Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-21-2011
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M110.151647
Abstract
Mineralization, a characteristic phenotypic property of osteoblastic lineage cells, was blocked by AEBSF and dec-RRLL-cmk, inhibitors of SKI-1 (site 1; subtilisin kexin like-1) protease. Since SKI-1 is required for activation of SREBP and CREB/ATF family transcription factors, we tested the effect of these inhibitors on gene expression. AEBSF decreased expression of 140 genes by 1.5- to 3.0-fold including Phex, Dmp1, COL1A1, COL11A1 and fibronectin. Direct comparison of AEBSF and dec-RRLL-cmk, a more specific SKI-1 inhibitor, demonstrated that expression of Phex, Dmp1, COL11A1 and fibronectin was reduced by both while COL1A2 and HMGCS1 were reduced only by AEBSF. AEBSF and dec-RRLL-cmk decreased the nuclear content of SKI-1 activated forms of transcription factors SREBP-1, SREBP-2, and OASIS. In contrast to AEBSF, the actions of dec-RRLL-cmk represent the sum of its direct actions on SKI-1 and indirect actions on caspase-3. Specifically, dec-RRLL-cmk reduced intracellular caspase-3 activity by blocking the formation of activated 19 kDa caspase-3. Conversely, over-expression of SKI-1 activated SREBP-1a and CREB-H in UMR106-01 osteoblastic cells increased the number of mineralized foci and altered their morphology to yield mineralization nodules, respectively. In summary, SKI-1 regulates the activation of transmembrane transcription factor precursors required for expression of key genes required for mineralization of osteoblastic cultures in vitro and bone formation in vivo. Our results indicate that the differentiated phenotype of osteoblastic cells, and possibly osteocytes, depends upon the non-apoptotic actions of SKI-1.
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This is an author-produced, peer-reviewed version of this article. The final, definitive version of this document can be found online at Journal of Biological Chemistry, published by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Copyright restrictions may apply. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.151647
Publication Information
Gorski, Jeff P.; Huffman, Nichole T.; Chittur, Sridar; Midura, Ronald J.; Black, Claudine; Oxford, Julia; and Seidah, Nabil G.. (2011). "Inhibition of Proprotein Convertase Ski-1 Blocks Transcription of Key Extracellular Matrix Genes Regulating Osteoblastic Mineralization". Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286(3), 1836–1849.