IMR Press / FBL / Volume 3 / Issue 4 / DOI: 10.2741/A320

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Article
G-protein coupled receptors in bone
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1 Human Bone Cell Research Group, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Liverpool, England, L69 3GE
2 Novartis Pharma A.G., Postfach, K681.4.43, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 1998, 3(4), 769–780; https://doi.org/10.2741/A320
Published: 1 August 1998
Abstract

The skeleton is a dynamic structure that undergoes continuous remodeling, a prerequisite to meeting the constant loading demands placed upon it. This process is controlled by a multitude of systemic and local factors which interact with receptors presented on the surface of both osteoblasts and osteoclasts; the osteogenic and osteolytic cells of bone. The seven transmembrane G-protein coupled superfamily of receptors are amongst the most important expressed by bone cells. Many local and systemic factors, including prostaglandins and parathyroid hormone, initiate cellular processes via interaction with members of this receptor family. The diversity of signals and signaling cross talk generated by activated G-protein receptor complexes, facilitates a huge range of downstream responses essential in the remodeling of the skeleton. Indeed, agonist-activated signaling crosstalk provides a mechanism for integrating the activities of local and systemic factors, an essential requirement of focal remodeling. This review has focused on those currently known seven transmembrane receptors expressed by bone cells that couple to G-proteins, and describes the nature of receptor-G protein interaction and the resultant functional consequences of effector activation within bone cells.

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