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Eosinophil chemotactic factor-L ( ECF-L) enhances osteoclast formation by increasing in osteoclast precursors expression of LFA-1 and ICAM-1.

ECF-L is a novel autocrine stimulator of osteoclast (OCL) formation that enhances the effects of 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) and RANK ligand (RANKL) and is increased in inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. ECF-L acts at the later stages of OCL formation and does not increase RANKL expression. Thus, its mechanism of action is unclear. Therefore, RAW 264.7 cells and M-CSF-dependent murine bone marrow macrophage (MDBM) cells were treated with RANKL and/or with recombinant ECF-L expressed as a Fc fusion protein (ECF-L-Fc) to determine their effects on NF-kappaB, AP-1 and JNK activity, and on the expression of the adhesion molecules that have been implicated in OCL formation. These parameters were measured by semiquantitative and PCR and Western blot analysis. In addition, the role of ICAM-1 was further assessed by treating normal mouse marrow cultures with ECF-L-Fc and 10(-10) M 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) in the presence or absence of a blocking ICAM-1 antibody or treating marrow cultures from ICAM-1 knockout mice with ECF-L and 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3). ECF-L-Fc by itself only modestly increased NF-kappaB binding and JNK activity in RAW 264.7 cells, which was further enhanced by RANKL. In contrast, ECF-L-Fc increased LFA-1alpha and ICAM-1 mRNA levels 1.8-fold in mouse marrow cultures, and anti-ICAM-1 almost completely inhibited OCL formation induced by 10(-10) M 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) and ECF-L. Furthermore, ECF-L did not increase OCL formation in marrow cultures from ICAM-1 knockout mice. Taken together, these results demonstrate that ECF-L enhances RANKL and 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3)- induced OCL formation by increasing adhesive interactions between OCL precursors through increased expression of ICAM-1 and LFA-1.[1]

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  1. Eosinophil chemotactic factor-L (ECF-L) enhances osteoclast formation by increasing in osteoclast precursors expression of LFA-1 and ICAM-1. Garcia-Palacios, V., Yeon Chung, H., Jin Choi, S., Sarmasik, A., Kurihara, N., Won Lee, J., Galson, D.L., Collins, R., Roodman, G.D. Bone (2007) [Pubmed]
 
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