| 2006 |
OSTM1 (Ostm1) forms a molecular complex with ClC-7, co-localizing in late endosomes and lysosomes and in the ruffled border of bone-resorbing osteoclasts, functioning as a β-subunit of ClC-7. ClC-7 is required for Ostm1 to reach lysosomes, where the highly glycosylated Ostm1 luminal domain is cleaved. In Ostm1-deficient (grey-lethal) mice, ClC-7 protein levels fall below 10% of normal, indicating Ostm1 is required for ClC-7 protein stability. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, subcellular co-localization (immunofluorescence/fractionation), protein level analysis in grey-lethal mice |
Nature |
High |
16525474
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| 2020 |
Cryo-EM structures of CLC-7 alone and in complex with OSTM1 at up to 2.8 Å resolution show that the luminal surface of CLC-7 is entirely covered by a dimer of heavily glycosylated and disulfide-bonded OSTM1, which protects CLC-7 from the degradative lysosomal lumen. OSTM1 binding causes only minor conformational changes in the ion-conduction pathway of CLC-7, potentially contributing to its regulatory role. |
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structural determination |
eLife |
High |
32749217
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| 2020 |
Cryo-EM structure of human CLC-7/Ostm1 complex reveals that Ostm1 functions as a lid positioned above CLC-7, interacting extensively with CLC-7 within the membrane. Structural analyses and electrophysiology studies indicate that the domain interaction interfaces between the amino terminus, TMD, and CBS domains of CLC-7 affect the slow gating kinetics of CLC-7/Ostm1. |
Cryo-EM structural determination combined with electrophysiology |
Science advances |
High |
32851177
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| 2013 |
Slow voltage-dependent activation of ClC-7/Ostm1 operates via common gating (acting on both subunits of the dimer simultaneously, not protopore gates). The CBS domain-containing C-terminus is required for currents and slow gating; when ClC-7 was truncated after the last intramembrane helix, currents were abolished but restored by co-expression of the C-terminus alone or fused to the Ostm1 C-terminus. |
Electrophysiology with ClC-7 mutants and trans-complementation of truncated constructs in heterologous expression |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
23983121
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| 2014 |
Using ion transport-deficient ClC-7 knock-in mice (Clcn7td/td), it was established that both protein-protein interactions (presence of ClC-7/Ostm1 complex) and ion transport activity are mechanistically separable contributors to different ClC-7-related disease phenotypes: osteopetrosis requires both, whereas hair pigmentation requires only protein presence (not transport activity), and neurodegeneration is exacerbated by Cl− conductance. |
In vivo knock-in mouse models with defined transport-deficient mutations, phenotypic analysis |
EMBO reports |
High |
24820037
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| 2006 |
MITF transcription factor directly binds a single M-box in the Ostm1 promoter, as shown by EMSA with anti-MITF supershift and abolition of binding by M-box mutation, and by chromatin immunoprecipitation. MITF co-regulates Ostm1 expression during osteoclastogenesis in concert with Clcn7. |
EMSA, ChIP, reporter gene assay, microarray |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
17105730
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| 2008 |
OSTM1 is required for Wnt/β-catenin canonical signaling: overexpression of OSTM1 in F9 cells increased Wnt3a-responsive β-catenin accumulation and Lef/Tcf-sensitive transcription, while knockdown attenuated Wnt3a signaling. Wild-type OSTM1 stimulated the Wnt-dependent association of β-catenin with Lef1, whereas an osteopetrosis-associated C-terminal deletion mutant inhibited this interaction and Lef/Tcf transcription even with constitutively active β-catenin, but not with a β-catenin/Lef chimera. |
Overexpression and knockdown in F9 cells, reporter gene assays, co-immunoprecipitation of β-catenin/Lef1 |
Cellular signalling |
Medium |
18296023
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| 2008 |
The gl (Ostm1-null) osteopetrotic defect is non-cell autonomous: conditional Ostm1 transgene targeted only to committed osteoclasts did not rescue the bone phenotype, but expression driven by PU.1 (broader hematopoietic cells) rescued osteoclast function as well as B- and T-lymphoid lineage phenotypes, establishing an essential role for Ostm1 in multiple hematopoietic cell types beyond osteoclasts. |
Conditional transgenic mouse rescue experiments, flow cytometric analysis of hematopoietic lineages |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
18790735
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| 2014 |
In Ostm1-null mice, severe neurodegeneration is accompanied by accumulation of autophagosomes causing axonal swelling, downregulation of mTOR signaling, and storage of carbohydrates, lipids, and ubiquitinated proteins in neurons. Cell-type-specific transgenic rescue showed that Ostm1 has a primary and autonomous role in neuronal homeostasis independent of the hematopoietic lineage. |
Conditional transgenic mouse rescue, immunohistochemistry, autophagosome and mTOR pathway markers, cell-type specific targeting |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
24719316
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| 2015 |
Ostm1 is a type I transmembrane protein (immature 34 kDa) that undergoes post-translational N-glycosylation to ~60 kDa mature form. It localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum, trans-Golgi network, and endosomes/lysosomes. A direct interaction between Ostm1 and kinesin 5B (KIF5B) heavy chains was demonstrated, placing Ostm1 in a cytosolic scaffolding multiprotein complex that acts as a trafficking adaptor for cargo movement from the ER to late endosomal/lysosomal compartments. |
Protein screen, co-immunoprecipitation, subcellular fractionation and localization, biochemical analysis of glycosylation |
Molecular and cellular biology |
Medium |
26598607
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| 2018 |
Conditional deletion of the Ostm1 transmembrane domain in osteoclasts alone reproduced the full osteopetrotic phenotype, demonstrating osteoclast-intrinsic deficiency is sufficient. Ostm1 loss of transmembrane domain causes oversized osteoclasts with enhanced multinucleation, elevated intracellular calcium, NFATc1 nuclear re-localization, and upregulation of NFATc1 target genes, establishing Ostm1 as a negative regulator of preosteoclast fusion. Mature osteoclasts show appropriate acidification levels but mislocalized endolysosomes, and TRAP/cathepsin K are sequestered intracellularly rather than secreted. |
Conditional mouse knock-in (transmembrane domain deletion), osteoclast culture, calcium imaging, NFATc1 nuclear localization assay, lysosomal trafficking analysis |
Journal of bone and mineral research |
Medium |
29297601
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| 2014 |
A secreted truncated form of OSTM1 (lacking the transmembrane domain) binds to the cell surface of osteoclast precursors and inhibits multinucleated osteoclast formation by reducing cell fusion and survival, acting through downregulation of the BLIMP1-NFATc1 transcriptional axis. In vivo, truncated OSTM1 reduced LPS-induced bone destruction. |
Cell surface binding assay, osteoclast differentiation assay, gene expression analysis, in vivo bone destruction model |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
25359771
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| 2013 |
A missense mutation (Y750Q) in the CBS2 domain of ClC-7 largely preserves lysosomal localization and assembly of the ClC-7/Ostm1 complex but drastically accelerates voltage-dependent gating of ClC-7/Ostm1, causing osteopetrosis in cattle. This provides direct evidence that accelerated ClC-7/Ostm1 gating per se is pathogenic, demonstrating a physiological requirement for slow voltage activation. |
Autozygosity mapping, genome sequencing, electrophysiology, lysosomal localization assay in cell models |
Disease models & mechanisms |
Medium |
24159188
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| 2022 |
Ostm1 is an essential regulator of T cell ontogeny: Ostm1 ablation caused a cell-autonomous defect in early T cell precursors (ETP, DN subpopulations) in the thymus. Transcriptome analysis identified an Ostm1 crosstalk with a Foxo1-Klf2-S1pr1-Gnai1-Rac1 signaling axis in DN1 T cells. Transgenic rescue of Ostm1 in DN1 cells partially rescued T cell subpopulations from ETP onwards. |
Conditional transgenic rescue, flow cytometry of T cell subpopulations, transcriptome analysis |
iScience |
Medium |
35434560
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| 2025 |
SNX10 physically interacts with CLC-7 (co-immunoprecipitation), and loss of SNX10 reduces peripheral LAMP1-positive lysosomes containing CLC-7 and OSTM1. Loss of CLC-7 also depletes peripheral OSTM1-containing lysosomes. All three proteins (SNX10, CLC-7, OSTM1) co-localize in LAMP1-positive lysosomes and regulate lysosome trafficking to the cell periphery, which controls both fusion arrest and functionality of mature osteoclasts. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence co-localization, knockout cell culture, lysosome distribution analysis |
Journal of bone and mineral research |
Medium |
41408708
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| 2026 |
A cytosolic, non-glycosylated fraction of OSTM1 functions as an E3 ubiquitin ligase that targets phosphodiesterase 3B (PDE3B) for proteasomal degradation. Loss of OSTM1 stabilizes PDE3B, which increases conversion of cAMP to AMP and suppresses the cAMP/PKA/CREB tumor suppressive pathway, thereby promoting B-cell lymphomagenesis. |
Whole-genome CRISPR screen, B-cell-specific Ostm1 conditional knockout mouse, E3 ligase activity assay, PDE3B ubiquitination and degradation assays, cAMP/PKA/CREB pathway analysis |
bioRxivpreprint |
Medium |
41659680
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| 2025 |
La protein is greatly elevated at the surface of osteoclasts upon loss of OSTM1 (or SNX10). Inhibitory antibodies against La suppressed excessive osteoclast fusion and restored resorptive function in OSTM1-deficient osteoclasts, establishing a functional link between OSTM1 loss and dysregulated surface La in osteoclast hyperfusion. |
Immunofluorescence surface labeling, inhibitory antibody treatment, osteoclast fusion and resorption assays in OSTM1-KO cells |
bioRxivpreprint |
Low |
bio_10.1101_2025.09.07.674639
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