骨細胞におけるMYD88-RANKL パスウェイのメカニズムを膨大な実験によって証明した非常に評価されるべき仕事です。とくに分子機構に迫るための実験で様々な因子について調べており、感銘を受けました。今後は可能であれば single cell 解析の様な手法も取り入れて、さらに深い分子機構の解明をできることを期待しています。
加藤明彦 先生:
Drs. Yoshimoto et al discovered the molecular mechanism how the bacterial flora affects the bone remodeling, which is critical for the understanding the pathogenesis of osteolysis, such as periodontitis and osteomyelitis. The authors found that MYD88, the adaptor protein playing the major roles in innate immune signaling, is essential for the oral-bacterial-induced bone resorption using a conditional MYD88-KO mouse line, a targeted rescue experiment and a MYD88 antagonist. Next, they described the induction of RANKL, which is critical for the osteoclast differentiation leading to bone remodeling, was mediated by MYD88 through ERK, CREB and STAT3 pathway using a variety of selective inhibitors. They also found that RANKL induction is mediated by the stabilization of the transcription factors STAT3 and CREB / CBP via ubiquitination suppression. This study is an entire story describing the comprehensive molecular mechanism from the bacterial pathogen receptors to the cytokine production for pathological osteolysis.
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