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ArticleMolecular & cellular proteomics : MCP2013

Activin A suppresses osteoblast mineralization capacity by altering extracellular matrix (ECM) composition and impairing matrix vesicle (MV) production.

Rodrigo D A M Alves, Marco Eijken, Karel Bezstarosti, Jeroen A A Demmers, Johannes P T M van Leeuwen

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Article in Molecular & cellular proteomics : MCP, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Follistatin Effects in Migration, Vascularization, and OsteogenesisFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2019
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  11. Skeletal Response to Soluble Activin Receptor Type IIB in Mouse Models of Osteogenesis Imperfecta.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2018
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  13. Anabolic Strategies to Augment Bone Fracture Healing.Current osteoporosis reports · 2018
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  14. TGF-β Family Signaling in Mesenchymal Differentiation.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rodrigo D A M AlvesDepartment of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
Marco Eijken
Karel Bezstarosti
Jeroen A A Demmers
Johannes P T M van Leeuwen
Erasmus MC · NLErasmus University Rotterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During bone formation, osteoblasts deposit an extracellular matrix (ECM) that is mineralized via a process involving production and secretion of highly specialized matrix vesicles (MVs). Activin A, a transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily member, was previously shown to have inhibitory effects in human bone formation models through unclear mechanisms. We investigated these mechanisms elicited by activin A during in vitro osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC). Activin A inhibition of ECM mineralization coincided with a strong decline in alkaline phosphatase (ALP(1)) activity in extracellular compartments, ECM and matrix vesicles. SILAC-based quantitative proteomics disclosed intricate protein composition alterations in the activin A ECM, including changed expression of collagen XII, osteonectin and several cytoskeleton-binding proteins. Moreover, in activin A osteoblasts matrix vesicle production was deficient containing very low expression of annexin proteins. ECM enhanced human mesenchymal stem cell osteogenic development and mineralization. This osteogenic enhancement was significantly decreased when human mesenchymal stem cells were cultured on ECM produced under activin A treatment. These findings demonstrate that activin A targets the ECM maturation phase of osteoblast differentiation resulting ultimately in the inhibition of mineralization. ECM proteins modulated by activin A are not only determinant for bone mineralization but also possess osteoinductive properties that are relevant for bone tissue regeneration.

Indexed as

ActivinsAlkaline PhosphataseCalcification, PhysiologicCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedExtracellular MatrixHumansMesenchymal Stem CellsOsteoblastsTransport Vesiclesactivin AActivinsAlkaline Phosphatase

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PMID23781072
PMCPMC3790298
OpenAlexW2133473323

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