MOLECULAR BASIS OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Dual Functional Roles of Dentin Matrix Protein 1: IMPLICATIONS IN BIOMINERALIZATION AND GENE TRANSCRIPTION BY ACTIVATION OF INTRACELLULAR Ca2+ STORE*

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Dentin matrix protein 1 (DMP1) is a bone- and teeth-specific protein initially identified from mineralized dentin. Here we report that DMP1 is primarily localized in the nuclear compartment of undifferentiated osteoblasts. In the nucleus, DMP1 acts as a transcriptional component for activation of osteoblast-specific genes like osteocalcin. During the early phase of osteoblast maturation, Ca2+ surges into the nucleus from the cytoplasm, triggering the phosphorylation of DMP1 by a nuclear isoform of casein kinase II. This phosphorylated DMP1 is then exported out into the extracellular matrix, where it regulates nucleation of hydroxyapatite. Thus, DMP1 is a unique molecule that initiates osteoblast differentiation by transcription in the nucleus and orchestrates mineralized matrix formation extracellularly, at later stages of osteoblast maturation. The data presented here represent a paradigm shift in the understanding of DMP1 function. This information is crucial in understanding normal bone formation, remodeling, fracture healing, and skeletal tissue repair.

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Published, JBC Papers in Press, March 3, 2003, DOI 10.1074/jbc.M212700200

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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants DE-11657 (to A. G.), DE-13836 (to A. G.), and GM60741 (to M. C.).The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. The article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.