Abstract
The role of the latent TGF-beta binding protein (LTBP) is unclear. In cultures of fetal rat calvarial cells, which form mineralized bonelike nodules, both LTBP and the TGF-beta 1 precursor localized to large fibrillar structures in the extracellular matrix. The appearance of these fibrillar structures preceded the appearance of type I collagen fibers. Plasmin treatment abolished the fibrillar staining pattern for LTBP and released a complex containing both LTBP and TGF-beta. Antibodies and antisense oligonucleotides against LTBP inhibited the formation of mineralized bonelike nodules in long-term fetal rat calvarial cultures. Immunohistochemistry of fetal and adult rat bone confirmed a fibrillar staining pattern for LTBP in vivo. These findings, together with the known homology of LTBP to the fibrillin family of proteins, suggest a novel function for LTBP, in addition to its role in matrix storage of latent TGF-beta, as a structural matrix protein that may play a role in bone formation.
Bibliography
Dallas, S. L., Miyazono, K., Skerry, T. M., Mundy, G. R., & Bonewald, L. F. (1995). Dual role for the latent transforming growth factor-beta binding protein in storage of latent TGF-beta in the extracellular matrix and as a structural matrix protein. The Journal of Cell Biology, 131(2), 539â549.
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Created | 21 years, 3 months ago (May 14, 2004, 9:23 p.m.) |
Deposited | 2 years, 1 month ago (July 22, 2023, 2:09 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 month ago (July 30, 2025, 10:55 a.m.) |
Issued | 29 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 15, 1995) |
Published | 29 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 15, 1995) |
Published Online | 29 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 15, 1995) |
Published Print | 29 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 15, 1995) |
@article{Dallas_1995, title={Dual role for the latent transforming growth factor-beta binding protein in storage of latent TGF-beta in the extracellular matrix and as a structural matrix protein.}, volume={131}, ISSN={1540-8140}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.131.2.539}, DOI={10.1083/jcb.131.2.539}, number={2}, journal={The Journal of cell biology}, publisher={Rockefeller University Press}, author={Dallas, S L and Miyazono, K and Skerry, T M and Mundy, G R and Bonewald, L F}, year={1995}, month=oct, pages={539–549} }