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NATURE MEDICINE
Volume 6, Issue 9, Pages 980-984Publisher
NATURE AMERICA INC
DOI: 10.1038/79676
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Bone formation by osteoblasts is essential for skeletal growth and remodeling. Fra-1 is a c-fos-related protein belonging to the AP-1 family of transcription factors. Here we show that transgenic mice overexpressing Fra-1 in various organs develop a progressive increase in bone mass leading to osteosclerosis of the entire skeleton, which is due to a cell-autonomous increase in the number of mature osteoblasts. Moreover, osteoblast differentiation, but not proliferation, was enhanced and osteoclastogenesis was also elevated in vitro. These data indicate that, unlike c-Fos, which causes osteosarcomas, Fra-1 specifically enhances bone formation, which may be exploited to stimulate bone formation in pathological conditions.
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