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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Skeletal growth and homeostasis require the finely orchestrated secretion of mineralized tissue matrices by highly specialized cells, balanced with their degradation by osteoclasts. Time- and site-specific expression of Dlx and Msx homeobox genes in the cells secreting these matrices have been identified as important elements in the regulation of skeletal morphology. Such specific expression patterns have also been reported in osteoclasts for Msx genes. The aim of the present study was to establish the expression patterns of Dlx genes in osteoclasts and identify their function in regulating skeletal morphology. The expression patterns of all Dlx genes were examined during the whole osteoclastogenesis using different in vitro models. The results revealed that Dlx1 and Dlx2 are the only Dlx family members with a possible function in osteoclastogenesis as well as in mature osteoclasts. Dlx5 and Dlx6 were detected in the cultures but appear to be markers of monocytes and their derivatives. In vivo, Dlx2 expression in osteoclasts was examined using a Dlx2/LacZ transgenic mouse. Dlx2 is expressed in a subpopulation of osteoclasts in association with tooth, brain, nerve, and bone marrow volumetric growths. Altogether the present data suggest a role for Dlx2 in regulation of skeletal morphogenesis via functions within osteoclasts.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1097-4652
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
223
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
779-87
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Acid Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Mandible, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Matrix Metalloproteinase 9, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Multigene Family, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Osteoclasts, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Osteogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20205208-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Dlx homeobox gene family expression in osteoclasts.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM, UMR 872, Centre de Recherche des Cordeliers, Paris, France. frederic.lezot@crc.jussieu.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't