Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (26): 4192-4197.doi: 10.12307/2021.120

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Autophagy regulates osteoclast proliferation, differentiation and function through mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway

Yang Yuchen, Yang Peipei, Huang Biying, Zhang Qiang   

  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
  • Received:2020-06-28 Revised:2020-07-04 Accepted:2020-07-31 Online:2021-09-18 Published:2021-05-11
  • Contact: Zhang Qiang, MD, Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China E-mail:zhq100@aliyun.com
  • About author:Yang Yuchen, Master candidate, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81260169 and 81560189 (both to ZQ)

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Bone homeostasis is mainly kept relying on the synergistic effect between osteoclasts and osteoblasts. Mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated autophagy exerts some effects on proliferation, differentiation and function of osteoclasts, which is likely to disrupt the bone homeostasis, thus affecting bone reconstruction in tissue engineering.

OBJECTIVE: To analyze the effects of mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated autophagy on osteoclasts based on existing experimental and clinical data.
METHODS: The relevant literatures in CNKI, WanFang, and PubMed database were searched by computer. The retrieval time was from inception to June 31, 2020. The keywords were “mitogen activated protein kinase, osteoclast, autophagy” in Chinese and “mitogen-activated protein kinase, ERK, P38, JNK, osteoclast, autophagy” in English.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Mitogen-activated protein kinase cannot only mediate autophagy and affect osteoclasts, but also activate other signaling pathways to mediate autophagy together. Autophagy mediated by extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway is often accompanied by Ca2+ involvement, which mainly affects osteoclast differentiation and function. c-Jun N-terminal kinase influences osteoclast maturation and differentiation mainly through the co-action of Beclin-1. p38 kinase-mediated autophagy has a two-way effect on promotion and inhibition, thus affecting the proliferation and differentiation of osteoclasts.

Key words: autophagy, mitogen-activated protein kinase, osteoclast, bone homeostasis, extracellular signal-regulated kinase, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, p38 kinase, tissue engineering, review

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