Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Selenoprotein W ensures physiological bone remodeling by preventing hyperactivity of osteoclasts

  • Hyunsoo Kim,
  • Kyunghee Lee,
  • Jin Man Kim,
  • Mi Yeong Kim,
  • Jae-Ryong Kim,
  • Han-Woong Lee,
  • Youn Wook Chung,
  • Hong-In Shin,
  • Taesoo Kim,
  • Eui-Soon Park,
  • Jaerang Rho,
  • Seoung Hoon Lee,
  • Nacksung Kim,
  • Soo Young Lee,
  • Yongwon Choi,
  • Daewon Jeong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22565-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Selenoproteins containing selenium have a variety of physiological functions including redox homeostasis and thyroid hormone metabolism. Here, the authors show that RANKL-dependent repression of selenoprotein W regulates cell fusion during osteoclast differentiation and bone remodelling in mice.