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Osteopenia In Transgenic Mice With Osteoblast-Targeted Expression Of The Inducible Camp Early Repressor, Taranpreet K. Chandhoke, Yu-Feng Huang, Fei Liu, Gloria A. Gronowicz, Douglas J. Adams, John R. Harrison, Barbara E. Kream
Osteopenia In Transgenic Mice With Osteoblast-Targeted Expression Of The Inducible Camp Early Repressor, Taranpreet K. Chandhoke, Yu-Feng Huang, Fei Liu, Gloria A. Gronowicz, Douglas J. Adams, John R. Harrison, Barbara E. Kream
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ICER is a member of the CREM family of basic leucine zipper transcription factors that acts as a dominant negative regulator of gene transcription. Four different isoforms of ICER (I, Iγ, II and IIγ) are transcribed from the P2 promoter of the Crem gene. We previously found that each of the ICER isoforms is induced by parathyroid hormone in osteoblasts. The goal of the present study was to assess the function of ICER in bone by overexpressing ICER in osteoblasts of transgenic mice. ICER I and ICER II cDNAs, each containing an N-terminal FLAG epitope tag, were cloned downstream of …
Expression And Function Of Dlx Genes In The Osteoblast Lineage, Haitao Li, Inga Marijanovic, Mark S. Kronenberg, Ivana Erceg, Mary Louise Stover, Dimitrios Velonis, Mina Mina, William B. Upholt, Ivo Kalajzic, Alexander C. Lichtler
Expression And Function Of Dlx Genes In The Osteoblast Lineage, Haitao Li, Inga Marijanovic, Mark S. Kronenberg, Ivana Erceg, Mary Louise Stover, Dimitrios Velonis, Mina Mina, William B. Upholt, Ivo Kalajzic, Alexander C. Lichtler
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Our laboratory and others have shown that overexpression of Dlx5 stimulates osteoblast differentiation. Dlx5−/−/Dlx6−/− mice have more severe craniofacial and limb defects than Dlx5−/−, some of which are potentially due to defects in osteoblast maturation. We wished to investigate the degree to which other Dlx genes compensate for the lack of Dlx5, thus allowing normal development of the majority of skeletal elements in Dlx5−/− mice. Dlx gene expression in cells from different stages of the osteoblast lineage isolated by FACS sorting showed that Dlx2, Dlx5 and Dlx6 are expressed most strongly in less mature …