PMID- 10504300 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000110 LR - 20120625 IS - 0021-9533 (Print) IS - 0021-9533 (Linking) VI - 112 ( Pt 20) DP - 1999 Oct TI - Characterization of bone morphogenetic protein-6 signaling pathways in osteoblast differentiation. PG - 3519-27 AB - Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-6 is a member of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-(&bgr;) superfamily, and is most similar to BMP-5, osteogenic protein (OP)-1/BMP-7, and OP-2/BMP-8. In the present study, we characterized the endogenous BMP-6 signaling pathway during osteoblast differentiation. BMP-6 strongly induced alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in cells of osteoblast lineage, including C2C12 cells, MC3T3-E1 cells, and ROB-C26 cells. The profile of binding of BMP-6 to type I and type II receptors was similar to that of OP-1/BMP-7 in C2C12 cells and MC3T3-E1 cells; BMP-6 strongly bound to activin receptor-like kinase (ALK)-2 (also termed ActR-I), together with type II receptors, i.e. BMP type II receptor (BMPR-II) and activin type II receptor (ActR-II). In addition, BMP-6 weakly bound to BMPR-IA (ALK-3), to which BMP-2 also bound. In contrast, binding of BMP-6 to BMPR-IB (ALK-6), and less efficiently to ALK-2 and BMPR-IA, together with BMPR-II was detected in ROB-C26 cells. Intracellular signalling was further studied using C2C12 and MC3T3-E1 cells. Among the receptor-regulated Smads activated by BMP receptors, BMP-6 strongly induced phosphorylation and nuclear accumulation of Smad5, and less efficiently those of Smad1. However, Smad8 was constitutively phosphorylated, and no further phosphorylation or nuclear accumulation of Smad8 by BMP-6 was observed. These findings indicate that in the process of differentiation to osteoblasts, BMP-6 binds to ALK-2 as well as other type I receptors, and transduces signals mainly through Smad5 and possibly through Smad1. FAU - Ebisawa, T AU - Ebisawa T AD - Department of Biochemistry, The Cancer Institute of JFCR, and Research for the Future Program, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170-8455, Japan. FAU - Tada, K AU - Tada K FAU - Kitajima, I AU - Kitajima I FAU - Tojo, K AU - Tojo K FAU - Sampath, T K AU - Sampath TK FAU - Kawabata, M AU - Kawabata M FAU - Miyazono, K AU - Miyazono K FAU - Imamura, T AU - Imamura T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Cell Sci JT - Journal of cell science JID - 0052457 RN - 0 (Bmp6 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein 6) RN - 0 (Bone Morphogenetic Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Growth Factor) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.30 (Activin Receptors, Type I) RN - EC 2.7.11.30 (Activin Receptors, Type II) RN - EC 2.7.11.30 (BMPR1A protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.30 (BMPR1B protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.30 (Bmpr2 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.30 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type I) RN - EC 2.7.11.30 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type II) RN - EC 3.1.3.1 (Alkaline Phosphatase) SB - IM MH - 3T3 Cells MH - Activin Receptors, Type I MH - Activin Receptors, Type II MH - Alkaline Phosphatase/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 6 MH - Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type I MH - Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptors, Type II MH - Bone Morphogenetic Proteins/pharmacology/*physiology MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Division MH - Cell Line MH - Kinetics MH - Mice MH - Osteoblasts/*cytology MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism/physiology MH - Receptors, Growth Factor/physiology MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Transfection EDAT- 1999/10/03 00:00 MHDA- 1999/10/03 00:01 CRDT- 1999/10/03 00:00 PHST- 1999/10/03 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/10/03 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/10/03 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Sci. 1999 Oct;112 ( Pt 20):3519-27.