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    Reaction between Osteoclasts and Osteocytes When They Encounter Each Other at the Bone Resorption Surface during Bone Modeling
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    Osteocyte
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    Accumulation of microdamage in bone leads to the reduced strength of our skeleton. In health, bone adapts to the prevailing mechanical needs of the organism and is also capable of self-repair, sensing, removing and replacing damaged or mechanically insufficient volumes of bone. In disease and old age these characteristics are reduced. In order to undertake both of the processes of functional adaptation and repair the bone resorbing and forming cells must be very accurately targeted to areas of physiological need. The mechanism by which cells are precisely targeted to areas requiring repair is both clinically relevant and poorly understood. The osteocyte has been assumed to play a role in sensing damage and signaling for its removal, due largely to its abundance throughout the mineralized bone matrix. However, until recently there has been little evidence that osteocyte function is modified in the vicinity of the microdamage. Here I outline the possibility that the targeted removal of bone containing microcracks might involve signals derived from the apoptotic death of the osteocyte. I shall discuss data that support or refute this view and will consider the possible molecular mechanisms by which controlled cell death might contribute to the signals for repair in the light of work involving cells in bone and other tissue systems.
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    Osteocytes are stellate-shaped or dendritic cells that represent the most abundant cell type in bone. As mechanosensory cells,osteocytes participate in bone remodeling by producing some factors which regulate the activities of osteoblasts and osteoclasts. Apoptosis of osteocyte is at least the part of the pathogen-esis of osteoporosis. Moreover, the protein products from osteocyte including sclerostin, fibroblast growth factor 23(FGF23),dentin matrix protein1 (DMP1) and so on,play important roles in maintaining the normal bone metabolism. So there is close relationship between osteocyte and bone metabolism. Further research on apopto-sis of osteocyte and its protein products may provide novel ways and targets for preventing and treating bone metabolic diseases. Key words: Osteocyte; Apoptosis; Osteoporosis; Mechanical strain
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