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JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 84, Issue 3, Pages 625-635Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10050
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Na+/Ca2+ exchanger; plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase; mineralization; osteoblasts; cell polarity
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL &CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH [R01DE009459] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIDCR NIH HHS [DE 09459] Funding Source: Medline
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The ability to deliver calcium to the osteoid is critical to osteoblast function as a regulator of bone calcification. There are two known transmembrane proteins capable of translocating calcium out of the osteoblast, the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) and the plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA). In this study, we reveal the presence of the NCX3 isoform in primary osteoblasts and examine the expression of NCX1, NCX3, and PMCA1 during osteoblast differentiation. The predominant NCX isoform expressed by osteoblasts is NCX3. NCX1 also is expressed, but at low levels. Both NCX isoforms are expressed at nearly static levels throughout differentiation. In contrast, PMCA expression peaks at 8 days of culture, early in osteoblast differentiation, but declines thereafter. Immunocytochemical co-detection of NCX and PMCA reveal that NCX is positioned along surfaces of the osteoblast adjacent to osteoid, while PMCA is localized to plasma membrane sites distal to the osteoid. The-expression pattern and spatial distribution of NCX support a role as a regulator of calcium efflux from osteoblasts required for calcification. The expression pattern and spatial distribution of PMCA makes its role in the mineralization process unlikely and suggests a role in calcium homeostasis following signaling events. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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