Table 5.
Real-time PCR of bone marrow stromal cells from WT and mutant mice
Gene | WT | Hyp | Mepe−/− | Mepe−/−/Hyp | P |
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Phex | 0.01 ± 0.001a | Not detectable | 0.09 ± 0.017b | Not detectable | 0.0003 |
Akp2 | 0.35 ± 0.043a | 0.39 ± 0.115a | 1.87 ± 0.593b | 0.28 ± 0.073a | 0.0165 |
Cathepsin B | 4.89 ± 0.613a | 3.60 ± 1.043a | 3.15 ± 0.622a | 3.20 ± 0.281a | 0.3232 |
Mepe | 0.002 ± 0.0005a | 0.008 ± 0.0028b | Not detectable | Not detectable | 0.0035 |
Dmp1 | 0.13 ± 0.028a | 0.17 ± 0.023a | 0.32 ± 0.055b | 0.12 ± 0.017a | 0.0120 |
Osteocalcin | 0.05 ± 0.012a | 0.06 ± 0.012a | 0.53 ± 0.067b | 0.06 ± 0.009a | <0.0001 |
Osteoprotegerin | 0.04 ± 0.004a | 0.04 ± 0.006a | 0.02 ± 0.003a | 0.03 ± 0.005a | 0.1174 |
Fgf23 | 0.0006 ± 0.0001a | 0.0046 ± 0.0012b | 0.0001 ± 0.00001a | 0.0064 ± 0.0020b | 0.0022 |
sfrp4 | 0.11 ± 0.003a | 0.08 ± 0.010a | 0.09 ± 0.007a | 0.08 ± 0.013a | 0.0920 |
RankL | 0.001 ± 0.00025a | 0.001 ± 0.00017a | 0.0001 ± 0.00002b | 0.0012 ± 0.00025a | 0.0147 |
Runx2 II | 0.011 ± 0.0004a | 0.007 ± 0.0012b | 0.017 ± 0.0014c | 0.008 ± 0.0007ab | 0.0004 |
Osterix | 0.004 ± 0.0007a | 0.003 ± 0.0005a | 0.014 ± 0.0037b | 0.004 ± 0.0002a | 0.0109 |
Data shown are mean ± SEM from bone marrow stromal cell cultures from WT and mutant mice at 14 d of culture duration with ascorbic acid and β-glycerophosphate (n ≥ 3). Values sharing the same letter superscript within each row are not significantly different at P < 0.05 by one-way ANOVA analysis.