Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Osteoblast-derived vesicles induce a switch from bone-formation to bone-resorption in vivo

  • Maki Uenaka,
  • Erika Yamashita,
  • Junichi Kikuta,
  • Akito Morimoto,
  • Tomoka Ao,
  • Hiroki Mizuno,
  • Masayuki Furuya,
  • Tetsuo Hasegawa,
  • Hiroyuki Tsukazaki,
  • Takao Sudo,
  • Keizo Nishikawa,
  • Daisuke Okuzaki,
  • Daisuke Motooka,
  • Nobuyoshi Kosaka,
  • Fuminori Sugihara,
  • Thomas Boettger,
  • Thomas Braun,
  • Takahiro Ochiya,
  • Masaru Ishii

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28673-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Bone remodeling involves a switch between bone formation and resorption, but the mechanisms is unclear. Here, the authors show that intercellular communication via extracellular vesicles secreted by mature osteoblasts is a key factor for the switching, via a microRNA-mediated mechanism.