PMID: 26207632

 

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Title : Obif , a Transmembrane Protein , Is Required for Bone Mineralization and Spermatogenesis in Mice

Abstract :
  1. BACKGROUND: Various kinds of transmembrane and secreted proteins play pivotal roles in development through cell-cell communication
  2. We previously reported that Obif ( Osteoblast induction factor , Tmem119 ), encoding a single transmembrane protein , is expressed in differentiating osteoblasts, and that Obif-/- mice exhibit significantly reduced bone volume in the femur
  3. In the current study, we characterized the Obif protein and further investigated the biological phenotypes of a variety of tissues in Obif-/- mice
  4. RESULTS: First, we found that O-glycosylation of the Obif protein occurs at serine residue 36 in the Obif extracellular domain
  5. Next, we observed that Obif-/- mice exhibit bone dysplasia in association with significantly increased osteoid volume per osteoid surface (OV/OS) and osteoid maturation time (Omt), and significantly decreased mineral ap position rate (MAR) and bone formation rate per bone surface (BFR/BS)
  6. In addition, we observed that Obif-/- mice show a significant decrease in testis weight as well as in sperm number
  7. By histological analysis, we found that Obif is expressed in spermatocytes and spermatids in the developing testis and that spermatogenesis is halted at the round spermatid stage in the Obif-/- testis that lacks sperm
  8. However, the number of litters fathered by male mice was slightly reduced in Obif-/- mice compared with wild-type mice, although this was not statistically significant
  9. CONCLUSIONS: Our results, taken together with previous observations, indicate that Obif is a type Ia transmembrane protein whose N-terminal region is O-glycosylated
  10. In addition, we found that Obif is required for normal bone mineralization and late testicular differentiation in vivo
  11. These findings suggest that Obif plays essential roles in the development of multiple tissues
Output (sent_index, trigger, protein, sugar, site):
  • 4. O-glycosylation, , Obif protein, -, serine residue 36
  • 9. O-glycosylated, , -, -, region
Output(Part-Of) (sent_index, protein, site):
  • 4. Obif, domain
*Output_Site_Fusion* (sent_index, protein, sugar, site):

 

 

Protein NCBI ID SENTENCE INDEX
Tmem119 231633 2
Osteoblast induction factor 231633 2
Obif 231633 0,2,3
Obif protein 231633 3