PMID- 10671521 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000321 LR - 20220409 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 275 IP - 7 DP - 2000 Feb 18 TI - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha induces differentiation of and bone resorption by osteoclasts. PG - 4858-64 AB - Osteoclast progenitors differentiate into mature osteoclasts in the presence of receptor activator of NF-kappaB (RANK) ligand on stromal or osteoblastic cells and monocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). The soluble RANK ligand induces the same differentiation in vitro without stromal cells. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a potent cytokine involved in the regulation of osteoclast activity, promotes bone resorption via a primary effect on osteoblasts; however, it remains unclear whether TNF-alpha can also directly induce the differentiation of osteoclast progenitors into mature osteoclasts. This study revealed that TNF-alpha directly induced the formation of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP)-positive multinucleated cells (MNCs), which produced resorption pits on bone in vitro in the presence of M-CSF. The bone resorption activity of TNF-alpha-induced MNCs was lower than that of soluble RANK ligand-induced MNCs; however, interleukin-1beta stimulated this activity of TNF-alpha-induced MNCs without an increase in the number of MNCs. In this case, interleukin-1beta did not induce TRAP-positive MNC formation. The osteoclast progenitors expressed TNF receptors, p55 and p75; and the induction of TRAP-positive MNCs by TNF-alpha was inhibited completely by an anti-p55 antibody and partially by an anti-p75 antibody. Our findings presented here are the first to indicate that TNF-alpha is a crucial differentiation factor for osteoclasts. Our results suggest that TNF-alpha and M-CSF play an important role in local osteolysis in chronic inflammatory diseases. FAU - Azuma, Y AU - Azuma Y AD - Teijin Institute for Biomedical Research, Teijin Limited, 4-3-2 Asahigaoka, Hino, Tokyo 191-8512, Japan. FAU - Kaji, K AU - Kaji K FAU - Katogi, R AU - Katogi R FAU - Takeshita, S AU - Takeshita S FAU - Kudo, A AU - Kudo A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - Bone Marrow Cells/cytology MH - *Bone Resorption MH - Cell Differentiation/*physiology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Osteoclasts/*cytology MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*physiology EDAT- 2000/02/15 09:00 MHDA- 2000/03/25 09:00 CRDT- 2000/02/15 09:00 PHST- 2000/02/15 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/03/25 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/02/15 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(18)30698-7 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.275.7.4858 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2000 Feb 18;275(7):4858-64. doi: 10.1074/jbc.275.7.4858.