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SUBMITTER: Swami S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9751656 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Swami Srilatha S Johnson Joshua J Vecchi Lawrence A LA Kim Matthew J MJ Lanske Beate B Johnson Rachelle W RW Wu Joy Y JY
JBMR plus 20221124 12
Teriparatide, recombinant parathyroid hormone (PTH[1-34]), and abaloparatide, an analogue of PTH related-peptide (PTHrP[1-34]), are both anabolic medications for osteoporosis that target the PTH receptor PTH1R. PTH1R is a G protein-coupled receptor, and the stimulatory Gs protein is an important mediator of the anabolic actions of PTH1R activation in bone. We have published that mice lacking the α subunit of Gs in osteoprogenitors do not increase bone mass in response to PTH(1-34). Unexpectedly, ...[more]