Caveolin-1 in extracellular matrix vesicles secreted from osteoblasts
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Analysis of Minerals Produced by hFOB 1.19 and Saos-2 Cells Using Transmission Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Microanalysis
Published on: June 24, 2018
Naoki Sawada1, Yutaka Taketani, Norio Amizuka
1Department of Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
Abstract:
Caveolin-1 is an essential and signature protein of caveolae, which are small invaginations of the plasma membrane enriched in cholesterol and sphingolipids. Although high levels of expression of caveolin-1 have been demonstrated in osteoblasts as well as endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and muscular cells, the role of caveolin-1 in osteoblasts has not been clarified. Here, we show that caveolin-1 is secreted from osteoblasts in the form of matrix vesicles; extracellular vesicles released from the plasma membrane of osteoblasts. In this study, caveolae and matrix vesicles were similarly enriched in cholesterol and sphingomyelin in fractions isolated from mineralizing MC3T3-E1 cells. Interestingly, in the MC3T3-E1 cells caveolin-1 was enriched in the matrix vesicle fraction as well as the caveolar membrane fraction, and the amount of caveolin-1 in the matrix vesicle fraction increased as differentiation progressed. Localization of caveolin-1 in matrix vesicles was also confirmed in murine tibia. Furthermore, overexpression of caveolin-1 enhanced matrix calcification in MC3T3-E1 cells, whereas knockdown of caveolin-1 diminished it. These results suggest that secreted caveolin-1 as a component of matrix vesicles may play an important role in osteoblast calcification.
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