μ-calpain regulates receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL)-supported osteoclastogenesis via NF-κB activation in RAW 264.7 cells

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Abstract

To clarify the role of calpain in the receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL)-supported osteoclastogenesis, RANKL-induced calpain activation was examined by using murine RAW 264.7 cells and bone marrow-derived monocyte/macrophage progenitors. We found that calpain activity increased in response to RANKL in both cell types based on α-spectrinolysis and that μ-calpain, rather than m-calpain, was activated during RANKL-supported osteoclastogenesis in RAW 264.7 cells. Overexpression of μ-calpain clearly augmented RANKL-supported osteoclastogenesis in RAW 264.7 cells, thereby implicating its pivotal role in this process. Cell-permeable calpain inhibitors, including calpastatin and calpeptin, were sufficient to suppress RANKL-supported osteoclastogenesis based on decreased expression of the osteoclastogenic marker, matrix metalloproteinase 9, and the generation of tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase-positive multinucleated cells in both cell types. Calpain inhibitors suppressed NF-κB activation via inhibition of the cleavage of inhibitor of NF-κB (IκBα) in RAW 264.7 cells. Taken together, our findings suggest that μ-calpain is essential to the regulation of RANKL-supported osteoclastogenesis via NF-κB activation. © 2005 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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Lee, F. Y. I., Kim, D. W., Karmin, J. A., Hong, D., Chang, S. S., Fujisawa, M., … Lee, H. J. (2005). μ-calpain regulates receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL)-supported osteoclastogenesis via NF-κB activation in RAW 264.7 cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280(33), 29929–29936. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M414600200

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