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GENES TO CELLS
卷 14, 期 2, 页码 141-153出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2008.01258.x
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research
- [16390529]
- [18659547]
- [19390469]
Wnt/beta-catenin signaling plays an important role in the developing skeletal system. Our previous studies demonstrated that Wnt/beta-catenin signaling inhibits the ability of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-2 to suppress myotube formation in the multipotent mesenchymal cell line C2C12 and that this inhibition is mediated by Id1. In this study, we examined the role of intracellular signaling by Wnt/beta-catenin and BMP-2 in regulating the expression of osteoprotegerin (OPG) and of the receptor activator of NF kappa B ligand (RANKL). OPG expression was induced by Wnt/beta-catenin signaling in C2C12 cells and osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells. Silencing of glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta also increased OPG expression. In contrast, R expression was suppressed by Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. In a transfection assay, beta-catenin induced the activity of a reporter gene, a 1.5 kb fragment of the 5'-flanking region of the OPG gene. Deletion and mutation analysis revealed that Wnt/beta-catenin signaling regulates transcription of OPG via a promoter region containing two Wnt/beta-catenin responsive sites. BMP-2 enhanced Wnt/beta-catenin-dependent transcriptional activation of the OPG promoter. In response to BMP-2 stimulation, Smad 1 and 4 interacted with Wnt/beta-catenin responsive sites. These results show that the regulation of OPG expression is mediated through two transcription pathways that involve the OPG promoter.
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