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

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05187-4