Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

SIRT7 has a critical role in bone formation by regulating lysine acylation of SP7/Osterix

  • Masatoshi Fukuda,
  • Tatsuya Yoshizawa,
  • Md. Fazlul Karim,
  • Shihab U. Sobuz,
  • Wataru Korogi,
  • Daiki Kobayasi,
  • Hiroki Okanishi,
  • Masayoshi Tasaki,
  • Katsuhiko Ono,
  • Tomohiro Sawa,
  • Yoshifumi Sato,
  • Mami Chirifu,
  • Takeshi Masuda,
  • Teruya Nakamura,
  • Hironori Tanoue,
  • Kazuhisa Nakashima,
  • Yoshihiro Kobashigawa,
  • Hiroshi Morioka,
  • Eva Bober,
  • Sumio Ohtsuki,
  • Yuriko Yamagata,
  • Yukio Ando,
  • Yuichi Oike,
  • Norie Araki,
  • Shu Takeda,
  • Hiroshi Mizuta,
  • Kazuya Yamagata

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05187-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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SP7/Osterix is a transcription factor involved in osteoblast differentiation. Here, the authors show that Sirtuin 7 activates Osterix posttranslationally by regulating its lysine acylation, and that mice lacking Sirtuin 7 in osteoblasts show reduced bone formation.