Abstract
In mice and humans, the effect of genetic deficiency of cathepsin K (catK) is impaired bone resorption, or osteopetrosis. Inhibition of catK is therefore a promising strategy for the treatment of osteoporosis. The enzyme acts in an acid environment. This provides a further potential opportunity: if the inhibitor is basic it is more likely to accumulate in membrane-bound acidic compartments (lysosomotropism), so minimizing off-target effects. However, the resorptive hemivacuole is not membrane-bound, and so might not retain lysosomotropic compounds. We therefore elected to determine whether the osteoclastic resorptive apparatus supports such accumulation. First, we attempted to compare the persistence of a lysosomotropic dye in the hemivacuole versus intracellular vesicles. To our surprise the dye could not be detected in the ruffled border region by confocal microscopy. We found that this could be explained by the tight packing of the folds of the ruffled border, and their close apposition to the bone surface. We also found that the dye persisted similarly in resorbing osteoclasts and macrophages, consistent with the notion that resorbing osteoclasts support lysosomotropism. Next, we compared the ability of basic and non-basic ...Continue Reading
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