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(American Journal of Pathology. 2001;159:1689-1699.)
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TRANCE/RANKL Knockout Mice Are Protected from Bone Erosion in a Serum Transfer Model of Arthritis

Allison R. Pettit*, Hong Ji{dagger}, Dietrich von Stechow{ddagger}, Ralph Müller§{ddagger}, Steven R. Goldring*, Yongwon Choi, Christophe Benoist{dagger} and Ellen M. Gravallese*

From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,*
New England Baptist Bone and Joint Institute, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; the Joslin Diabetes Center{dagger}
and the Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,{ddagger}
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; the Institute for Biomedical Engineering,§
ETH and University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; and the Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

There is considerable evidence that osteoclasts are involved in the pathogenesis of focal bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis. Tumor necrosis factor-related activation-induced cytokine, also known as receptor activator of nuclear factor-{kappa}B ligand (TRANCE/RANKL) is an essential factor for osteoclast differentiation. In addition to its role in osteoclast differentiation and activation, TRANCE/RANKL also functions to augment T-cell dendritic cell cooperative interactions. To further evaluate the role of osteoclasts in focal bone erosion in arthritis, we generated inflammatory arthritis in the TRANCE/RANKL knockout mouse using a serum transfer model that bypasses the requirement for T-cell activation. These animals exhibit an osteopetrotic phenotype characterized by the absence of osteoclasts. Inflammation, measured by clinical signs of arthritis and histopathological scoring, was comparable in wild-type and TRANCE/RANKL knockout mice. Microcomputed tomography and histopathological analysis demonstrated that the degree of bone erosion in TRANCE/RANKL knockout mice was dramatically reduced compared to that seen in control littermate mice. In contrast, cartilage erosion was present in both control littermate and TRANCE/RANKL knockout mice. These results confirm the central role of osteoclasts in the pathogenesis of bone erosion in arthritis and demonstrate distinct mechanisms of cartilage destruction and bone erosion in this animal model of arthritis.





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