Anabolic action of parathyroid hormone regulated by the β2-adrenergic receptor

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 May 8;109(19):7433-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1109036109. Epub 2012 Apr 25.

Abstract

Parathyroid hormone (PTH), the major calcium-regulating hormone, and norepinephrine (NE), the principal neurotransmitter of sympathetic nerves, regulate bone remodeling by activating distinct cell-surface G protein-coupled receptors in osteoblasts: the parathyroid hormone type 1 receptor (PTHR) and the β(2)-adrenergic receptor (β(2)AR), respectively. These receptors activate a common cAMP/PKA signal transduction pathway mediated through the stimulatory heterotrimeric G protein. Activation of β(2)AR via the sympathetic nervous system decreases bone formation and increases bone resorption. Conversely, daily injection of PTH (1-34), a regimen known as intermittent (i)PTH treatment, increases bone mass through the stimulation of trabecular and cortical bone formation and decreases fracture incidences in severe cases of osteoporosis. Here, we show that iPTH has no osteoanabolic activity in mice lacking the β(2)AR. β(2)AR deficiency suppressed both iPTH-induced increase in bone formation and resorption. We showed that the lack of β(2)AR blocks expression of iPTH-target genes involved in bone formation and resorption that are regulated by the cAMP/PKA pathway. These data implicate an unexpected functional interaction between PTHR and β(2)AR, two G protein-coupled receptors from distinct families, which control bone formation and PTH anabolism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Absorptiometry, Photon
  • Anabolic Agents / metabolism
  • Anabolic Agents / pharmacology
  • Animals
  • Bone Density / drug effects
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone and Bones / drug effects*
  • Bone and Bones / metabolism
  • Female
  • Femur / drug effects
  • Femur / metabolism
  • Fluoresceins
  • Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Osteogenesis / drug effects
  • Osteogenesis / genetics
  • Parathyroid Hormone / metabolism
  • Parathyroid Hormone / pharmacology*
  • Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1 / genetics
  • Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1 / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / genetics
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2 / metabolism*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • X-Ray Microtomography

Substances

  • Anabolic Agents
  • Fluoresceins
  • Parathyroid Hormone
  • Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1
  • Receptors, Adrenergic, beta-2
  • fluorexon