Affiliation:
1. Department of Research (E.C., K.P., S.Z.), St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut 06105
2. University of Connecticut School of Medicine (E.C., S.Z.), Farmington, Connecticut 06030
3. Baylor College of Dentistry (J.Q.F.), Texas A&M Health Science Center, Dallas, Texas 75246
Abstract
Transgenic overexpression of the Notch1 intracellular domain inhibits osteoblast differentiation and causes osteopenia, and inactivation of Notch1 and Notch2 increases bone volume transiently and induces osteoblastic differentiation. However, the biology of Notch is cell-context-dependent, and consequences of Notch activation in cells of the osteoblastic lineage at various stages of differentiation and in osteocytes have not been defined. For this purpose, RosaNotch mice, where a loxP-flanked STOP cassette placed between the Rosa26 promoter and the NICD coding sequence, were crossed with transgenics expressing the Cre recombinase under the control of the Osterix (Osx), Osteocalcin (Oc), Collagen 1a1 (Col2.3), or Dentin matrix protein1 (Dmp1) promoters. At 1 month, Osx-Cre;RosaNotch and Oc-Cre;RosaNotch mice exhibited osteopenia due to impaired bone formation. In contrast, Col2.3-Cre;RosaNotch and Dmp1-Cre;RosaNotch exhibited increased femoral trabecular bone volume due to a decrease in osteoclast number and eroded surface. In the four lines studied, cortical bone was either not present, was porous, or had the appearance of trabecular bone. Oc-Cre;RosaNotch and Col2.3-Cre;RosaNotch mice exhibited early lethality so that their adult phenotype was not established. At 3 months, Osx-Cre;RosaNotch and Dmp1-Cre;RosaNotch mice displayed increased bone volume, and increased osteoblasts although calcein-demeclocycline labels were diffuse and fragmented, indicating abnormal bone formation. In conclusion, Notch effects in the skeleton are cell-context-dependent. When expressed in immature osteoblasts, Notch arrests their differentiation, causing osteopenia, and when expressed in osteocytes, it causes an initial suppression of bone resorption and increased bone volume, a phenotype that evolves as the mice mature.
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