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López JM. Bone Development and Growth. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:6767. [PMID: 38928471 PMCID: PMC11203555 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25126767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/08/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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Our skeleton is an essential part of our body consisting of 206 pieces made of a specialized form of connective tissue, with a matrix containing collagen fibers and a large amount of minerals [...].
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- José M López
- Department of Morphology and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Spain
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Horbaly H, Hubbe M. Systemic versus local patterns of limb joint articular morphology inferred from relative distances from morphological centroid. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2024. [PMID: 38817037 DOI: 10.1002/ar.25506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Joint morphogenesis is a complex process known to require the interaction of developmental cascades and mechanical loading, yet many details of this interaction are incompletely understood. While prior work has established populational patterns of joint morphological (co)variance, exploring how these patterns manifest within the individual provides information on the deployment of morphogenic processes as either systemic or local influences on joint shape. To better identify the patterns of variance-generating morphogenic processes, this study investigates the degree to which individual joint shapes deviate from population averages systematically across the body. Using three-dimensional landmark data from 200 adult skeletons, we ranked individuals based on their distances from morphological centroids for eight major joints. Spearman correlations assessed associations between ranks across various articular pairings, testing hypotheses regarding systemic versus localized variance. Results reveal low coordination between deviations observed in conarticular surfaces, functional analogs, and same-bone surfaces; however strong associations exist between antimeres, suggesting the left-right deployment of variance-generating morphogenic patterns is highly consistent. These results support a model of localized rather than systemic processes driving variation in joint shape. While more remains to be elucidated about the specifics of articular surface morphogenesis, these findings advance our understanding of the systems of variance generation at play during development and growth of our definitive joint morphology.
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- Haley Horbaly
- Department of Health and Human Performance, Congdon School of Health Sciences, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Physician Assistant Studies, Congdon School of Health Sciences, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Trompet D, Kurenkova AD, Zhou B, Li L, Dregval O, Usanova AP, Chu TL, Are A, Nedorubov AA, Kasper M, Chagin AS. Stimulation of skeletal stem cells in the growth plate promotes linear bone growth. JCI Insight 2024; 9:e165226. [PMID: 38516888 PMCID: PMC11063944 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.165226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Recently, skeletal stem cells were shown to be present in the epiphyseal growth plate (epiphyseal skeletal stem cells, epSSCs), but their function in connection with linear bone growth remains unknown. Here, we explore the possibility that modulating the number of epSSCs can correct differences in leg length. First, we examined regulation of the number and activity of epSSCs by Hedgehog (Hh) signaling. Both systemic activation of Hh pathway with Smoothened agonist (SAG) and genetic activation of Hh pathway by Patched1 (Ptch1) ablation in Pthrp-creER Ptch1fl/fl tdTomato mice promoted proliferation of epSSCs and clonal enlargement. Transient intra-articular administration of SAG also elevated the number of epSSCs. When SAG-containing beads were implanted into the femoral secondary ossification center of 1 leg of rats, this leg was significantly longer 1 month later than the contralateral leg implanted with vehicle-containing beads, an effect that was even more pronounced 2 and 6 months after implantation. We conclude that Hh signaling activates growth plate epSSCs, which effectively leads to increased longitudinal growth of bones. This opens therapeutic possibilities for the treatment of differences in leg length.
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- Dana Trompet
- Institute of Medicine, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Medicine, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute of Medicine, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institute for Regenerative Medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Medicine, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Center for Preclinical Studies, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Medicine, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Chagin AS, Chu TL. The Origin and Fate of Chondrocytes: Cell Plasticity in Physiological Setting. Curr Osteoporos Rep 2023; 21:815-824. [PMID: 37837512 PMCID: PMC10724094 DOI: 10.1007/s11914-023-00827-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Here, we discuss the origin of chondrocytes, their destiny, and their plasticity in relationship to bone growth, articulation, and formation of the trabeculae. We also consider these processes from a biological, clinical, and evolutionary perspective. RECENT FINDINGS Chondrocytes, which provide the template for the formation of most bones, are responsible for skeletal growth and articulation during postnatal life. In recent years our understanding of the fate of these cells has changed dramatically. Current evidence indicates a paradoxical situation during skeletogenesis, with some cells of mesenchymal condensation differentiating directly into osteoblasts, whereas others of the same kind give rise to highly similar osteoblasts via a complex process of differentiation involving several chondrocyte intermediates. The situation becomes even more paradoxical during postnatal growth when stem cells in the growth plate produce differentiated, functional progenies, which thereafter presumably dedifferentiate into another type of stem cell. Such a remarkable transition from one cell type to another under postnatal physiological conditions provides a fascinating example of cellular plasticity that may have valuable clinical implications.
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- Andrei S Chagin
- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Deng Z, Rong S, Gan L, Wang F, Bao L, Cai F, Liao Z, Jin Y, Feng S, Feng Z, Wei Y, Chen R, Jin Y, Zhou Y, Zheng X, Huang L, Zhao L. Temporal transcriptome features identify early skeletal commitment during human epiphysis development at single-cell resolution. iScience 2023; 26:107200. [PMID: 37554462 PMCID: PMC10405011 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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Human epiphyseal development has been mainly investigated through radiological and histological approaches, uncovering few details of cellular temporal genetic alternations. Using single-cell RNA sequencing, we investigated the dynamic transcriptome changes during post-conception weeks (PCWs) 15-25 of human distal femoral epiphysis cells. We find epiphyseal cells contain multiple subtypes distinguished by specific markers, gene signatures, Gene Ontology (GO) enrichment analysis, and gene set variation analysis (GSVA). We identify the populations committed to cartilage or ossification at this time, although the secondary ossification centers (SOCs) have not formed. We describe the temporal alternation in transcriptional expression utilizing trajectories, transcriptional regulatory networks, and intercellular communication analyses. Moreover, we find the emergence of the ossification-committed population is correlated with the COL2A1-(ITGA2/11+ITGB1) signaling. NOTCH signaling may contribute to the formation of cartilage canals and ossification via NOTCH signaling. Our findings will advance the understanding of single-cell genetic changes underlying fetal epiphysis development.
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- Zhonghao Deng
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital Taihe Branch, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Orthopaedic Department, The 8th medical center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100091, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction and Detection in Tissue Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shunde First People Hospital, Foshan, Guangdong 528300, China
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Cai L, Cui Y, Guo D, Chen H, Li J, Zhou X, Xie J. Microenvironmental Stiffness Directs Chondrogenic Lineages of Stem Cells from the Human Apical Papilla via Cooperation between ROCK and Smad3 Signaling. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2023; 9:4831-4845. [PMID: 36797839 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c01371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Cell-based cartilage tissue engineering faces a great challenge in the repair process, partly due to the special physical microenvironment. Human stem cell from apical papilla (hSCAP) shows great potential as seed cells because of its versatile differentiation capacity. However, whether hSCAP has potent chondrogenic differentiation ability in the physical microenvironment of chondroid remains unknown. In this study, we fabricated poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) substrates with different stiffnesses and investigated the chondrogenic differentiation potential of hSCAPs. First, we found that hSCAPs cultured on soft substrates spread more narrowly accompanied by cortical actin organization, a hallmark of differentiated chondrocytes. On the contrary, stiff substrates were favorable for cell spreading and stress fiber formation. More importantly, the increased chondrogenic differentiation of hSCAPs seeded on soft substrates was confirmed by characterizing increased extracellular proteoglycan aggregation through Alcian blue staining and Safranin O staining and enhanced markers toward chondrogenic differentiation including SRY-box transcription factor 9 (Sox9), type II collagen (Col2), and aggrecan in both normal α-minimum essential medium (αMEM) and specific chondrogenic medium (CM) culture conditions. Then, we investigated the mechanosensing/mechanotransduction governing the chondrogenic differentiation of hSCAPs in response to different stiffnesses and found that stiffness-sensitive integrin β1 and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) were essential for mechanical signal perception and were oriented at the start of mechanotransduction induced by matrix stiffness. We next showed that the increased nuclear accumulation of Smad3 signaling and target Sox9 facilitated the chondrogenic differentiation of hSCAPs on the soft substrates and further verified the importance of Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) signaling in regulating chondrogenic differentiation and its driving factors, Smad3 and Sox9. By using SIS3, the specific inhibitor of p-Smad3, and miRNA targeting Rho-associated protein kinase 1 (ROCK-1), we finally confirmed the importance of ROCK/Smad3/Sox9 axis in the chondrogenic differentiation of hSCAPs in response to substrate stiffness. These results help us to increase the understanding of how microenvironmental stiffness directs chondrogenic differentiation from the aspects of mechanosensing, mechanotransduction, and cell fate decision, which will be of great value in the application of hSCAPs in cartilage tissue engineering.
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- Linyi Cai
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Warren A, Porter RM, Reyes-Castro O, Ali MM, Marques-Carvalho A, Kim HN, Gatrell LB, Schipani E, Nookaew I, O'Brien CA, Morello R, Almeida M. The NAD salvage pathway in mesenchymal cells is indispensable for skeletal development in mice. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3616. [PMID: 37330524 PMCID: PMC10276814 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39392-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023] Open
Abstract
NAD is an essential co-factor for cellular energy metabolism and multiple other processes. Systemic NAD+ deficiency has been implicated in skeletal deformities during development in both humans and mice. NAD levels are maintained by multiple synthetic pathways but which ones are important in bone forming cells is unknown. Here, we generate mice with deletion of Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt), a critical enzyme in the NAD salvage pathway, in all mesenchymal lineage cells of the limbs. At birth, NamptΔPrx1 exhibit dramatic limb shortening due to death of growth plate chondrocytes. Administration of the NAD precursor nicotinamide riboside during pregnancy prevents the majority of in utero defects. Depletion of NAD post-birth also promotes chondrocyte death, preventing further endochondral ossification and joint development. In contrast, osteoblast formation still occurs in knockout mice, in line with distinctly different microenvironments and reliance on redox reactions between chondrocytes and osteoblasts. These findings define a critical role for cell-autonomous NAD homeostasis during endochondral bone formation.
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- Aaron Warren
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, UC-Biotech, Biocant Park, Cantanhede, Portugal
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
- Center for Musculoskeletal Disease Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
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Wang R, Hu D, Zhang M, Wang S, Zhao Q, Sullivan C, Xu X. A new confuciusornithid bird with a secondary epiphyseal ossification reveals phylogenetic changes in confuciusornithid flight mode. Commun Biol 2022; 5:1398. [PMID: 36543908 PMCID: PMC9772404 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04316-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The confuciusornithids are the earliest known beaked birds, and constitute the only species-rich clade of Early Cretaceous pygostylian birds that existed prior to the cladogenesis of Ornithothoraces. Here, we report a new confuciusornithid species from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, northeastern China. Compared to other confuciusornithids, this new species and the recently reported Yangavis confucii both show evidence of stronger flight capability, although the wings of the two taxa differ from one another in many respects. Our aerodynamic analyses under phylogeny indicate that varying modes of flight adaptation emerged across the diversity of confuciusornithids, and to a lesser degree over the course of their ontogeny, and specifically suggest that both a trend towards improved flight capability and a change in flight strategy occurred in confuciusornithid evolution. The new confuciusornithid differs most saliently from other Mesozoic birds in having an extra cushion-like bone in the first digit of the wing, a highly unusual feature that may have helped to meet the functional demands of flight at a stage when skeletal growth was still incomplete. The new find strikingly exemplifies the morphological, developmental and functional diversity of the first beaked birds.
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- Renfei Wang
- grid.64924.3d0000 0004 1760 5735College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China ,grid.263484.f0000 0004 1759 8467Shenyang Normal University, Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, Key Laboratory for Evolution of Past Life in Northeast Asia, Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
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- grid.263484.f0000 0004 1759 8467Shenyang Normal University, Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, Key Laboratory for Evolution of Past Life in Northeast Asia, Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
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- grid.64924.3d0000 0004 1760 5735College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- grid.263484.f0000 0004 1759 8467Shenyang Normal University, Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, Key Laboratory for Evolution of Past Life in Northeast Asia, Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China
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- grid.458456.e0000 0000 9404 3263Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- grid.17089.370000 0001 2190 316XDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada ,Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, Wembley, AB Canada
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- grid.263484.f0000 0004 1759 8467Shenyang Normal University, Paleontological Museum of Liaoning, Key Laboratory for Evolution of Past Life in Northeast Asia, Liaoning Province, Shenyang, China ,grid.458456.e0000 0000 9404 3263Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China ,grid.440773.30000 0000 9342 2456Center for Vertebrate Evolutionary Biology, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
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Gao M, Liu X, Guo P, Wang J, Li J, Wang W, Stoddart MJ, Grad S, Li Z, Wu H, Li B, He Z, Zhou G, Liu S, Zhu W, Chen D, Zou X, Zhou Z. Deciphering postnatal limb development at single-cell resolution. iScience 2022; 26:105808. [PMID: 36619982 PMCID: PMC9813795 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The early postnatal limb developmental progression bridges embryonic and mature stages and mirrors the pathological remodeling of articular cartilage. However, compared with multitudinous research on embryonic limb development, the early postnatal stage seems relatively unnoticed. Here, a systematic work to portray the postnatal limb developmental landscape was carried out by characterization of 19,952 single cells from murine hindlimbs at 4 postnatal stages using single-cell RNA sequencing technique. By delineation of cell heterogeneity, the candidate progenitor sub-clusters marked by Cd34 and Ly6e were discovered in articular cartilage and enthesis, and three cellular developmental branches marked by Col10a1, Spp1, and Tnni2 were reflected in growth plate. The representative transcriptomes and developmental patterns were intensively explored, and the key regulation mechanisms as well as evolvement in osteoarthritis were discussed. Above all, these results expand horizons of postnatal limb developmental biology and reach the interconnections between limb development, remodeling, and regeneration.
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- Manman Gao
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Department of Sport Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen 518035, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medical Cell Biology and Genetics, Health Sciences Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- AO Research Institute Davos, Davos 7270, Switzerland
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- AO Research Institute Davos, Davos 7270, Switzerland
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medical Cell Biology and Genetics, Health Sciences Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- Department of Sport Medicine, Institute of Translational Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen Second People’s Hospital, Shenzhen 518035, China,Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Anti-aging and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Medical Cell Biology and Genetics, Health Sciences Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518071, China,Corresponding author
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- Laboratory of Bone Tissue Engineering, Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical Materials, Beijing Research Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Beijing JiShuiTan Hospital, Beijing 100035, China,Corresponding author
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China,Corresponding author
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China,Corresponding author
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Abstract
The tissue-resident skeletal stem cells (SSCs), which are self-renewal and multipotent, continuously provide cells (including chondrocytes, bone cells, marrow adipocytes, and stromal cells) for the development and homeostasis of the skeletal system. In recent decade, utilizing fluorescence-activated cell sorting, lineage tracing, and single-cell sequencing, studies have identified various types of SSCs, plotted the lineage commitment trajectory, and partially revealed their properties under physiological and pathological conditions. In this review, we retrospect to SSCs identification and functional studies. We discuss the principles and approaches to identify bona fide SSCs, highlighting pioneering findings that plot the lineage atlas of SSCs. The roles of SSCs and progenitors in long bone, craniofacial tissues, and periosteum are systematically discussed. We further focus on disputes and challenges in SSC research.
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The synovial microenvironment suppresses chondrocyte hypertrophy and promotes articular chondrocyte differentiation. NPJ Regen Med 2022; 7:51. [PMID: 36114234 PMCID: PMC9481641 DOI: 10.1038/s41536-022-00247-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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During the development of the appendicular skeleton, the cartilaginous templates undergo hypertrophic differentiation and remodels into bone, except for the cartilage most adjacent to joint cavities where hypertrophic differentiation and endochondral bone formation are prevented, and chondrocytes instead form articular cartilage. The mechanisms that prevent hypertrophic differentiation and endochondral bone formation of the articular cartilage have not been elucidated. To explore the role of the synovial microenvironment in chondrocyte differentiation, osteochondral allografts consisting of articular cartilage, epiphyseal bone, and growth plate cartilage from distal femoral epiphyses of inbred Lewis rats expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein from a ubiquitous promoter were transplanted either in inverted or original (control) orientation to matching sites in wildtype littermates, thereby allowing for tracing of transplanted cells and their progenies. We found that no hypertrophic differentiation occurred in the growth plate cartilage ectopically placed at the joint surface. Instead, the transplanted growth plate cartilage, with time, remodeled into articular cartilage. This finding suggests that the microenvironment at the articular surface inhibits hypertrophic differentiation and supports articular cartilage formation. To explore this hypothesis, rat chondrocyte pellets were cultured with and without synoviocyte-conditioned media. Consistent with the hypothesis, hypertrophic differentiation was inhibited and expression of the articular surface marker lubricin (Prg4) was dramatically induced when chondrocyte pellets were exposed to synovium- or synoviocyte-conditioned media, but not to chondrocyte- or osteoblast-conditioned media. Taken together, we present evidence for a novel mechanism by which synoviocytes, through the secretion of a factor or factors, act directly on chondrocytes to inhibit hypertrophic differentiation and endochondral bone formation and promote articular cartilage formation. This mechanism may have important implications for articular cartilage development, maintenance, and regeneration.
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Shin HR, Kim BS, Kim HJ, Yoon H, Kim WJ, Choi JY, Ryoo HM. Excessive osteoclast activation by osteoblast paracrine factor RANKL is a major cause of the abnormal long bone phenotype in Apert syndrome model mice. J Cell Physiol 2022; 237:2155-2168. [PMID: 35048384 PMCID: PMC9303724 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.30682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The fibroblast growth factor (FGF)/FGF receptor (FGFR) signaling pathway plays important roles in the development and growth of the skeleton. Apert syndrome caused by gain‐of‐function mutations of FGFR2 results in aberrant phenotypes of the skull, midface, and limbs. Although short limbs are representative features in patients with Apert syndrome, the causative mechanism for this limb defect has not been elucidated. Here we quantitatively confirmed decreases in the bone length, bone mineral density, and bone thickness in the Apert syndrome model of gene knock‐in Fgfr2S252W/+ (EIIA‐Fgfr2S252W/+) mice. Interestingly, despite these bone defects, histological analysis showed that the endochondral ossification process in the mutant mice was similar to that in wild‐type mice. Tartrate‐resistant acid phosphatase staining revealed that trabecular bone loss in mutant mice was associated with excessive osteoclast activity despite accelerated osteogenic differentiation. We investigated the osteoblast–osteoclast interaction and found that the increase in osteoclast activity was due to an increase in the Rankl level of osteoblasts in mutant mice and not enhanced osteoclastogenesis driven by the activation of FGFR2 signaling in bone marrow‐derived macrophages. Consistently, Col1a1‐Fgfr2S252W/+ mice, which had osteoblast‐specific expression of Fgfr2 S252W, showed significant bone loss with a reduction of the bone length and excessive activity of osteoclasts was observed in the mutant mice. Taken together, the present study demonstrates that the imbalance in osteoblast and osteoclast coupling by abnormally increased Rankl expression in Fgfr2S252W/+ mutant osteoblasts is a major causative mechanism for bone loss and short long bones in Fgfr2S252W/+ mice.
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- Hye-Rim Shin
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Cell and Matrix Research Institute, Skeletal Disease Analysis Center, Korea Mouse Phenotyping Center (KMPC), School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Dental Pharmacology, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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San Martin R, Das P, Sanders JT, Hill AM, McCord RP. Transcriptional profiling of Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome fibroblasts reveals deficits in mesenchymal stem cell commitment to differentiation related to early events in endochondral ossification. eLife 2022; 11:81290. [PMID: 36579892 PMCID: PMC9833827 DOI: 10.7554/elife.81290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The expression of a mutant Lamin A, progerin, in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome leads to alterations in genome architecture, nuclear morphology, epigenetic states, and altered phenotypes in all cells of the mesenchymal lineage. Here, we report a comprehensive analysis of the transcriptional status of patient derived HGPS fibroblasts, including nine cell lines not previously reported, in comparison with age-matched controls, adults, and old adults. We find that Progeria fibroblasts carry abnormal transcriptional signatures, centering around several functional hubs: DNA maintenance and epigenetics, bone development and homeostasis, blood vessel maturation and development, fat deposition and lipid management, and processes related to muscle growth. Stratification of patients by age revealed misregulated expression of genes related to endochondral ossification and chondrogenic commitment in children aged 4-7 years old, where this differentiation program starts in earnest. Hi-C measurements on patient fibroblasts show weakening of genome compartmentalization strength but increases in TAD strength. While the majority of gene misregulation occurs in regions which do not change spatial chromosome organization, some expression changes in key mesenchymal lineage genes coincide with lamin associated domain misregulation and shifts in genome compartmentalization.
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- Rebeca San Martin
- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxvilleUnited States
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- UT-ORNL Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxvilleUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxvilleUnited States,Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxvilleUnited States
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- Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleKnoxvilleUnited States
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Phenotypic effect of a single nucleotide polymorphism on SSC7 on fetal outcomes in PRRSV-2 infected gilts. Livest Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Fernández-Iglesias Á, Fuente R, Gil-Peña H, Alonso-Durán L, Santos F, López JM. The Formation of the Epiphyseal Bone Plate Occurs via Combined Endochondral and Intramembranous-Like Ossification. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22020900. [PMID: 33477458 PMCID: PMC7830543 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The formation of the epiphyseal bone plate, the flat bony structure that provides strength and firmness to the growth plate cartilage, was studied in the present study by using light, confocal, and scanning electron microscopy. Results obtained evidenced that this bone tissue is generated by the replacement of the lower portion of the epiphyseal cartilage. However, this process differs considerably from the usual bone tissue formation through endochondral ossification. Osteoblasts deposit bone matrix on remnants of mineralized cartilage matrix that serve as a scaffold, but also on non-mineralized cartilage surfaces and as well as within the perivascular space. These processes occur simultaneously at sites located close to each other, so that, a core of the sheet of bone is established very quickly. Subsequently, thickening and reshaping occurs by appositional growth to generate a dense parallel-fibered bone structurally intermediate between woven and lamellar bone. All these processes occur in close relationship with a cartilage but most of the bone tissue is generated in a manner that may be considered as intramembranous-like. Overall, the findings here reported provide for the first time an accurate description of the tissues and events involved in the formation of the epiphyseal bone plate and gives insight into the complex cellular events underlying bone formation at different sites on the skeleton.
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- Ángela Fernández-Iglesias
- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; (Á.F.-I.); (R.F.); (H.G.-P.); (L.A.-D.); (F.S.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; (Á.F.-I.); (R.F.); (H.G.-P.); (L.A.-D.); (F.S.)
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; (Á.F.-I.); (R.F.); (H.G.-P.); (L.A.-D.); (F.S.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), 33011 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; (Á.F.-I.); (R.F.); (H.G.-P.); (L.A.-D.); (F.S.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; (Á.F.-I.); (R.F.); (H.G.-P.); (L.A.-D.); (F.S.)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), 33011 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
- Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA), 33011 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; (Á.F.-I.); (R.F.); (H.G.-P.); (L.A.-D.); (F.S.)
- Department of Morphology and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oviedo, 33006 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
- Correspondence:
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