Title
Impaired cell cycle regulation of the osteoblast-related heterodimeric transcription factor Runx2-Cbfbeta in osteosarcoma cells
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
2009-12-10
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Animals; Cell Cycle; Cell Line; Cell Line, Tumor; Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit; Core Binding Factor beta Subunit; Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; G1 Phase; Gene Expression; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; Humans; Leupeptins; Mice; Mitosis; Osteoblasts; Osteosarcoma; Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex; Rats; Ubiquitination
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
Bone formation and osteoblast differentiation require the functional expression of the Runx2/Cbfbeta heterodimeric transcription factor complex. Runx2 is also a suppressor of proliferation in osteoblasts by attenuating cell cycle progression in G(1). Runx2 levels are modulated during the cell cycle, which are maximal in G(1) and minimal beyond the G(1)/S phase transition (S, G(2), and M phases). It is not known whether Cbfbeta gene expression is cell cycle controlled in preosteoblasts nor how Runx2 or Cbfbeta are regulated during the cell cycle in bone cancer cells. We investigated Runx2 and Cbfbeta gene expression during cell cycle progression in MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts, as well as ROS17/2.8 and SaOS-2 osteosarcoma cells. Runx2 protein levels are reduced as expected in MC3T3-E1 cells arrested in late G(1) (by mimosine) or M phase (by nocodazole), but not in cell cycle arrested osteosarcoma cells. Cbfbeta protein levels are cell cycle independent in both osteoblasts and osteosarcoma cells. In synchronized MC3T3-E1 osteoblasts progressing from late G1 or mitosis, Runx2 levels but not Cbfbeta levels are cell cycle regulated. However, both factors are constitutively elevated throughout the cell cycle in osteosarcoma cells. Proteasome inhibition by MG132 stabilizes Runx2 protein levels in late G(1) and S in MC3T3-E1 cells, but not in ROS17/2.8 and SaOS-2 osteosarcoma cells. Thus, proteasomal degradation of Runx2 is deregulated in osteosarcoma cells. We propose that cell cycle control of Runx2 gene expression is impaired in osteosarcomas and that this deregulation may contribute to the pathogenesis of osteosarcoma.
DOI of Published Version
10.1002/jcp.21894
Source
J Cell Physiol. 2009 Dec;221(3):560-71. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of cellular physiology
Related Resources
PubMed ID
19739101
Repository Citation
San Martin, Inga A.; Varela, Nelson; Gaete, Marcia; Villegas, Karina; Osorio, Mariana; Tapia, Julio; Antonelli, Marcelo; Mancilla, Edna E.; Pereira, Barry P.; Nathan, Saminathan S.; Lian, Jane B.; Stein, Janet L.; Stein, Gary S.; Van Wijnen, Andre J.; and Galindo, Mario, "Impaired cell cycle regulation of the osteoblast-related heterodimeric transcription factor Runx2-Cbfbeta in osteosarcoma cells" (2009). Stein, Stein, Lian, vanWijnen Lab Publications. 29.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/stein/29