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The vacuolar ATPase in bone cells: a potential therapeutic target in osteoporosis

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The vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase) is a multisubunit enzyme that couples ATP hydrolysis to proton pumping across membranes. Recently, there is increasing evidence that V-ATPase may contribute to the pathogenesis of bone resorption disorders due to it is predominantly expressed in osteoclasts also function in bone resorption making it a good candidate in a therapeutic target for osteoporosis. Osteoclasts are capable of generating an acidic microenvironment necessary for bone resorption by utilizing V-ATPases to pump protons into the resorption lacuna. In addition, it has been shown that therapeutic interventions have been proposed that specifically target inhibition of the osteoclast proton pump. Modulation of osteoclastic V-ATPase activity has been considered to be a suitable therapy for the treatment of osteoporosis. All theses findings suggest that V-ATPase have important biological effects in bone resorption that might be a promising therapeutic target for osteoporosis. In this review, we will briefly discuss the biological features of osteoporosis and summarize recent advances on the role of V-ATPase in the pathogenesis and treatment of osteoporosis.

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This work was supported by the China National Science Foundation grants No. 30901526.

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Yuan, FL., Li, X., Lu, WG. et al. The vacuolar ATPase in bone cells: a potential therapeutic target in osteoporosis. Mol Biol Rep 37, 3561–3566 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-010-0004-7

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