Bcl6 promotes osteoblastogenesis through Stat1 inhibition

Journal Article · Fri Feb 13 04:00:00 EST 2015 · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BBRC.2015.01.012· OSTI ID:22458482

Fujie, Atsuhiro; Funayama, Atsushi; Miyauchi, Yoshiteru ^[1]; Sato, Yuiko ^[1]; Kobayashi, Tami ^[1]; Kanagawa, Hiroya; Katsuyama, Eri; Hao, Wu; Tando, Toshimi; Watanabe, Ryuichi ^[1]; Morita, Mayu ^[2]; Miyamoto, Kana; Kanaji, Arihiko; Morioka, Hideo; Matsumoto, Morio; Toyama, Yoshiaki ^[1]; Miyamoto, Takeshi ^[1]

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1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582 (Japan)
2. Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582 (Japan)

Bone mass is tightly controlled by a balance between osteoclast and osteoblast activities. Although these cell types mature via different pathways, some factors reportedly regulate differentiation of both. Here, in a search for factors governing osteoblastogenesis but also expressed in osteoclasts to control both cell types by one molecule, we identified B cell lymphoma 6 (Bcl6) as one of those factors and show that it promotes osteoblast differentiation. Bcl6 was previously shown to negatively regulate osteoclastogenesis. We report that lack of Bcl6 results in significant inhibition of osteoblastogensis in vivo and in vitro and in defects in secondary ossification center formation in vivo. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (Stat1) reportedly attenuates osteoblast differentiation by inhibiting nuclear translocation of runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2), which is essential for osteoblast differentiation. We found that lack of Bcl6 resulted in significant elevation of Stat1 mRNA and protein expression in osteoblasts and showed that Stat1 is a direct target of Bcl6 using a chromatin immune-precipitation assay. Mice lacking both Bcl6 and Stat1 (DKO) exhibited significant rescue of bone mass and osteoblastic parameters as well as partial rescue of secondary ossification center formation compared with Bcl6-deficient mice in vivo. Altered osteoblastogenesis in Bcl6-deficient cells was also restored in DKO in vitro. Thus, Bcl6 plays crucial roles in regulating both osteoblast activation and osteoclast inhibition. - Highlights: • Bcl6 is required for osteoblast differentiation. • Bcl6{sup −/−} mice exhibited altered osteoblastogenesis and reduced bone mass in vivo and in vitro. • We identified Stat1 as a direct target of Bcl6 in osteoblasts. • Bcl6 and Stat1 doubly deficient mice exhibited rescued bone phenotypes compared with Bcl6{sup −/−} mice.

• OSTI ID: 22458482
• Journal Information: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Journal Name: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 457; ISSN 0006-291X; ISSN BBRCA9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
CHROMATIN
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
IN VITRO
IN VIVO
INHIBITION
LYMPHOMAS
MESSENGER-RNA
MICE
PHENOTYPE
SIGNALS
SKELETON
TRANSCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS
TRANSDUCERS