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  3. Whitening of brown adipose tissue inhibits osteogenic differentiation via secretion of S100A8/A9

Whitening of brown adipose tissue inhibits osteogenic differentiation via secretion of S100A8/A9

  • iScience. 2024 Jan 11;27(2):108857. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108857.
Ting Wang 1,  Chaoran Zhao 1,  Jiahuan Zhang 2,  Shengfa Li 3,  Youming Zhang 1,  Yan Gong 1,  Yingyue Zhou 1,  Lei Yan 1,  Sheng Zhang 1,  Zhongmin Zhang 4,  Hongling Hu 5,  Anling Liu 1,  Xiaochun Bai 1,  Zhipeng Zou 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bone and Joint Degeneration Diseases, Department of Cell Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
  • 2 Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • 3 Clinical Research Center, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • 4 Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopadics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
  • 5 Department of Trauma and Joint Surgery, Shunde Hospital, Southern Medical University, Foshan, China.
PMID: 38303710 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.108857
Abstract

The mechanism by which brown adipose tissue (BAT) regulates bone metabolism is unclear. Here, we reveal that BAT secretes S100A8/A9, a previously unidentified BAT adipokine (batokine), to impair bone formation. Brown adipocytes-specific knockout of Rheb (RhebBAD KO), the upstream activator of mTOR, causes BAT malfunction to inhibit osteogenesis. Rheb depletion induces NF-κB dependent S100A8/A9 secretion from brown adipocytes, but not from macrophages. In wild-type mice, age-related Rheb downregulation in BAT is associated with enhanced S100A8/A9 secretion. Either batokines from RhebBAD KO mice, or recombinant S100A8/A9, inhibits osteoblast differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in vitro by targeting Toll-like Receptor 4 on their surfaces. Conversely, S100A8/A9 neutralization not only rescues the osteogenesis repressed in the RhebBAD KO mice, but also alleviates age-related osteoporosis in wild-type mice. Collectively, our data revealed an unexpected BAT-bone crosstalk driven by Rheb-S100A8/A9, uncovering S100A8/A9 as a promising target for the treatment, and potentially, prevention of osteoporosis.

Keywords

Cell biology; Molecular biology; Physiology.

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