School of Exercise and Health, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
College of Athletic Performance, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
FASEB J. 2024 Apr 15;38(7):e23554. doi: 10.1096/fj.202301508RRR.
Bones can form the scaffolding of the body, support the organism, coordinate somatic movements, and control mineral homeostasis and hematopoiesis. The immune system plays immune supervisory, defensive, and regulatory roles in the organism, which mainly consists of immune organs (spleen, bone marrow, tonsils, lymph nodes, etc.), immune cells (granulocytes, platelets, lymphocytes, etc.), and immune molecules (immune factors, interferons, interleukins, tumor necrosis factors, etc.). Bone and the immune system have long been considered two distinct fields of study, and the bone marrow, as a shared microenvironment between the bone and the immune system, closely links the two. Osteoimmunology organically combines bone and the immune system, elucidates the role of the immune system in bone, and creatively emphasizes its interdisciplinary characteristics and the function of immune cells and factors in maintaining bone homeostasis, providing new perspectives for skeletal-related field research. In recent years, bone immunology has gradually become a hot spot in the study of bone-related diseases. As a new branch of immunology, bone immunology emphasizes that the immune system can directly or indirectly affect bones through the RANKL/RANK/OPG signaling pathway, IL family, TNF-α, TGF-β, and IFN-γ. These effects are of great significance for understanding inflammatory bone loss caused by various autoimmune or infectious diseases. In addition, as an external environment that plays an important role in immunity and bone, this study pays attention to the role of exercise-mediated bone immunity in bone reconstruction.
骨骼可以构成身体的支架,支撑机体,协调躯体运动,并控制矿物质稳态和造血。免疫系统在机体中发挥免疫监督、防御和调节作用,主要由免疫器官(脾、骨髓、扁桃体、淋巴结等)、免疫细胞(粒细胞、血小板、淋巴细胞等)和免疫分子(免疫因子、干扰素、白细胞介素、肿瘤坏死因子等)组成。骨骼和免疫系统长期以来一直被认为是两个截然不同的研究领域,而骨髓作为骨骼和免疫系统的共同微环境,将两者紧密联系在一起。骨免疫学将骨骼和免疫系统有机地结合起来,阐明了免疫系统在骨骼中的作用,并创造性地强调了其跨学科特点以及免疫细胞和因子在维持骨骼稳态中的功能,为骨骼相关领域的研究提供了新的视角。近年来,骨免疫学逐渐成为骨骼相关疾病研究的热点。作为免疫学的一个新分支,骨免疫学强调免疫系统可以通过 RANKL/RANK/OPG 信号通路、IL 家族、TNF-α、TGF-β 和 IFN-γ 等直接或间接影响骨骼。这些作用对于理解各种自身免疫或感染性疾病引起的炎症性骨丢失具有重要意义。此外,作为对免疫和骨骼发挥重要作用的外部环境,该研究还关注了运动介导的骨骼免疫在骨骼重建中的作用。