Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Mechanical force promotes dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1-mediated hydrolysis of the metabolite asymmetric dimethylarginine to enhance bone formation

  • Ziang Xie,
  • Lei Hou,
  • Shuying Shen,
  • Yizheng Wu,
  • Jian Wang,
  • Zhiwei Jie,
  • Xiangde Zhao,
  • Xiang Li,
  • Xuyang Zhang,
  • Junxin Chen,
  • Wenbin Xu,
  • Lei Ning,
  • Qingliang Ma,
  • Shiyu Wang,
  • Haoming Wang,
  • Putao Yuan,
  • Xiangqian Fang,
  • An Qin,
  • Shunwu Fan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27629-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Mechanical force is critical for the development and remodeling of bones. Here the authors report that mechanical force regulates the production of the metabolite asymmetric dimethylarginine via regulating the expression of the hydrolytic enzyme dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1 in osteoblasts.