Rapamycin inhibits osteoclast formation in giant cell tumor of bone through the C/EBPβ - MafB axis

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Rapamycin inhibits osteoclast formation in giant cell tumor of bone through the C/EBPβ - MafB axis
Creators Name:	Smink, J.J. and Tunn, P.U. and Leutz, A.
Abstract:	Giant cell tumor (GCT) of bone is a benign type of tumor, but the presence of hyperactive multinucleated giant osteoclasts cause local osteolytic lesions, increasing morbidity in patients. To specifically target hyperactive multinucleated giant osteoclasts in GCTs, one would envisage the usage of osteoclast inhibitors or genetic modulation of osteoclastogenesis. Recently, we have found that the translationally regulated balance between the transcription factor C/EBP{beta} long (LAP) and short (LIP) protein isoforms regulates osteoclast differentiation. Here, we report that GCTs express high levels of the LIP C/EBPβ isoform, which in mice cause giant osteoclast formation. In mice, inhibition of mTOR activity by rapamycin decreased osteoclast differentiation by shifting the alternative translation initiation of C/EBPβ isoforms towards LAP. Similarly, rapamycin treatment of GCT cell cultures derived from seven different patients strongly reduced formation of giant osteoclasts and bone resorption. This was accompanied by an increase in MafB, previously shown to be the mediator of the effect of rapamycin on osteoclast differentiation in mice. These data suggest that C/EBP{beta} is a determinant of giant osteoclast formation in GCT and that pharmacological adjustment of the C/EBP{beta} isoform ratio could serve as a potential novel therapeutic approach.
Keywords:	Giant Cell Tumor, Osteoclast, C/EBP{beta}, mTOR , MafB
Source:	Journal of Molecular Medicine
ISSN:	0946-2716
Publisher:	Springer
Volume:	90
Number:	1
Page Range:	25-30
Date:	January 2012
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00109-011-0823-6
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