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Homeobox Proteins as Signal Transduction Intermediates in Regulation of NCAM Expression by Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 in Osteoblast-like Cells

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Abstract

The role of homeobox genes in signaling of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) was studied in osteoblast-like cells. Expression of several homeobox genes was decreased by rhBMP-2. The finding that this regulation of homeobox gene expression by rhBMP-2 was not dependent on protein synthesis suggests that homeobox proteins can act as direct intermediates in signal transduction of BMPs. Therefore, we studied the regulation of neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), which has previously been described as a target gene of both rhBMP-2 and homeobox proteins. We now show that in osteoblast-like cells, rhBMP-2 inhibits NCAM expression, while HOXC6 increases its expression, both acting via the same region of the promoter. As overexpression of HOXC6 could abolish effects of rhBMP-2 on NCAM promoter activity, these data show for the first time that members of the homeobox gene family may form direct functional intermediates in the signaling mechanism of the TGF-β superfamily.

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