GSBS Student Publications
Title
Runt homology domain proteins in osteoblast differentiation: AML3/CBFA1 is a major component of a bone-specific complex
GSBS Program
Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Publication Date
1997-07-01
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Cell Biology
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
The AML/CBFA family of runt homology domain (rhd) transcription factors regulates expression of mammalian genes of the hematopoietic lineage. AML1, AML2 and AML3 are the three AML genes identified to date which influence myeloid cell growth and differentiation. Recently AML-related proteins were identified in an osteoblast-specific promoter binding complex that functionally modulates bone-restricted transcription of the osteocalcin gene. In the present study we demonstrate that in primary rat osteoblasts AML-3 is the AML family member present in the osteoblast-specific complex. Antibody specific for AML-3 completely supershifts this complex, in contrast to antibodies with specificity for AML-1 or AML-2, AML-3 is present as a single 5.4 kb transcript in bone tissues. To establish the functional involvement of AML factors in osteoblast differentiation, we pursued antisense strategies to alter expression of rhd genes. Treatment of osteoblast cultures with rhd antisense oligonucleotides significantly decreased three parameters which are linked to differentiation of normal diploid osteoblasts: the representation of alkaline phosphatase-positive cells, osteocalcin production, and the formation of mineralized nodules. Our findings indicate that AML-3 is a key transcription factor in bone cells and that the activity of rhd proteins is required for completion of osteoblast differentiation.
DOI of Published Version
10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19970701)66:1<1::AID-JCB1>3.0.CO;2-V
Source
J Cell Biochem. 1997 Jul 1;66(1):1-8.
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of cellular biochemistry
Related Resources
PubMed ID
9215522
Repository Citation
Banerjee C, McCabe LR, Choi J, Hiebert SW, Stein JL, Stein GS, Lian JB. (1997). Runt homology domain proteins in osteoblast differentiation: AML3/CBFA1 is a major component of a bone-specific complex. GSBS Student Publications. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19970701)66:1<1::AID-JCB1>3.0.CO;2-V. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/74