation of the Ser-Pro repeats by GSK3 erase activity was measured using a dual-luciferase reporter assay system inhibits the ability of NFATc1 to bind DNA and thereby inhibits (Promega) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. NFATc1-dependent gene expression (16). These results prompted us to test the possibility that Akt could induce osteoclast differen- Results tiation through regulating
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