Safari, Fatemeh; Siegrist, Mark; Dolder, Silvia; Hartmann, Eliza; Klenke, Frank; Hofstetter, Willy (October 2020). Noggin as a regulator of bone remodelling. Bone reports, 13, p. 100460. Elsevier 10.1016/j.bonr.2020.100460
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 (BMP2) is used in orthopaedic surgery to promote bone healing. The endogenous synthesis of BMP-2 antagonist family members, however, may limit the efficacy of exogenous BMP2. Noggin is one of these inhibitors that blocks the effects of BMP on the differentiation and activation of osteoblast (OB) in vitro and in vivo and inhibits OB-mediated osteoclast (OC) development. Furthermore, Noggin was found to modulate osteoclastogenesis through a direct effect on OC lineage cells. The present study aimed at elucidating the underlying mechanisms of these effects. Direct (conventional culture dishes) and indirect (transwell culture dishes) co-cultures of murine OB/OPC (Osteoclast Progenitor Cells) and cultures of OPC alone were supplemented with combinations of Noggin, BMP2, L51P (engineered, inactive variant of BMP2) and DMH1 (BMP receptor 1 inhibitor). In cultures of OPC, Noggin but not DMH1 caused an increase in the number of OC by a factor of 3 (p< 0.01). This effect could not be reversed by BMP2 and L51P, respectively. In contrast, in co-cultures of OB/OPC, exposure to Noggin attenuated OC development. In direct co-cultures, this inhibitory effect of Noggin was blocked by BMP2 and L51P. In both direct and indirect co-culture systems, exposure to Noggin induced the release of GM-CSF, a potent inhibitor of osteoclastogenesis, by a factor of 6 and 4, respectively (p< 0.01). Treatment of the cultures with αGM-CSF Ab, however, restored OC development in the indirect co-culture system only. The data suggests a previously unknown function of Noggin directly acting pro-differentiation on OC lineage cells independently of BMP signalling. In co-cultures, besides GM-CSF, cell-cell contact between OB and OPC is required for mediation of the maximal inhibitory effects of Noggin on OC development. The nature of potential interaction partners for Noggin, however, remains to be elucidated.