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Bone-targeted overexpression of Bcl-2 increases osteoblast adhesion and differentiation and inhibits mineralization in vitro.
Zhang, W; Pantschenko, A G; McCarthy, M-B; Gronowicz, G.
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  • Zhang W; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030, USA.
Calcif Tissue Int ; 80(2): 111-22, 2007 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17308993
Apoptosis is a process important for the development and homeostasis of self-renewing tissues, including bone. However, little is known about the function of Bcl-2, a key player of apoptosis, in the regulation of osteoblast activity. Ex vivo cultures of osteoblasts from Col2.3Bcl-2 mice, in which human Bcl-2 was targeted to bone by the 2.3 kb fragment of the type I collagen promoter, were used to study the effect of Bcl-2 in osteoblasts. During 35 days of culture, hBcl-2 expression increased without any effect on endogenous mouse Bcl-2 and Bax expression. Adhesion of transgenic (TG) osteoblasts was twofold more than that of wild-type (WT) cells, with significantly higher expression of integrins alpha(1), alpha(2), and alpha(5) but similar levels of alpha(v) and beta(1) relative to WT cells. Proliferation of osteoblasts was not affected. Overexpression of hBcl-2 promoted the differentiation of osteoblasts, as shown by increased message levels of alkaline phosphatase, type I collagen, bone sialoprotein, and osteocalcin in the TG compared to WT cells throughout the culture period. The two transcription factors essential for osteoblast differentiation, core binding factor alpha 1 (Cbfa-1) and osterix, had significantly higher expression in TG than WT cells during the early culture period. ss-Catenin, a central player in the canonical Wnt pathway, also had higher expression in TG than WT cultures. Mineralization was significantly decreased in TG cultures, with less osteoblast apoptosis, compared to WT. Thus, Bcl-2 seems to have multiple roles in modulating osteoblast activities.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Osteoblastos / Osso e Ossos / Calcificação Fisiológica / Diferenciação Celular / Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2 Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Calcif Tissue Int Ano de publicação: 2007 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Osteoblastos / Osso e Ossos / Calcificação Fisiológica / Diferenciação Celular / Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-2 Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Calcif Tissue Int Ano de publicação: 2007 Tipo de documento: Article