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Query: EC:3.4.24.3 (collagenase)
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Bone remodeling requires regulated tyrosine phosphorylation mediated by specific protein tyrosine kinases, such as c-src and c-fms, and to date, unknown protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). We previously reported the isolation of a novel bone-specific receptor PTP, named osteotesticular PTP (OST-PTP), which is regulated during osteoblast differentiation and after exposure to PTH. To determine the relevance of this PTH regulation, we characterized the PTH-induced increase in OST-PTP messenger RNA (mRNA) in UMR 106 cells in comparison with PTH effects on a related receptor PTP and a PTH regulated gene, rat collagenase. Treatment of cells with rat PTH 1-34 (rPTH) resulted in a dramatic concentration and time-dependent increase in OST-PTP mRNA with a threshold at 4 h (= or < 1nM rPTH) and maximal response of 6- 10-fold above control levels at 8 h (100 nM rPTH). An increase in collagenase mRNA was detectable 2 h earlier at 100 pM rPTH with a maximal response at least 5-fold greater than that observed for OST- PTP. Levels of mRNA for the structurally similar PTP, rat leucocyte antigen-related molecule, were unaffected by rPTH treatment. Administration of cycloheximide (5-100 microM) abolished the OST-PTP and collagenase responses to PTH. The cAMP analogs, CPT-cAMP (0.01-1mM; 8 h) or Sp-cAMP (0.1 and 0.5 mM) were equal or greater in their effectiveness to enhance both OST-PTP and collagenase mRNA as compared with rPTH. In contrast, phorbol esters, calcium ionophore, bovine PTH (3-34), or human PTHrP (7-34) had no effect on either transcript. Interestingly, 36 h of pretreatment of cells with epidermal growth factor (10 ng/ml), a growth factor known to modulate PTH's actions, resulted in a significant decrease in the abundance of OST-PTP mRNA after rPTH exposure. These studies suggest that regulation of OST-PTP mRNA is a secondary response to PTH stimulation that is dependent on protein synthesis and that may be primarily by activation of the protein kinase A pathway. This specific modulation of a bone receptor PTP may prove to be a critical component in the PTH modulation of osteoblast function.
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PMID:Parathyroid hormone regulates the expression of the receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase, OST-PTP, in rat osteoblast-like cells. 860 5

In adult animals, bone marrow is the major site of blood cell production, which is controlled by interactions between the local stroma and blood cell progenitors. The endosteal/subendosteal environment comprises bone-lining and adjacent reticular cells and sustains haemopoietic stem cell (HSC) self-renewal, proliferation and differentiation. We have questioned the specific role of each of these stroma cells in controlling HSC fate. We have isolated two distinct stroma-cell populations containing subendosteal reticulocytes (F-RET) and osteoblasts (F-OST) from periosteum-free fragments of murine femurs by a two-step collagenase-digestion procedure. Both populations produce similar extracellular matrix (collagen I, laminin, fibronectin, decorin), except for collagen IV, which is low in F-OST. They also express osteogenic markers: osteopontin, osteonectin, bone sialoprotein and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). The quantity and activity of ALP are however higher in F-OST. When co-cultured with bone marrow mononuclear cells or lineage-negative haemopoietic progenitors, F-OST stroma induces low proliferation and high maintenance of early haemopoietic progenitors, whereas F-RET stroma induces high short-term proliferation and differentiation. Analysis by reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction has revealed higher levels of Jagged-1 expression by F-OST cells than by the F-RET population. Thus, two adjacent stroma cells (subendosteal and endosteal) play distinct roles in controlling the stem-cell capacity and fate of HSC and probably contribute distinctly to HSC niche formation.
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PMID:Bone marrow subendosteal microenvironment harbours functionally distinct haemosupportive stromal cell populations. 1557 25