The tenascins are a growing family of extracellular matrix proteins of typical multidomain structure. The prototype to be discovered was tenascin-C. It shows a highly regulated expression pattern during embryonic development and is often transiently associated with morphogenetic tissue interactions
Regulation of tenascin expression in bone
β Scribed by Jessica M. Morgan; Alice Wong; Clare E. Yellowley; Damian C. Genetos
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 500 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0730-2312
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Tenascins regulate cell interaction with the surrounding pericellular matrix. Within bone, tenascins C and W influence osteoblast adhesion and differentiation, although little is known about the regulation of tenascin expression. In this study we examined the effect of osteogenic differentiation, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and Wnt growth factors, and mechanical loading on tenascin expression in osteogenic cells. Osteogenic differentiation increased tenascin C (TnC), and decreased tenascin W (TnW), expression. Both growth factors and mechanical loading increased both TnC and TnW expression, albeit via distinct signaling mechanisms. Both BMPβ2 and Wnt5a induction of tenascin expression were mediated by MAP kinases. These data establish a role for BMP, Wnts, and mechanical loading in the regulation of tenascin expression in osteoblasts. J. Cell. Biochem. 112: 3354β3363, 2011. Β© 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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