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Infection and Immunity, December 2004, p. 7183-7189, Vol. 72, No. 12
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7183-7189.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Synovial Fibroblasts Infected with Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Mediate Osteoclast Differentiation and Activation

Xiang Zhang,1,2 Jane E. Aubin,3 Tae-Hwan Kim,2*,{dagger} Ursula Payne,2 Basil Chiu,2 and Robert D. Inman1,2*

Department of Immunology and Medicine,1 Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto,2 Arthritis Center of Excellence and Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada3

Received 1 June 2004/ Returned for modification 7 July 2004/ Accepted 24 August 2004

The mechanisms whereby arthritogenic organisms may induce cartilage and bone erosions in infection-triggered arthritis remain unknown. In this study, we asked whether an arthritogenic organism could contribute to osteoclast differentiation and activation through regulation of the receptor activator of NF-{kappa}B ligand (RANKL) in synovial fibroblasts. Rat synovial fibroblasts were infected in vitro with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium and monitored over time. The expression of RANKL in resting and infected synovial fibroblasts was quantified by reverse transcription-PCR and Western blotting. Osteoclast progenitors, isolated from femurs of 8-week-old rats and cultured in the presence of macrophage colony-stimulating factor, were cocultured with either infected or noninfected synovial fibroblasts for 2 to 4 days. Differentiation and maturation of osteoclasts were determined by morphology and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) staining and by a bone resorption bioassay. RANKL expression was undetectable in resting synovial fibroblasts but was dose-dependently upregulated in cells after Salmonella infection. Osteoprotegerin was constitutively expressed by synovial fibroblasts and was not upregulated by infection. Further, we observed the formation of multinucleated TRAP-positive cells and formation of bone resorption pits in cocultures of bone marrow-derived osteoclast precursors with synovial fibroblasts infected with Salmonella but not with heat-killed Salmonella or noninfected cells. Arthritogenic bacteria may alter bone structure via synovial fibroblast intermediaries, since infected synovial fibroblasts (i) upregulate RANKL expression and (ii) enhance osteoclast precursor maturation into multinucleated, TRAP-positive, bone-resorbing, osteoclast-like cells. These data provide a link between infection and osteoclastogenesis. A better understanding of infection-mediated osteoclast differentiation and activation may provide new therapeutic strategies for inflammatory joint disease.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Rheumatology, Toronto Western Hospital, ECW8-005, 399 Bathurst St., Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada. Phone: (416) 603-5896. Fax: (416) 603-4348. E-mail: Robert.inman{at}uhn.on.ca.

Editor: F. C. Fang

{dagger} Present address: Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.

Infection and Immunity, December 2004, p. 7183-7189, Vol. 72, No. 12
0019-9567/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.7183-7189.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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