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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
Osteoprotegerin-ligand (OPGL) is a key osteoclast differentiation/activation factor essential for bone remodeling. We report that mice lacking OPGL or its receptor RANK fail to form lobulo-alveolar mammary structures during pregnancy, resulting in death of newborns. Transplantation and OPGL-rescue experiments in opgl-/- and rank-/- pregnant females showed that OPGL acts directly on RANK-expressing mammary epithelial cells. The effects of OPGL are autonomous to epithelial cells. The mammary gland defect in female opgl-/- mice is characterized by enhanced apoptosis and failures in proliferation and PKB activation in lobulo-alveolar buds that can be reversed by recombinant OPGL treatment. These data provide a novel paradigm in mammary gland development and an evolutionary rationale for hormonal regulation and gender bias of osteoporosis in females.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
41-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Bone Remodeling, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Gonadal Steroid Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Mammary Glands, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Osteoporosis, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Osteoprotegerin, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-RANK Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:11051546-Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The osteoclast differentiation factor osteoprotegerin-ligand is essential for mammary gland development.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Biophysics, Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't