2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study on preventing the fragility of jaw bone of elderly persons by targeting the cellular senescence of bone cells.
Project/Area Number |
19K10301
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 57060:Surgical dentistry-related
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Research Institution | Fukuoka Dental College |
Principal Investigator |
Ikebe Tetsuro 福岡歯科大学, 口腔歯学部, 教授 (20202913)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
鍛治屋 浩 福岡歯科大学, 口腔歯学部, 講師 (80177378)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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Keywords | 破骨細胞 / 細胞老化 / 顎骨壊死 / 顎骨老化 / ビスホスホネート |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In order to regulate the fragility of jaw bone of elderly persons, I focused the cellular senescence of osteoclasts in terms of anti-resorptive agents-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (ARONJ). The treatments with zoledronic acid induced cellular senescence in osteoclasts. This study demonstrated that zoledronic acid-induced cellular senescence of osteoclasts seemed to be associated with intracellular calcium oscillation which is connected with ITAM (DAP12 and FcRγ) adaptor signaling downstream of RANK. Likely, zoledronic acid downregulated the expression of farnesyl diphosphate synthase (FDPS) which was related to the ClC-7 Cl-transporter extrusion activity involved in the HCl extrusion, acidification on bone surface during osteoclastic bone resorption. These results suggest that a downstream molecule of FDPS, geranylgeraniol, may inhibit the cellular senescence of osteoclasts, the fragility of jaw bone of elderly persons.
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Free Research Field |
口腔外科学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
高齢者の顎骨は細胞老化によって骨代謝(骨ターンオーバー)が減弱していることが考えられ、薬物など外部因子の影響によって機能低下し、顎骨フレイルに陥りやすい。特に、骨芽細胞よりも破骨細胞の細胞老化、破骨細胞の前駆細胞である骨髄細胞の細胞老化が著しいことが考えられた。従って骨吸収抑制薬の影響も受けやすく顎骨壊死リスクが高いと言える。本研究結果では破骨細胞の細胞老化による顎骨フレイルに関与する分子としてCl-トランスポーターとファルネシル二リン酸合成酵素(FDPS)を見出したため、特にFDPS作用をリカバーするゲラニールゲラニオールが顎骨フレイルの予防に貢献できるかもしれないことを示した。
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