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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
25
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
Osteoclasts are specialized macrophages that resorb bone. Mice lacking the AP-1 component c-Fos are osteopetrotic because of a lack of osteoclast differentiation and show an increased number of macrophages. The nature of the critical function of c-Fos in osteoclast differentiation is not known. Microarray analysis revealed that Nfatc1, another key regulator of osteoclastogenesis, was down-regulated in Fos(-/-) osteoclast precursors. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay showed that c-Fos bound to the Nfatc1 and Acp5 promoters in osteoclasts. In vitro promoter analyses identified nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT)/AP-1 sites in the osteoclast-specific Acp5 and Calcr promoters. Moreover, in Fos(-/-) precursors gene transfer of an active form of NFAT restored transcription of osteoclast-specific genes in the presence of receptor activator of the NF-kappaB ligand (RANKL), rescuing bone resorption. In the absence of RANKL, however, Fos(-/-) precursors were insensitive to NFAT-induced osteoclastogenesis unlike wild-type precursors. These data indicate that lack of Nfatc1 expression is the cause of the differentiation block in Fos(-/-) osteoclast precursors and that transcriptional induction of Nfatc1 is a major function of c-Fos in osteoclast differentiation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
26475-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Macrophages, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-NFATC Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Osteoclasts, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-RANK Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15073183-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) rescues osteoclastogenesis in precursors lacking c-Fos.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. matsuo@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't