title: Localization of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs)-2, -4, and -6 within megakaryocytes and platelets.
abstract: In this study, we localized bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs), proteins known to induce ectopic osteogenesis, within megakaryocytes and in lysates of human platelets. Immunohistochemistry localized BMP-2, -4, and -6 within marrow megakaryocytes of 5-week-old rat tibias. In situ hybridization was utilized to confirm the presence of BMP-2, BMP-4, and BMP-6 mRNA in 2- to 3-week-old mouse tibial marrow megakaryocytes. Finally, the presence of BMP-2, -4, and -6 was confirmed in human platelet lysates using Western blot technique. The expression and release of BMPs by megakaryocytes, within platelets and perhaps by secretion, may help to explain recent reports of excessive bone formation associated with increased numbers of marrow megakaryocytes in GATA-1- or NF-E2 gene-deficient mice. Also, excess local release of BMPs may provide an explanation for the bone overgrowth (osteosclerosis) seen in human patients suffering from a type of myelogenous leukemia characterized by increased numbers of marrow megakaryocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sipe
authors.forename: Jianghong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chad
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waits
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skikne
authors.forename: Rama
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garimella
authors.forename: H Clarke
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D055418:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 6; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C525718:BMP2 protein, human; C525809:BMP4 protein, human; C525816:BMP6 protein, human; C525719:Bmp2 protein, mouse; C525720:Bmp2 protein, rat; C525810:Bmp4 protein, mouse; C525811:Bmp4 protein, rat; C525817:Bmp6 protein, mouse; C525818:Bmp6 protein, rat; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; D055418:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 6; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta