Abstract
E3 ubiquitin ligase Cbl-b and c-Cbl play important roles in bone formation and maintenance. Cbl-b and c-Cbl regulate the activity of various receptor tyrosine kinases and intracellular protein tyrosine kinases mainly by regulating the degradation of target proteins. However, the precise mechanisms of how Cbl-b and c-Cbl regulate osteoblast differentiation are not well known. In this study, we investigated potential targets of Cbl-b and c-Cbl. We found that Cbl-b and c-Cbl inhibit BMP2-induced osteoblast differentiation in mesenchymal cells. Among various osteogenic transcription factors, we identified that Cbl-b and c-Cbl suppress the protein stability and transcriptional activity of Osterix. Our results suggest that Cbl-b and c-Cbl inhibit the function of Osterix by enhancing the ubiquitin-proteasome-mediated degradation of Osterix. Taken together, we propose novel regulatory roles of Cbl-b and c-Cbl during osteoblast differentiation in which Cbl-b and c-Cbl regulate the degradation of Osterix through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 201-209 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Bone |
Volume | 75 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jun 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grants funded by the Korean government (MSIP) to KYL ( NRF-2013R1A2A2A07067609 ), YHC ( 2014R1A6A3A01059423 ) and CYY ( 2012R1A5A1048236 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
Keywords
- Cbl
- Osteoblast differentiation
- Osterix
- Ubiquitination