PMID- 27650914 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171218 LR - 20181113 IS - 1873-2763 (Electronic) IS - 8756-3282 (Print) IS - 1873-2763 (Linking) VI - 93 DP - 2016 Dec TI - A mathematical model of osteoclast acidification during bone resorption. PG - 167-180 LID - S8756-3282(16)30253-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.bone.2016.09.007 [doi] AB - Bone resorption by osteoclasts occurs through the creation of a sealed extracellular compartment (ECC), or pit, adjacent to the bone that is subsequently acidified through a complex biological process. The low pH of the pit dissolves the bone mineral and activates acid proteases that further break down the bone matrix. There are many ion channels, transporters, and soluble proteins involved in osteoclast mediated resorption, and in the past few years, there has been an increased understanding of the identity and properties of some key proteins such as the ClC-7 Cl(-)/H(+) antiporter and the H(V)1 proton channel. Here we present a detailed mathematical model of osteoclast acidification that includes the influence of many of the key regulatory proteins. The primary enzyme responsible for acidification is the vacuolar H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase), which pumps protons from the cytoplasm into the pit. Unlike the acidification of small lysosomes, the pit is so large that protons become depleted from the cytoplasm. Hence, proton buffering and production in the cytoplasm by carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) is potentially important for proper acidification. We employ an ordinary differential equations (ODE)-based model that accounts for the changes in ionic species in the cytoplasm and the resorptive pit. Additionally, our model tracks ionic flow between the cytoplasm and the extracellular solution surrounding the cell. Whenever possible, the properties of individual channels and transporters are calibrated based on electrophysiological measurements, and physical properties of the cell, such as buffering capacity, surface areas, and volumes, are estimated based on available data. Our model reproduces many of the experimental findings regarding the role of key proteins in the acidification process, and it allows us to estimate, among other things, number of active pumps, protons moved, and the influence of particular mutations implicated in disease. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Marcoline, Frank V AU - Marcoline FV AD - Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. FAU - Ishida, Yoichi AU - Ishida Y AD - Department of Philosophy, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA. FAU - Mindell, Joseph A AU - Mindell JA AD - Membrane Transport Biophysics Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. FAU - Nayak, Smita AU - Nayak S AD - Swedish Center for Research and Innovation, Swedish Health Services, Seattle, WA 98122, USA. FAU - Grabe, Michael AU - Grabe M AD - Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: michael.grabe@ucsf.edu. LA - eng GR - R21 GM100224/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20160917 PL - United States TA - Bone JT - Bone JID - 8504048 RN - 0 (Acids) RN - 0 (Chloride Channels) RN - 0 (Chloride-Bicarbonate Antiporters) RN - 0 (Chlorides) RN - 0 (Membrane Transport Proteins) SB - IM MH - Acids/*metabolism MH - Bone Resorption/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Cell Compartmentation MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Chloride Channels MH - Chloride-Bicarbonate Antiporters/metabolism MH - Chlorides/pharmacology MH - Cytoplasm/metabolism MH - Extracellular Space/metabolism MH - Hydrogen-Ion Concentration MH - Membrane Transport Proteins/metabolism MH - *Models, Biological MH - Osteoclasts/drug effects/*metabolism/*pathology PMC - PMC5077641 MID - NIHMS816836 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acidification OT - ClC-7 OT - H(V)1 OT - Mathematical model OT - Osteoclast OT - V-ATPase EDAT- 2016/10/25 06:00 MHDA- 2017/12/19 06:00 PMCR- 2017/12/01 CRDT- 2016/09/22 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/08/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/09/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/10/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/12/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/09/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S8756-3282(16)30253-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bone.2016.09.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Bone. 2016 Dec;93:167-180. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2016.09.007. Epub 2016 Sep 17.