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. 2020 May 26;11:757. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00757

Table 1.

The list of bone ECM components and their role in bone formation.

Bone ECM Expressed from Function in bone tissue Reference
Organic ECM
Collagenous protein
Type I collagen Osteoblast –Scaffold for bone cells
–Maintain bone strength
(Saito and Marumo, 2015)
–Promote bone formation (Fonseca et al., 2014)
–Regulate collagen fibrillogenesis
Types III and V collagen Bone –Promote bone (Garnero, 2015)
Noncollagenous protein
Proteoglycans
Biglycan Osteoblast –Promote collagen fibrillogenesis
–Promote bone formation
(Moorehead et al., 2019)
Decorin Osteoblast –Promote collagen fibrillogenesis
–Promote bone formation
(Coulson-Thomas et al., 2015)
Keratocan Osteoblast –Promote mineral deposition rates
Asporin Articular cartilage or periodontal tissue –Promote collagen mineralization (Kalamajski et al., 2009)
γ-carboxyglutamic acid-containing proteins
Osteocalcin Osteoblast –Regulate calcium metabolism
–Indicate bone formation
(Mizokami et al., 2017)
Matrix Gla Protein (MGP) Osteoblast, osteocyte, and chondrocyte –Inhibit bone formation and mineralization (Kaipatur et al., 2008)
Periostin Osteoblast and precursor cells –Regulate collagen fibrillogenesis
-Maintain bone strength
(Wen et al., 2018)
Glycoproteins
Osteonectin Osteoblast -Promote bone formation and mineralization
-Regulate collagen fibrillogenesis
(Rosset and Bradshaw, 2016)
-Maintain biomechanical properties (Delany et al., 2000)
Thrombospondins Osteoblast -Promote bone formation
-Regulate collagen fibrillogenesis
(Delany and Hankenson, 2009)
R-spondins Bone -Promoter Wnt/β-catenin signaling
-Regulate bone development
(Shi et al., 2017)
Small integrin-binding ligand N-linked glycoproteins/SIBLINGs
BSP Mineralized tissues –Promote bone formation and mineralization (Marinovich et al., 2016)
OPN Osteoblast, odontoblast and osteocyte –Promote bone formation and mineralization
–Regulate bone remodeling
(Singh et al., 2018)
DMP1 Osteocyte and dentin –Regulate phosphate metabolism
–Promote bone mineralization
(Jani et al., 2016)
MEPE Osteocyte and dentin –Regulate phosphate metabolism (Zelenchuk et al., 2015)
–Promote bone mineralization
Inorganic ECM
Hydroxyapatite Bone –Biomineralization (Tavafoghi and Cerruti, 2016)