title: Competing roles of TGFbeta and Nma/BAMBI in odontoblasts.
abstract: Nma/BAMBI is a novel pseudoreceptor with homology to a TGFbeta type I receptor that lacks a serine/threonine kinase domain. Nma/BAMBI functions as a dominant-negative protein that regulates reciprocal epithelial-mesenchymal interactions during organogenesis. Therefore, we hypothesized that Nma/BAMBI regulates TGFbeta signaling and downstream gene expression during dentinogenesis. To test this hypothesis, we examined the downstream gene expression profiles of major dentin extracellular matrix proteins in response to Nma/BAMBI, and we examined the roles of Nma/BAMBI and TGFbeta-1 during dentinogenesis. Overexpression of Nma/BAMBI in the mouse odontoblast-like cell line MD10-A2 down-regulated expression of DSPP by 66% and up-regulated expression of DMP1 four-fold. TGFbeta treatment reversed Nma/BAMBI's negative effect on DSPP expression. Furthermore, we demonstrated that TGFbeta negatively regulates Nma/BAMBI's expression levels in MD10-A2 odontoblast-like cells. Analysis of these data, together, indicates that TGFbeta and Nma/BAMBI are inversely regulated and that the sequence of expression determines the net effect on downstream gene expression.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Dental School, Department of Dental Diagnostic Science, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, MCS 7888, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA. knightcb@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: MacDougall
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003804:Dentin / Q000378:metabolism; D003810:Dentinogenesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics; D008156:Luciferases; D049408:Luminescent Agents; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009804:Odontoblasts / Q000502:physiology*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017385:Sequence Homology; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014162:Transfection; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D000099311:Dentin Sialophosphoprotein
chemical_list: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D008156:Luciferases; D049408:Luminescent Agents; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D000077293:Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D000099311:Dentin Sialophosphoprotein; C485672:Bambi protein, mouse; C513308:Dmp1 protein, mouse