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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2017

Wnt3a induces the expression of acetylcholinesterase during osteoblast differentiation via the Runx2 transcription factor.

Miranda L Xu, Cathy W C Bi, Etta Y L Liu, Tina T X Dong, Karl W K Tsim

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Miranda L XuDivision of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Cathy W C BiDivision of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Etta Y L LiuDivision of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Tina T X DongDivision of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China.
Karl W K TsimDivision of Life Science and Center for Chinese Medicine, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China; HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China. Electronic address: botsim@ust.hk.
HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) hydrolyzes acetylcholine to terminate cholinergic transmission in neurons. Apart from this AChE activity, emerging evidence suggests that AChE could also function in other, non-neuronal cells. For instance, in bone, AChE exists as a proline-rich membrane anchor (PRiMA)-linked globular form in osteoblasts, in which it is proposed to play a noncholinergic role in differentiation. However, this hypothesis is untested. Here, we found that in cultured rat osteoblasts, AChE expression was increased in parallel with osteoblastic differentiation. Because several lines of evidence indicate that AChE activity in osteoblast could be triggered by Wnt/β-catenin signaling, we added recombinant human Wnt3a to cultured osteoblasts and found that this addition induced expression of the

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Cell DifferentiationGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicAcetylcholinesteraseAnimalsCells, CulturedCore Binding Factor Alpha 1 SubunitHumansOsteoblastsRatsWnt3A ProteinAcetylcholinesteraseCore Binding Factor Alpha 1 SubunitWnt3A ProteinWNT3A protein, humanacetylcholinesterase (AChE)differentiationDNA methylationosteoblastRunx2Wnt signaling

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PMID28607150
PMCPMC5535040
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