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February 23, 2026The FASEB Journal7 citationsOpen Access

Aging‐Driven Inter‐Organ Crosstalk in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: From Immunometabolic Drift to Multisystem Frailty

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XRXianlin RaoXCXiaoyu Cai

Key Points

  • To explore the inter-organ communication mechanisms in postmenopausal osteoporosis and their implication on multisystem frailty.
  • Synthesis of evidence regarding aging-associated effects on bone marrow, muscle, and other tissues.
  • Analysis of control nodes like RANKL-RANK-OPG imbalance and Th17/Treg disequilibrium.
  • Examination of the role of microbiota-derived metabolites and exercise-responsive myokines.
  • Found that senescence and inflammation propagate through extracellular vesicles.
  • Identified disruptions in immune and metabolic pathways contributing to osteoporosis and frailty.
  • Proposed a network reset for integrated management of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Abstract

Postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMOP) is increasingly recognized as an aging-associated, multisystem vulnerability state in which estrogen withdrawal amplifies immune and metabolic drift across bone marrow, muscle, adipose tissue, the gut, vasculature, and neural circuits. We synthesize evidence that key control nodes including RANKL-RANK-OPG imbalance, Th17/Treg disequilibrium, loss of regulatory B cell IL-10 restraint, inflammatory myeloid polarization, and expansion of bone marrow adipose tissue encode persistent osteoclastogenic tone and impaired formation. We map how microbiota-derived metabolites and barrier dysfunction tune osteoimmunity, and how exercise-responsive myokines and metabolites can counteract drift. Extracellular vesicles emerge as bidirectional couriers that propagate senescence and inflammation or support repair, but clinical translation requires ISEV-aligned methodological rigor and robust manufacturing, biodistribution, and safety frameworks. Building on these inter-organ axes, we propose a phenotype-aware "network reset" roadmap that integrates antifracture therapy with functional restoration, falls prevention, cardiometabolic risk control, and inflammatory monitoring, prioritizing composite endpoints and real-world implementation infrastructure. This systems framing shifts PMOP management from bone-only correction toward coordinated restoration of whole-body resilience.

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Rao et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699ba08472792ae9fd870365https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202505069r
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