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Ubiquitin‐Specific Protease 4 Antagonizes Osteoblast Differentiation Through Dishevelled
Author(s) -
Zhou Fangfang,
Li Fang,
Fang Pengfei,
Dai Tong,
Yang Bing,
van Dam Hans,
Jia Junling,
Zheng Min,
Zhang Long
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of bone and mineral research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.882
H-Index - 241
eISSN - 1523-4681
pISSN - 0884-0431
DOI - 10.1002/jbmr.2863
Subject(s) - wnt signaling pathway , osteoblast , c2c12 , wnt3a , catenin , dishevelled , gene knockdown , microbiology and biotechnology , ubiquitin , chemistry , lrp5 , signal transduction , ectopic expression , biology , biochemistry , frizzled , myocyte , gene , in vitro , myogenesis
The canonical Wnt/β‐catenin signaling pathway plays a pivotal role and is essentially required for the osteoblast differentiation and bone formation. In this study, we found ubiquitin‐specific peptidase 4 (USP4) to strongly inhibit the Wnt/β‐catenin signaling by removing Lysine‐63 linked poly‐ubiquitin chain from Dishevelled (Dvl). Ectopic expression of USP4 promoted β‐catenin poly‐ubiquitination and thus inhibited Wnt‐induced accumulation of cytosolic β‐catenin and counteracted Wnt‐induced transcriptional activity. Moreover, USP4 knockdown or USP4 knockout led to an increase in the active β‐catenin levels and in activation of Wnt/β‐catenin‐induced transcription. Functional studies in C2C12 myoblasts and KS483 osteoprogenitor cells showed that ectopic expression of USP4 resulted in impaired activation of endogenous Wnt3a‐induced genes and decreased osteoblast differentiation and mineralization, whereas USP4 depletion showed the opposite effect. These results identify USP4 as a novel regulator of Dvl in Wnt/β‐catenin signal and show its involvement in Wnt3a‐induced osteoblast differentiation. © 2016 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.