title: Runx3 negatively regulates Osterix expression in dental pulp cells.
abstract: Osterix, a zinc-finger-containing transcription factor, is required for osteoblast differentiation and bone formation. Osterix is also expressed in dental mesenchymal cells of the tooth germ. However, transcriptional regulation by Osterix in tooth development is not clear. Genetic studies in osteogenesis place Osterix downstream of Runx2 (Runt-related 2). The expression of Osterix in odontoblasts overlaps with Runx3 during terminal differentiation in vivo. Runx3 down-regulates Osterix expression in mouse DPCs (dental pulp cells). Therefore the regulatory role of Runx3 on Osterix expression in tooth development was investigated. Enforced expression of Runx3 down-regulated the activity of the Osterix promoter in the human embryonic kidney 293 cell line. When the Runx3 responsive element on the Osterix promoter, located at -713 to -707 bp (site 3, AGTGGTT) relative to the cap site, was mutated, this down-regulation was abrogated. Furthermore, electrophoretic mobility-shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation assays in mouse DPCs demonstrated direct functional binding of Runx3 to the Osterix promoter. These results demonstrate the transcriptional regulation of Osterix expression by Runx3 during differentiation of dental pulp cells into odontoblasts during tooth development.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Oral Disease Research, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi 474-8522, Japan.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Iohara
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Into
authors.forename: Teruko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takano-Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Misako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D050659:Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050677:Core Binding Factor Alpha 3 Subunit / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D000076182:Sp7 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: C525718:BMP2 protein, human; C525719:Bmp2 protein, mouse; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D050659:Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit; D050677:Core Binding Factor Alpha 3 Subunit; C493716:Runx2 protein, mouse; C493730:Runx3 protein, mouse; D000076182:Sp7 Transcription Factor; C479466:Sp7 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta