Abstract

Osteoclasts are unique in their capacity to degrade bone tissue. To achieve this process, osteoclasts form a specific structure called the sealing zone, which creates a close contact with bone and confines the release of protons and hydrolases for bone degradation. The sealing zone is composed of actin structures called podosomes nested in a dense actin network. The organization of these actin structures inside the sealing zone at the nano scale is still unknown. Here, we combine cutting-edge microscopy methods to reveal the nanoscale architecture and dynamics of the sealing zone formed by human osteoclasts on bone surface. Random illumination microscopy allowed the identification and live imaging of densely packed actin cores within the sealing zone. A cross-correlation analysis of the fluctuations of actin content at these cores indicates that they are locally synchronized. Further examination shows that the sealing zone is composed of groups of synchronized cores linked by a-actinin1 positive filaments, and encircled by adhesion complexes. Thus, we propose that the confinement of bone degradation mediators is achieved through the coordination of islets of actin cores and not by the global coordination of all podosomal subunits forming the sealing zone.

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  1. Marion Portes

    Institute de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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  2. Thomas Mangeat

    Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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  3. Natacha Escalier

    Institute de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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  4. Ophélie Dufrancais

    Institute de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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  5. Brigitte Raynaud-Messina

    Institute de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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  6. Christophe Thibault

    Laboratoire d'analyse et d'architectures des systèmes (LAAS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse, France
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  7. Isabelle Maridonneau-Parini

    Institute de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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  8. Christel Vérollet

    Institute de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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  9. Renaud Poincloux

    Institute de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale (IPBS), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR16-CE13)

  • Christel Vérollet

Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM DEQ2016 0334894)

  • Isabelle Maridonneau-Parini

Human Frontier Science Program (RGP0035/2016)

  • Isabelle Maridonneau-Parini

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Human subjects: Monocytes from healthy subjects were provided by Etablissement Français du Sang (EFS), Toulouse, France, under contract 21/PLER/TOU/IPBS01/20130042. According to articles L12434 and R124361 of the French Public Health Code, the contract was approved by the French Ministry of Science and Technology (agreement number AC 2009921). Written informed consents were obtained from the donors before sample collection.

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© 2022, Portes et al.

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  1. Marion Portes
  2. Thomas Mangeat
  3. Natacha Escalier
  4. Ophélie Dufrancais
  5. Brigitte Raynaud-Messina
  6. Christophe Thibault
  7. Isabelle Maridonneau-Parini
  8. Christel Vérollet
  9. Renaud Poincloux
(2022)
Nanoscale architecture and coordination of actin cores within the sealing zone of human osteoclasts
eLife 11:e75610.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75610

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