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SUBMITTER: Zhao H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2480494 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhao Haibo H Ito Yuji Y Chappel Jean J Andrews Norma W NW Teitelbaum Steven L SL Ross F Patrick FP
Developmental cell 20080601 6
Maintenance of bone mass and integrity requires a tight balance between resorption by osteoclasts and formation by osteoblasts. Exocytosis of functional proteins is a prerequisite for the activity of both cells. In the present study, we show that synaptotagmin VII, a calcium sensor protein that regulates exocytosis, is associated with lysosomes in osteoclasts and bone matrix protein-containing vesicles in osteoblasts. Absence of synaptotagmin VII inhibits cathepsin K secretion and formation of t ...[more]