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Inhibition of human osteoblast marker gene expression by retinoids is mediated in part by insulin-like growth factor binding protein-6

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Abstract

All-trans -retinoic acid (atRA) inhibits osteoblast marker gene expression and markedly increases expression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-6 (IGFBP-6) in human osteoblasts. The possibility that IGFBP-6 inhibits the osteoblast phenotype and also mediates the inhibitory effect of atRA on osteoblast marker gene expression was explored using an antisense approach. Stable human osteoblast-like osteosarcoma SaOS-2 cells were prepared that expressed antisense IGFBP-6 RNA under basal and atRA-stimulated conditions. The functional expression of IGFBP-6 antisense RNA was confirmed by measuring IGFBP-6 mRNA by Northern analysis or by measuring IGFBP-6 protein in the conditioned media (CM) by radioimmunoassay. Antisense clones produced less mRNA and had less IGFBP-6 protein in the CM than controls. IGFBP-6 protein levels in the CM were inversely correlated with alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, whereas IGFBP-3 and IGFBP-4 protein levels were not. We reasoned that atRA would have little or no effect on ALP activity in IGFBP-6 antisense clones if atRA mediated its inhibitory effects by recruiting IGFBP-6. In the majority of IGFBP-6 antisense clones with the lowest IGFBP-6 mRNA and CM protein levels and only modest changes in other IGF system components, atRA did not significantly decrease ALP activity. These findings provide evidence that atRA recruits IGFBP-6 to inhibit the human osteoblast phenotype.

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    Correspondence to: Donna D. Strong, J.L. Pettis Veterans' Medical Center, Research 151, 11201 Benton St., Loma Linda, CA 92357, USA. Tel: (909) 825-7084 ext. 1987; Fax: (909) 796-1680; E-mail: [email protected]

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