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CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta promotes osteoblast differentiation by enhancing Runx2 activity with ATF4.


ABSTRACT: Although CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta (C/EBPbeta) is involved in osteocalcin gene expression in osteoblast in vitro, the physiological importance of and molecular mechanisms governing C/EBPbeta in bone formation remain to be elucidated. In particular, it remains unclear whether C/EBPbeta acts as a homodimer or a heterodimer with other proteins during osteoblast differentiation. Here, deletion of the C/EBPbeta gene from mice resulted in delayed bone formation with concurrent suppression of chondrocyte maturation and osteoblast differentiation. The expression of type X collagen as well as chondrocyte hypertrophy were suppressed in mutant bone, providing new insight into the possible roles of C/EBPbeta in chondrocyte maturation. In osteoblasts, luciferase reporter, gel shift, DNAP, and ChIP assays demonstrated that C/EBPbeta heterodimerized with activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), another basic leucine zipper transcription factor crucial for osteoblast maturation. This complex interacted and transactivated osteocalcin-specific element 1 (OSE1) of the osteocalcin promoter. C/EBPbeta also enhanced the synergistic effect of ATF4 and Runx2 on osteocalcin promoter transactivation by enhancing their interaction. Thus, our results provide evidence that C/EBPbeta is a crucial cofactor in the promotion of osteoblast maturation by Runx2 and ATF4.

SUBMITTER: Tominaga H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2592674 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta promotes osteoblast differentiation by enhancing Runx2 activity with ATF4.

Tominaga Hiroyuki H   Maeda Shingo S   Hayashi Makoto M   Takeda Shu S   Akira Shizuo S   Komiya Setsuro S   Nakamura Takashi T   Akiyama Haruhiko H   Imamura Takeshi T  

Molecular biology of the cell 20081008 12


Although CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta (C/EBPbeta) is involved in osteocalcin gene expression in osteoblast in vitro, the physiological importance of and molecular mechanisms governing C/EBPbeta in bone formation remain to be elucidated. In particular, it remains unclear whether C/EBPbeta acts as a homodimer or a heterodimer with other proteins during osteoblast differentiation. Here, deletion of the C/EBPbeta gene from mice resulted in delayed bone formation with concurrent suppression of  ...[more]

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