Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (7): 1115-1122.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.07.024

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Periprosthetic osteolysis induced by wear particles: research progress of calcineurin/activated T cell nuclear factor signaling pathway  

Zhang Yun-ge, Song Ke-guan   

  1. Third Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • Revised:2016-11-28 Online:2017-03-08 Published:2017-04-11
  • Contact: Song Ke-guan, M.D., Professor, Third Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • About author:Zhang Yun-ge, Studying for master’s degree, Third Department of Orthopedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81270635

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Periprosthetic osteolysis and subsequent aseptic loosening are most common reasons for revision after total joint replacements. Recently studies found that calcineurin/activated T cell nuclear factor (CN/NFAT) signaling pathway plays important roles in the pathogenic process of wear-induced inflammation and osteolysis.

OBJECTIVE: To summarize CN/NFAT effects on wear particles-induced osteolysis, and to provide new ideas and new theories for osteolysis-related diseases.
METHODS: We retrieved PubMed for studies published from January 1980 to June 2016. The key words were “CN/NFAT, CN/NFAT signaling pathways, wear particles, osteolysis, osteoclasts, osteoblast”. Finally, 72 studies were analyzed and explored according to inclusion and exclusion criteria.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The pathogenesis of osteolysis involves the activation of macrophages by wear particles and the release of various proinflammatory cytokines. Bone is continuously renewed through a dynamic balance between bone resorption and formation and is the fundamental basis for maintaining normal bone mass and architecture by osteoclasts and osteoblasts. In this process, CN/NFAT signaling pathway is the signal transduction pathway involved in the differentiation of Ca2+ and nuclear factor kappa B receptor ligand. Osteoclasts play a significant role in both physiological and pathological bone resorption, and receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand is the key cytokine that induces osteoclastogenesis.


中国组织工程研究
杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程

Key words: Signal Transduction, Osteoclasts, Osteoblasts, Tissue Engineering

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