FAM210A Is a Novel Determinant of Bone and Muscle Structure And
FAM210A is a novel determinant of bone and muscle PNAS PLUS structure and strength Ken-ichiro Tanakaa, Yingben Xuea, Loan Nguyen-Yamamotoa, John A. Morrisb,c,d, Ippei Kanazawae, Toshitsugu Sugimotoe, Simon S. Winga,f, J. Brent Richardsb,c,d, and David Goltzmana,f,1 aCalcium Research Laboratory, Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada H4A 3J1; bDepartment of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1E2; cDepartment of Human Genetics, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1E2; dDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3T 1E2; eInternal Medicine 1, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, 693-8501 Shimane, Japan; and fDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H4A 3J1 Edited by John T. Potts, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, and approved March 14, 2018 (received for review November 1, 2017) Osteoporosis and sarcopenia are common comorbid diseases, yet TOM1L2/SREBF1 locus were found to exert opposing effects on their shared mechanisms are largely unknown. We found that total body lean mass and total body less head BMD (13). SREBP- genetic variation near FAM210A was associated, through large 1, and the product of the SREBF1 gene, is known to exert op- genome-wide association studies, with fracture, bone mineral posing effects on osteoblast and myoblast differentiation (14, 15). density (BMD), and appendicular and whole body lean mass, in However, more commonly, bone loss coincides with a decrease in humans. In mice, Fam210a was expressed in muscle mitochondria muscle mass and function, suggesting that there are shared bio- and cytoplasm, as well as in heart and brain, but not in bone.
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