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JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 106, Issue 3, Pages 404-414Publisher
JAPANESE PHARMACOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.FP0072043
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runx2/Cbfa1; angiopoletin-1; microarray; osteochondrogenesis; ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL)
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Ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine (OPLL) is characterized by ectopic ossification in the spinal ligaments, which enlarges with time and compresses the spinal cord, resulting in serious neurological symptoms. We previously reported that Runx2 expression was enhanced in spinal ligament cells from OPLL patients (OPLL cells). To clarify genes regulated by Runx2, Runx2 expression was first enhanced by culturing primary OPLL cells in osteogenic medium (OS induction) and then inhibited by siRNAs targeted to Runx2. DNA microarray demonstrated that in addition to chondrogenic factors such as connective tissue growth factor and cartilage oligomeric matrix protein, anglopoictin-1 was also significantly increased by OS induction and decreased by siRNAs for Runx2 in OPLL cells, suggesting that these genes are regulated by Runx2. However, these changes were not observed in non-OPLL control cells (from cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients). Furthermore, Runx2 was not decreased by siRNAs for angiopoletin-1. OS induction and RNAi inhibition of angiopoletin-1 expression was also observed in osteoblasts. Both siRNAs for Runx2 and angiopoletin-1 completely inhibited aggrecan-1 expression. These results suggest that anglopoietin-1 is downstream of Runx2 in both OPLL primary cells and osteoblasts. Angiopoietin-1 may play an important role in ectopic ossification.
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