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Identification of novel molecular determinants of tissue mineralization in fish

datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Biotecnologia Médicapt_PT
dc.contributor.advisorCancela, Leonor
dc.contributor.advisorLaizé, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorRosa, Joana Alexandra Teixeira
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-14T15:39:22Z
dc.date.available2017-09-09T00:30:12Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-11
dc.date.submitted2015
dc.descriptionTese de doutoramento, Ciências Biomédicas, Departamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina, Universidade do Algarve, 2015
dc.description.abstractThe identification of genes involved in signaling and regulatory pathways, and matrix formation is paramount to the better understanding of the complex mechanisms of bone formation and mineralization, and critical to the successful development of therapies for human skeletal disorders. To achieve this objective, in vitro cell systems derived from skeletal tissues and able to mineralize their extracellular matrix have been used to identify genes differentially expressed during mineralization and possibly new markers of bone and cartilage homeostasis. Using cell systems of fish origin and techniques such as suppression subtractive hybridization and microarray hybridization, three genes never associated with mechanisms of calcification were identified: the calcium binding protein S100-like, the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase sdr-like and the betaine homocysteine S-methyltransferase bhmt3. Analysis of the spatial-temporal expression of these 3 genes by qPCR and in situ hybridization revealed: (1) the up-regulation of sdr-like transcript during in vitro mineralization of gilthead seabream cell lines and its specificity for calcified tissues and differentiating osteoblasts; (2) the up-regulation of S100-like and the down-regulation of bhmt3 during in vitro mineralization and the central role of both genes in cartilaginous tissues undergoing endo/perichondral mineralization in juvenile fish. While expression of S100-like and bhmt3 was restricted to calcified tissues, sdr-like transcript was also detected in soft tissues, in particular in tissues of the gastrointestinal tract. Functional analysis of gene promoters revealed the transcriptional regulation of the 3 genes by known regulators of osteoblast and chondrocyte differentiation/mineralization: RUNX2 and RAR (sdr-like), ETS1 (s100-like; bhmt3), SP1 and MEF2c (bhmt3). The evolutionary relationship of the different orthologs and paralogs identified within the scope of this work was also inferred from taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses and revealed novel protein subfamilies (S100-like and Sdr-like) and the explosive diversity of Bhmt family in particular fish groups (Neoteleostei). Altogether our results contribute with new data on SDR, S100 and BHMT proteins, evidencing for the first time the role for these three proteins in mechanisms of mineralization in fish and emphasized their potential as markers of mineralizing cartilage and bone in developing fish.pt_PT
dc.identifier.tid101289537pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/8756
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.relationO ESCRITO NA PINTURA E COMO PINTURA
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectProteína de ligação de cálcio S100 – S100-likept_PT
dc.subjectDesidrogenase/reductase de cadeia curtapt_PT
dc.subjectsdr-likept_PT
dc.subjectBetaína-homocisteína metil-transferase – bhmt3pt_PT
dc.subjectPadrões de expressão genéticapt_PT
dc.subjectRegulação transcricionalpt_PT
dc.subjectFilogenia molecularpt_PT
dc.subjectOssopt_PT
dc.subjectCartilagempt_PT
dc.titleIdentification of novel molecular determinants of tissue mineralization in fishpt_PT
dc.typedoctoral thesis
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oaire.awardTitleO ESCRITO NA PINTURA E COMO PINTURA
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT//SFRH%2FBD%2F45733%2F2008/PT
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typedoctoralThesispt_PT
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thesis.degree.grantorDepartamento de Ciências Biomédicas e Medicina
thesis.degree.levelDoutor
thesis.degree.nameDoutoramento em Ciências Biomédicaspt_PT

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