Piezo1-mediated fluid shear stress promotes OPG and inhibits RANKL via NOTCH3 in MLO-Y4 osteocytes.

Piezo1, a mechanosensitive ion channel, participates in a variety of biological processes in maintaining bone homeostasis. As the most abundant cells in bones of the mammals, osteocytes play an essential role in bone formation, remodeling, and bone mass maintenance. Here, by exposing MLO-Y4 osteocytes to the fluid shear stress (FSS) microenvironment, we explored the effect of Piezo1-mediated FSS on the expression of the molecules critical to the process of bone formation and resorption, Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-Kappa-B Ligand (RANKL) and Osteoprotegerin (OPG). It was found that 9 dyne/cm2 loading for 30 minutes showed an upregulation trend on Piezo1 when MLO-Y4 osteocytes were exposed to an FSS microenvironment. FSS promotes the expression of OPG and inhibits the expression of RANKL. The blocker of Piezo1, GsMTx4, downregulates the effect of FSS on the expression of these two molecules. In addition, NOTCH3 was involved in this process. Thus, the results demonstrated that Piezo1-mediated FSS promotes the expression of OPG and inhibits the expression of RANKL via NOTCH3 in MLO-Y4 osteocytes.

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Zhongcheng Liu, Yuchen Tang, Liangzhi He, Bin Geng, Fan Lu, Jinwen He, Qiong Yi, Xuening Liu, Kun Zhang, Lifu Wang, Yayi Xia, Jin Jiang. Piezo1-mediated fluid shear stress promotes OPG and inhibits RANKL via NOTCH3 in MLO-Y4 osteocytes. Channels (Austin, Tex.). 2022 Jun 27;16(1):127-136

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