| 2004 |
Human PHOSPHO1 exhibits high specific phosphatase activities toward phosphoethanolamine (PEA) and phosphocholine (PCho), generating inorganic phosphate (Pi). Optimal activity is at pH ~6.7, requires Mg2+, with Km values of 3.0 µM for PEA and 11.4 µM for PCho. |
In vitro enzymatic assay with recombinant human PHOSPHO1 |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
15175005
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| 2003 |
Comparative modelling of human PHOSPHO1 based on phosphoserine phosphatase crystal structure revealed a catalytic Mg2+ coordinated by conserved Asp32, Asp34, and Asp203; Asp43 and Asp123 (not present in PSPs) contribute to substrate specificity, placing PHOSPHO1 in a novel subgroup of the HAD superfamily distinct from phosphoserine phosphatases. |
Homology modelling based on crystal structure of phosphoserine phosphatase from Methanococcus jannaschii |
Protein engineering |
Medium |
14983068
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| 2005 |
Active-site mutagenesis of PHOSPHO1 confirmed that Asp32 and Asp203 are essential catalytic residues; mutation of either abolishes activity, confirming membership in the HAD superfamily. Asp43 and Asp123 are also important for substrate hydrolysis. By contrast, PHOSPHO2 (42% identity) shows high activity toward pyridoxal-5-phosphate rather than PEA/PCho, indicating distinct substrate specificities despite similar active-site architecture. |
Site-directed mutagenesis of recombinant PHOSPHO1 and PHOSPHO2, in vitro enzymatic assay |
Biochimica et biophysica acta |
High |
16054448
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| 2004 |
PHOSPHO1 protein localizes exclusively to mineralizing regions: osteoid of periosteum, forming surfaces of growing osteons, newly formed osteocytes, early hypertrophic chondrocytes of growth plate, and primary spongiosa; absent from soft tissues. PHOSPHO1 gene expression is detected in mineralizing SaOS-2 but not non-mineralizing MG-63 osteoblast-like cells. |
Immunohistochemistry of avian skeletal tissues with affinity-purified antiserum; RT-PCR in osteoblast cell lines |
Bone |
Medium |
15050893
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| 2006 |
PHOSPHO1 is present within matrix vesicles (MVs) isolated from growth plate chondrocytes, as confirmed by immunoblotting. PHOSPHO1 expression in MVs is upregulated alongside TNAP activity when chondrocytes are induced to differentiate with ascorbic acid. PHOSPHO1 mRNA expression during chick embryogenesis precedes mineral deposition, appearing first in the bone collar of the diaphysis. |
Immunoblotting of isolated MVs; whole-mount in situ hybridization; qPCR; alizarin red/alcian blue staining |
Bone |
High |
16837257
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| 2007 |
PHOSPHO1 is functionally present within MVs in an active state (PEA hydrolase activity detected in sonicated but not intact MVs from TNAP-deficient osteoblasts). Pharmacological inhibition of PHOSPHO1 with lansoprazole or SCH202676 reduced MV-mediated mineralization by 56.8% and 70.7%, respectively, establishing a functional role in the initiation of MV-mediated calcification. |
High-throughput screening of chemical libraries; enzymatic assay on sonicated/intact MVs from Akp2-/- osteoblasts; mineralization assay with isolated MVs |
Journal of bone and mineral research |
High |
17227223
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| 2010 |
Genetic ablation of PHOSPHO1 (Phospho1-/- mice) causes growth plate abnormalities, spontaneous fractures, bowed long bones, osteomalacia, and scoliosis. Primary Phospho1-/- chondrocytes and their MVs show reduced mineralizing ability. Plasma PP(i) is elevated in Phospho1-/- mice. Transgenic overexpression of TNAP in Phospho1-/- mice normalizes PP(i) but does NOT correct the bone phenotype, demonstrating PHOSPHO1 has a non-redundant role independent of PP(i) control. Double ablation of PHOSPHO1 and TNAP completely abolishes skeletal mineralization and causes perinatal lethality, establishing their cooperative, non-redundant roles. |
Knockout mouse generation; histology; primary chondrocyte culture; MV isolation and mineralization assay; biochemical plasma analysis; genetic double-knockout epistasis |
Journal of bone and mineral research |
High |
20684022
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| 2010 |
PHOSPHO1 deficiency in MVs secondarily reduces TNAP levels in Phospho1-/- MVs, affecting ATP hydrolysis in those MVs. TNAP is the primary enzyme hydrolyzing both ATP and PP(i) within the MV compartment; lack of NPP1 does not significantly affect MV kinetic parameters for any substrate. |
Kinetic analysis of phosphosubstrate hydrolysis by isolated MVs from WT, TNAP-/-, NPP1-/-, and PHOSPHO1-/- osteoblasts at physiologic pH |
Journal of bone and mineral research |
High |
19874193
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| 2010 |
Pharmacological inhibition of PHOSPHO1 (lansoprazole) in developing chick limb micromass cultures and in ovo completely inhibited mineralization of long bones. PHOSPHO1 and TNAP are co-expressed in a tightly regulated pattern preceding mineralization. The talpid3 chick mutant (defective hedgehog signaling, no endochondral mineralization) lacks Phospho1 and Tnap expression, while flat bones that mineralize normally express both, linking hedgehog signaling to PHOSPHO1-dependent endochondral ossification. |
In vitro micromass cultures with lansoprazole inhibitor; whole-mount RNA in situ hybridization; talpid3 mutant analysis; alizarin red/alcian blue staining |
Bone |
Medium |
20053388
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| 2013 |
PHOSPHO1 is expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) under calcifying conditions, and Phospho1-/- VSMCs fail to mineralize in vitro. Pharmacological inhibition of PHOSPHO1 with MLS-0263839 reduced VSMC calcification to 41.8% of control; combined PHOSPHO1 + TNAP inhibition reduced it to 20.9% of control, demonstrating PHOSPHO1 plays a critical role in VSMC (vascular) mineralization. |
Knockout VSMC cultures; pharmacological inhibitors; mineralization assay; gene expression analysis |
Journal of bone and mineral research |
High |
22887744
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| 2014 |
Phospho1-/- mice have elevated plasma osteopontin (OPN) and increased proportion of phosphorylated OPN (p-OPN) in the skeleton detected by LC-MS/MS. Ablation of Spp1 (OPN gene) in Phospho1-/- mice rescues scoliosis and improves long bone defects and normalizes chondrocyte differentiation markers, establishing that accumulated phosphorylated OPN mediates the skeletal abnormalities in Phospho1-/- mice (distinct from the PP(i)-mediated mechanism in TNAP-deficient mice). |
Double-knockout mouse generation; LC-MS/MS for p-OPN quantification; histology; mineralization assay; gene expression analysis |
Journal of bone and mineral research |
High |
24825455
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| 2016 |
Combined genetic ablation of Phospho1 and the phosphate transporter Pit1 (Slc20a1, col2a1-Cre) produces more severe skeletal deformities than Phospho1-/- alone. ~80% of [Phospho1-/-; Pit1col2/col2] MVs are devoid of mineral vs. ~50% for Phospho1-/- and ~25% for WT, assessed by atomic force microscopy. PHOSPHO1 function is also involved in MV biogenesis, as both Phospho1-/- and double-KO chondrocytes produce significantly fewer MVs. |
Conditional double-knockout mouse model; atomic force microscopy of MVs; histology; micro-CT; biomechanical testing |
Journal of bone and mineral research |
High |
26773408
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| 2016 |
PTH continuously downregulates Phospho1 and Smpd3 (nSMase2) gene expression in osteoblast cultures and hemi-calvariae. This effect is mimicked by the cAMP agonist forskolin and blocked by the PKA inhibitor PKI(5-24), identifying the cAMP/PKA pathway as the mediator of PTH-driven PHOSPHO1 suppression. BMP-2's stimulatory effect on Phospho1 expression is abolished by PTH. |
In vitro osteoblast cultures (MC3T3-C14); hemi-calvaria cultures; pharmacological agonist/inhibitor studies; gene expression analysis (qPCR) |
Calcified tissue international |
Medium |
27444010
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| 2016 |
PHOSPHO1 (expressed by cementoblasts and alveolar bone osteoblasts) is required for cellular cementum and alveolar bone mineralization. Phospho1-/- mice show increased cementoid (delayed mineralization) in cellular cementum and unmineralized osteoid in alveolar bone with elevated OPN deposition, while acellular cementum is unaffected, demonstrating acellular cementum does not rely on MV-mediated (PHOSPHO1-dependent) initiation of mineralization. |
Phospho1-/- mouse analysis; histology; immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; micro-CT; radiography |
Journal of dental research |
Medium |
27016531
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| 2015 |
PHOSPHO1 and TNAP have non-redundant, cooperative roles in osteoblast mineralization. In MC3T3-E1 clone 24 cells (low PHOSPHO1/high TNAP), lentiviral PHOSPHO1 overexpression increases both PHOSPHO1 and TNAP protein and enhances mineralization. Simultaneous pharmacological inhibition of both PHOSPHO1 and TNAP essentially abolishes mineralization (85% reduction), whereas individual inhibitors only partially suppress it. |
Lentiviral overexpression; pharmacological inhibitors (MLS-0263839 and MLS-0038949); mineralization assays in MC3T3-E1 cell clones and ex vivo metatarsal cultures |
Biochemistry and biophysics reports |
Medium |
26457330
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| 2008 |
A novel alternatively spliced PHOSPHO1 transcript (PHOSPHO1-3a) was identified, encoding a 292-amino-acid protein with a 40-amino-acid N-terminal region containing a predicted secretory signal while retaining all three HAD superfamily catalytic domains. Expression confirmed in human and mouse osteoblast-like cells and chondrogenic ATDC5 cells. |
RT-PCR; sequence analysis; expression in osteoblast and chondrogenic cell lines |
Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Medium |
18471996
|
| 2017 |
PHOSPHO1 localizes to ameloblast Tomes' processes and secretory vesicle walls (co-localizing with amelogenin and the exosomal marker HSP70). Phospho1-/- mice display reduced enamel mineralization (2-fold reduction in von Kossa silver grain density), loss of enamel prism 'picket fence' structure, loss of parallel crystal organization, increased prism width, and decreased phosphate incorporation by EDS, establishing PHOSPHO1 as essential for enamel mineralization. |
Immunohistochemistry; Western blot; scanning electron microscopy; EDS elemental analysis; von Kossa staining; Phospho1-/- mouse model |
Frontiers in physiology |
Medium |
29089903
|
| 2020 |
PHOSPHO1 knockout mice are cold-tolerant and protected from high-fat diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance. PHOSPHO1 substrate phosphocholine (PC) accumulation (via exogenous PC treatment) is sufficient to induce thermogenic gene expression in BAT and cold tolerance, establishing PHOSPHO1 as a negative regulator of BAT thermogenesis through its phosphocholine phosphatase activity. |
Phospho1-/- mouse model; cold tolerance testing; high-fat diet challenge; thermogenic gene expression analysis; exogenous phosphocholine treatment |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
32554489
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| 2020 |
Phospho1-/- mice exhibit improved basal glucose homeostasis and resist high-fat diet-induced weight gain and diabetes independently of osteocalcin levels. Decreased serum choline in Phospho1-/- mice is normalized by 2% choline diet feeding, which also normalizes insulin sensitivity and fat mass, establishing that PHOSPHO1's metabolic regulation is mediated via choline availability. |
Phospho1-/- mouse model; HFD challenge; dietary choline supplementation rescue; serum metabolite measurement; gene expression analysis in osteoblasts |
BMC biology |
Medium |
33092598
|
| 2021 |
All tested proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) inhibit PHOSPHO1 enzymatic activity in vitro (IC50 range: 0.73 µM for esomeprazole to 19.27 µM for pantoprazole), whereas histamine-2 receptor antagonists do not. Several PPIs inhibit mineralization of bone matrix in primary osteoblast cultures in a concentration-dependent manner, providing a potential mechanism for PPI-associated fracture risk. |
In vitro PHOSPHO1 enzymatic inhibition assay; primary osteoblast mineralization cultures |
Calcified tissue international |
Medium |
34213594
|
| 2022 |
In a CKD (renal osteodystrophy) mouse model, cortical bone mineral density is increased alongside upregulated PHOSPHO1 expression. In Phospho1-/- CKD mice, the cortical BMD increase is rescued, establishing that elevated PHOSPHO1 expression directly drives the cortical BMD phenotype in CKD. PTH and phosphate treatment of primary osteoblasts downregulate both PHOSPHO1 and TNAP expression. |
Dietary adenine CKD model in WT and Phospho1-/- mice; micro-CT; primary osteoblast cultures with PTH/phosphate treatment; gene expression analysis |
The Journal of endocrinology |
Medium |
35900032
|
| 2025 |
PHOSPHO1 (cytosolic protein) exhibits D609-sensitive phosphatidylcholine-PLC (PC-PLC) and phosphatidylethanolamine-PLC (PE-PLC) activities in vitro, generating diacylglycerol (DG). Overexpression of PHOSPHO1 in HEK293 cells significantly increases cellular levels of saturated/monounsaturated fatty acid-containing DG. PHOSPHO1 co-sediments and co-localizes with diacylglycerol kinase δ (DGKδ), identifying it as a candidate cytosolic PC-/PE-PLC acting upstream of DGKδ. |
In vitro PLC activity assay; PHOSPHO1 overexpression in HEK293 cells; lipidomic analysis; co-sedimentation; co-localization |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
39992810
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| 2024 |
Lansoprazole (LPZ) inhibits adipose PHOSPHO1 (phosphocholine phosphatase) activity and produces metabolic benefits (reduced obesity, insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis, induction of thermogenic gene expression) in a PHOSPHO1-dependent manner in mice. Mechanistically, LPZ may stimulate thermogenesis by inhibiting conversion of 2-AG-LPA to 2-AG, reducing cannabinoid receptor signaling. |
In vitro PHOSPHO1 inhibition assay; HFD mouse model with LPZ treatment; PHOSPHO1-dependent rescue experiments; gene expression analysis; mitochondrial respiration assay |
Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B |
Medium |
38572109
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