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Munk M, Villalobo E, Villalobo A, Berchtold MW. Differential expression of the three independent CaM genes coding for an identical protein: Potential relevance of distinct mRNA stability by different codon usage. Cell Calcium 2022; 107:102656. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2022.102656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ayariga JA, Huang H, Dean D. Decellularized Avian Cartilage, a Promising Alternative for Human Cartilage Tissue Regeneration. MATERIALS 2022; 15:ma15051974. [PMID: 35269204 PMCID: PMC8911734 DOI: 10.3390/ma15051974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Articular cartilage defects, and subsequent degeneration, are prevalent and account for the poor quality of life of most elderly persons; they are also one of the main predisposing factors to osteoarthritis. Articular cartilage is an avascular tissue and, thus, has limited capacity for healing and self-repair. Damage to the articular cartilage by trauma or pathological causes is irreversible. Many approaches to repair cartilage have been attempted with some potential; however, there is no consensus on any ideal therapy. Tissue engineering holds promise as an approach to regenerate damaged cartilage. Since cell adhesion is a critical step in tissue engineering, providing a 3D microenvironment that recapitulates the cartilage tissue is vital to inducing cartilage regeneration. Decellularized materials have emerged as promising scaffolds for tissue engineering, since this procedure produces scaffolds from native tissues that possess structural and chemical natures that are mimetic of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of the native tissue. In this work, we present, for the first time, a study of decellularized scaffolds, produced from avian articular cartilage (extracted from Gallus Gallus domesticus), reseeded with human chondrocytes, and we demonstrate for the first time that human chondrocytes survived, proliferated and interacted with the scaffolds. Morphological studies of the decellularized scaffolds revealed an interconnected, porous architecture, ideal for cell growth. Mechanical characterization showed that the decellularized scaffolds registered stiffness comparable to the native cartilage tissues. Cell growth inhibition and immunocytochemical analyses showed that the decellularized scaffolds are suitable for cartilage regeneration.
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An artificial membrane binding protein-polymer surfactant nanocomplex facilitates stem cell adhesion to the cartilage extracellular matrix. Biomaterials 2021; 276:120996. [PMID: 34280823 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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One of the major challenges within the emerging field of injectable stem cell therapies for articular cartilage (AC) repair is the retention of sufficient viable cell numbers at the site of injury. Even when delivered via intra-articular injection, the number of stem cells retained at the target is often low and declines rapidly over time. To address this challenge, an artificial plasma membrane binding nanocomplex was rationally designed to provide human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) with increased adhesion to articular cartilage tissue. The nanocomplex comprises the extracellular matrix (ECM) binding peptide of a placenta growth factor-2 (PlGF-2) fused to a supercharged green fluorescent protein (scGFP), which was electrostatically conjugated to anionic polymer surfactant chains to yield [S-]scGFP_PlGF2. The [S-]scGFP_PlGF2 nanocomplex spontaneously inserts into the plasma membrane of hMSCs, is not cytotoxic, and does not inhibit differentiation. The nanocomplex-modified hMSCs showed a significant increase in affinity for immobilised collagen II, a key ECM protein of cartilage, in both static and dynamic cell adhesion assays. Moreover, the cells adhered strongly to bovine ex vivo articular cartilage explants resulting in high cell numbers. These findings suggest that the re-engineering of hMSC membranes with [S-]scGFP_PlGF2 could improve the efficacy of injectable stem cell-based therapies for the treatment of damaged articular cartilage.
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Li D, Yin Y, He M, Wang J. Identification of Potential Biomarkers Associated with Prognosis in Gastric Cancer via Bioinformatics Analysis. Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e929104. [PMID: 33582701 PMCID: PMC7890748 DOI: 10.12659/msm.929104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality worldwide. We aimed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and their potential mechanisms associated with the prognosis of GC patients. Material/Methods This study was based on gene profiling information for 37 paired samples of GC and adjacent normal tissues from the GSE118916, GSE79973, and GSE19826 datasets in the Gene Expression Omnibus database. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses were used to investigate the biological role of the DEGs. The protein–protein interaction (PPI) network was constructed by Cytoscape, and the Kaplan-Meier plotter was used for prognostic analysis. Results We identified 119 DEGs, including 21 upregulated and 98 downregulated genes, in GC. The 21 upregulated genes were mainly enriched in extracellular matrix-receptor interaction, focal adhesion, and transforming growth factor-β signaling, while the 98 downregulated genes were significantly associated with gastric acid secretion, retinol metabolism, and metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450. Thirty hub DEGs were obtained for further analysis. Twenty-five of the 30 hub DEGs were significantly associated with the prognosis of GC, and 21 of the 25 hub DEGs showed consistent expression trends within the 3 profile datasets. KEGG reanalysis of these 21 hub DEGs showed that COL1A1, COL1A2, COL2A1, COL11A1, THBS2, and SPP1 were mainly enriched in the extracellular matrix-receptor interaction pathways. Conclusions We identified 6 genes that were significantly related to the prognosis of GC patients. These genes and pathways could serve as potential prognostic markers and be used to develop treatments for GC patients.
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- Dong Li
- Cancer institute, Fujian Cancer Hospital and Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China (mainland)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fujian Cancer Hospital and Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China (mainland)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fujian Cancer Hospital and Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China (mainland)
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Fujian Cancer Hospital and Fujian Medical University Cancer Hospital, Fuzhou, Fujian, China (mainland)
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Zhang Y, Annusver K, Sunadome K, Kameneva P, Edwards S, Lei G, Kasper M, Chagin AS, Adameyko I, Xie M. Epiphyseal Cartilage Formation Involves Differential Dynamics of Various Cellular Populations During Embryogenesis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:122. [PMID: 32211405 PMCID: PMC7066500 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A joint connects two or more bones together to form a functional unit that allows different types of bending and movement. Little is known about how the opposing ends of the connected bones are developed. Here, applying various lineage tracing strategies we demonstrate that progenies of Gdf5-, Col2-, Prrx1-, and Gli1-positive cells contribute to the growing epiphyseal cartilage in a spatially asymmetrical manner. In addition, we reveal that cells in the cartilaginous anlagen are likely to be the major sources for epiphyseal cartilage. Moreover, Gli1-positive cells are found to proliferate along the skeletal edges toward the periarticular region of epiphyseal surface. Finally, a switch in the mechanism of growth from cell division to cell influx likely occurs in the epiphyseal cartilage when joint cavitation has completed. Altogether, our findings reveal an asymmetrical mechanism of growth that drives the formation of epiphyseal cartilage ends, which might implicate on how the articular surface of these skeletal elements acquires their unique and sophisticated shape during embryonic development.
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- Yi Zhang
- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Light Sheet Microscopy Pilot Facility at SciLifeLab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.,Institute for Regenerative Medicine, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.,Department of Molecular Neurosciences, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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Okazaki S, Meguro A, Ideta R, Takeuchi M, Yonemoto J, Teshigawara T, Yamane T, Okada E, Ideta H, Mizuki N. Common variants in the COL2A1 gene are associated with lattice degeneration of the retina in a Japanese population. Mol Vis 2019; 25:843-850. [PMID: 31908402 PMCID: PMC6925665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Lattice degeneration of the retina is a vitreoretinal disorder characterized by a visible fundus lesion that predisposes the patient to retinal detachment. It has been suggested that collagen type II alpha 1 (COL2A1) gene variants may contribute to the development of disorders associated with retinal detachment. Here we investigated whether COL2A1 gene variants were associated with the risk of lattice degeneration of the retina. METHODS We recruited 634 Japanese patients with lattice degeneration of the retina and 1694 Japanese healthy controls. We genotyped 13 tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in COL2A1. We also performed imputation analysis to evaluate the potential association of un-genotyped COL2A1 SNPs, involving the imputation of 65 SNPs. RESULTS Two intronic SNPs-rs1793954 and rs1635533-were significantly associated with lattice degeneration of the retina. The SNP rs1793954 showed the strongest association, with its C allele carrying an increased disease risk (p = 0.0016, corrected p = 0.021, OR = 1.25). The rs1793954 and rs1635533 SNPs were in strong linkage disequilibrium with each other (r 2 = 0.99), and conditional analysis revealed that rs1793954 could account for the association between rs1635533 and the disease. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggested that COL2A1 gene variants may contribute to the development of lattice degeneration of the retina. Further genetic and functional analyses of COL2A1 variants are needed to clarify the present findings.
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- Shinya Okazaki
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan,Yokosuka Chuoh Eye Clinic, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan,Tsurumi Chuoh Eye Clinic, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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Henriksson HB, Papadimitriou N, Hingert D, Baranto A, Lindahl A, Brisby H. The Traceability of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells After Injection Into Degenerated Discs in Patients with Low Back Pain. Stem Cells Dev 2019; 28:1203-1211. [PMID: 31237488 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2019.0074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Low back pain is a major health issue and one main cause to this condition is believed to be intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration. Stem cell therapy for degenerated discs using mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) has been suggested. The aim of the study was to investigate the presence and distribution pattern of autologous MSCs transplanted into degenerated IVDs in patients and explanted posttransplantation. IVD tissues from four patients (41, 45, 47, and 47 years of age) participating in a clinical feasibility study on MSC transplantation to degenerative discs were investigated. Three patients decided to undergo fusion surgery at time points 8 months and one patient at 28 months posttransplantation. Pretransplantation, MSCs from bone marrow aspirate were isolated by centrifugation in FICOLL® test tubes and cultured (passage 1). Before transplantation, MSCs were labeled with 1 mg/mL iron sucrose (Venofer®) and 1 × 106 MSCs were transplanted into degenerated IVDs. At the time point of surgery, IVD tissues were collected. IVD tissue samples were fixated, embedded in paraffin, and sections prepared. IVD samples were stained with Prussian Blue, by which iron deposits are visualized and examined (light microscopy). Immunohistochemistry (IHC), including SOX9 (sex determining region Y box 9), Coll2A1 (collagen 2A1), and cell viability (TUNEL) were performed. Cells positive for iron deposits were observed in IVD tissues (3/4 patients). The cells/iron deposits were observed in clusters and/or as solitary cells in regions in IVD tissue samples [regions of interest (ROIs)]. By IHC, SOX9- and Coll2A1-positive cells were detected in the same regions as the detected cells/iron deposits. A few nonviable cells were detected by TUNEL assay in ROIs. Results demonstrated that MSCs, labeled with iron sucrose, transplanted into degenerated IVDs were detectable 8 months posttransplantation. The detected cellular activity indicates that MSCs have differentiated into chondrocyte-like cells and that the injected MSCs and/or their progeny have survived since the cells were found in large cluster and as solitary cells which were distributed at different parts of the IVD.
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- Helena Barreto Henriksson
- Department of Orthopedics, Institute for Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Orthopedics, Institute for Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Orthopedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Orthopedics, Institute for Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Orthopedics, Institute for Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Orthopedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Orthopedics, Institute for Clinical Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Orthopedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Boot-Handford RP. Gene cloning to clinical trials-the trials and tribulations of a life with collagen. Int J Exp Pathol 2019; 100:4-11. [PMID: 30912609 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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This review, based on the BSMB Fell-Muir Lecture I presented in July 2018 at the Matrix Biology Europe Conference in Manchester, gives a personal perspective of my own laboratory's contributions to research into type X collagen, metaphyseal chondrodysplasia type Schmid and potential treatments for this disorder that are currently entering clinical trial. I have tried to set the advances made in the context of the scientific technologies available at the time and how these have changed over the more than three decades of this research.
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- Raymond P Boot-Handford
- Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Deng Y, Tan XT, Wu Q, Wang X. Correlations Between COL2A and Aggrecan Genetic Polymorphisms and the Risk and Clinicopathological Features of Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in a Chinese Han Population: A Case-Control Study. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2016; 21:108-115. [PMID: 27991836 DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2016.0256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES This case-control study was designed to evaluate the association of three COL2A1 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) (rs1793953, rs2276454, and rs1793937) and Aggrecan variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphisms with the risk and clinicopathological features of intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) in a Chinese Han population. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data from 295 IVDD patients (case group) and 324 healthy volunteers (control group) were collected between January 2012 and December 2014. Magnetic resonance examinations were conducted on all included subjects. The frequency distributions of the COL2A1 and Aggrecan polymorphisms were detected using direct sequencing and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis, respectively. RESULTS The genotype and allele frequencies of the COL2A1 genetic polymorphisms (rs1793953 and rs2276454) and the Aggrecan VNTR polymorphisms differed significantly between the case group and the control group (all p < 0.05). The haplotype analysis indicated that the frequencies of ACGL (L, long) and GTCL haplotypes were lower in the case group than in the control group (both p < 0.05). In the case group, the genotype and allele frequencies of the COL2A1 genes, rs1793953 and rs2276454, and Aggrecan VNTR significantly differed in terms of Pfirrmann grades III, IV, and V (all p < 0.05). Personal history of spine sprain or crush injury, history of IVDD in a first-degree relative, and COL2A1 rs2276454 and Aggrecan VNTR presence may be independent risk factors of IVDD (all p < 0.05, odds ratio [OR] >1), whereas tea drinking habit, part-time sports participation, and COL2A1 rs1793953 presence may be protective factors of IVDD (all p < 0.05, OR <1). CONCLUSION Our study provides evidence that COL2A1 and Aggrecan genetic polymorphisms may be correlated with the risk and clinicopathological features of IVDD in a Chinese Han population, and ACGL and GTCL haplotypes may be protective factors of IVDD.
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- Yu Deng
- 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University , Wuhan, P.R. China
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- 2 Department of Histology and Embryology, Basic Medical School, Wuhan University , Wuhan, P.R. China
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- 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University , Wuhan, P.R. China
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- 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University , Wuhan, P.R. China
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Amoroso G, Ventura T, Cobcroft JM, Adams MB, Elizur A, Carter CG. Multigenic Delineation of Lower Jaw Deformity in Triploid Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.). PLoS One 2016; 11:e0168454. [PMID: 27977809 PMCID: PMC5158070 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Lower jaw deformity (LJD) is a skeletal anomaly affecting farmed triploid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) which leads to considerable economic losses for industry and has animal welfare implications. The present study employed transcriptome analysis in parallel with real-time qPCR techniques to characterise for the first time the LJD condition in triploid Atlantic salmon juveniles using two independent sample sets: experimentally-sourced salmon (60 g) and commercially produced salmon (100 g). A total of eleven genes, some detected/identified through the transcriptome analysis (fbn2, gal and gphb5) and others previously determined to be related to skeletal physiology (alp, bmp4, col1a1, col2a1, fgf23, igf1, mmp13, ocn), were tested in the two independent sample sets. Gphb5, a recently discovered hormone, was significantly (P < 0.05) down-regulated in LJD affected fish in both sample sets, suggesting a possible hormonal involvement. In-situ hybridization detected gphb5 expression in oral epithelium, teeth and skin of the lower jaw. Col2a1 showed the same consistent significant (P < 0.05) down-regulation in LJD suggesting a possible cartilaginous impairment as a distinctive feature of the condition. Significant (P < 0.05) differential expression of other genes found in either one or the other sample set highlighted the possible effect of stage of development or condition progression on transcription and showed that anomalous bone development, likely driven by cartilage impairment, is more evident at larger fish sizes. The present study improved our understanding of LJD suggesting that a cartilage impairment likely underlies the condition and col2a1 may be a marker. In addition, the involvement of gphb5 urges further investigation of a hormonal role in LJD and skeletal physiology in general.
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- Gianluca Amoroso
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Genecology Research Centre, School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Genecology Research Centre, School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Genecology Research Centre, School of Science and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Locked Bag 4, Maroochydore DC, Queensland, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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Wang L, Pan H, Zhu ZA. A genetic pedigree analysis to identify gene mutations involved in femoral head necrosis. Mol Med Rep 2014; 10:1835-8. [PMID: 25050885 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2013] [Accepted: 12/26/2013] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The present study presents results from a linkage and mutation screening analysis aiming to identify the causative gene of femoral head necrosis, also known as osteonecrosis of femoral head (ONFH), in a Chinese pedigree. We collected clinical data on the osteonecrosis pedigree, and extracted blood and genomic DNA from the family members. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct sequencing allowed to identify a mutation in the COL2A1 gene of the proband; the clinical manifestations of the proband meet the criteria for osteonecrosis. The exons of COL2A1 were amplified by polymerase chain reaction and mutation screening was conducted by direct sequencing in all the family members. The locus was also sequenced in 50 unrelated healthy controls. The c.3665G>A heterozygous mutation was detected in patients of the pedigree, but not in healthy individuals. We conclude that a mutation in the COL2A1 gene is the causative agent of ONFH in this family. Therefore, this mutation may be associated with osteonecrosis in Chinese populations.
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- Lin Wang
- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200012, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat‑sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200012, P.R. China
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Totoki Y, Yoshida A, Hosoda F, Nakamura H, Hama N, Ogura K, Yoshida A, Fujiwara T, Arai Y, Toguchida J, Tsuda H, Miyano S, Kawai A, Shibata T. Unique mutation portraits and frequent COL2A1 gene alteration in chondrosarcoma. Genome Res 2014; 24:1411-20. [PMID: 25024164 PMCID: PMC4158757 DOI: 10.1101/gr.160598.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Chondrosarcoma is the second most frequent malignant bone tumor. However, the etiological background of chondrosarcomagenesis remains largely unknown, along with details on molecular alterations and potential therapeutic targets. Massively parallel paired-end sequencing of whole genomes of 10 primary chondrosarcomas revealed that the process of accumulation of somatic mutations is homogeneous irrespective of the pathological subtype or the presence of IDH1 mutations, is unique among a range of cancer types, and shares significant commonalities with that of prostate cancer. Clusters of structural alterations localized within a single chromosome were observed in four cases. Combined with targeted resequencing of additional cartilaginous tumor cohorts, we identified somatic alterations of the COL2A1 gene, which encodes an essential extracellular matrix protein in chondroskeletal development, in 19.3% of chondrosarcoma and 31.7% of enchondroma cases. Epigenetic regulators (IDH1 and YEATS2) and an activin/BMP signal component (ACVR2A) were recurrently altered. Furthermore, a novel FN1-ACVR2A fusion transcript was observed in both chondrosarcoma and osteochondromatosis cases. With the characteristic accumulative process of somatic changes as a background, molecular defects in chondrogenesis and aberrant epigenetic control are primarily causative of both benign and malignant cartilaginous tumors.
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- Yasushi Totoki
- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan
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- Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Department of Tissue Regeneration, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of DNA Informatics Analysis, Human Genome Center, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan
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- Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0045, Japan;
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Over two decades ago, two isoforms of the type II procollagen gene (COL2A1) were discovered. These isoforms, named IIA and IIB, are generated in a developmentally-regulated manner by alternative splicing of exon 2. Chondroprogenitor cells synthesize predominantly IIA isoforms (containing exon 2) while differentiated chondrocytes produce mainly IIB transcripts (devoid of exon 2). Importantly, this IIA-to-IIB alternative splicing switch occurs only during chondrogenesis. More recently, two other isoforms have been reported (IIC and IID) that also involve splicing of exon 2; these findings highlight the complexities involving regulation of COL2A1 expression. The biological significance of why different isoforms of COL2A1 exist within the context of skeletal development and maintenance is still not completely understood. This review will provide current knowledge on COL2A1 isoform expression during chondrocyte differentiation and what is known about some of the mechanisms that control exon 2 alternative splicing. Utilization of mouse models to address the biological significance of Col2a1 alternative splicing in vivo will also be discussed. From the knowledge acquired to date, some new questions and concepts are now being proposed on the importance of Col2a1 alternative splicing in regulating extracellular matrix assembly and how this may subsequently affect cartilage and endochondral bone quality and function.
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- Audrey McAlinden
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine , St Louis, MO , USA
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Lien HW, Yang CH, Cheng CH, Hung CC, Liao WH, Hwang PP, Han YS, Huang CJ. A novel zinc finger protein 219-like (ZNF219L) is involved in the regulation of collagen type 2 alpha 1a (col2a1a) gene expression in zebrafish notochord. Int J Biol Sci 2013; 9:872-86. [PMID: 24155663 PMCID: PMC3805895 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.7126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 08/24/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The notochord is required for body plan patterning in vertebrates, and defects in notochord development during embryogenesis can lead to diseases affecting the adult. It is therefore important to elucidate the gene regulatory mechanism underlying notochord formation. In this study, we cloned the zebrafish zinc finger 219-like (ZNF219L) based on mammalian ZNF219, which contains nine C2H2-type zinc finger domains. Through whole-mount in situ hybridization, we found that znf219L mRNA is mainly expressed in the zebrafish midbrain-hindbrain boundary, hindbrain, and notochord during development. The znf219L morpholino knockdown caused partial abnormal notochord phenotype and reduced expression of endogenous col2a1a in the notochord specifically. In addition, ZNF219L could recognize binding sites with GGGGG motifs and trigger augmented activity of the col2a1a promoter in a luciferase assay. Furthermore, in vitro binding experiments revealed that ZNF219L recognizes the GGGGG motifs in the promoter region of the zebrafish col2a1a gene through its sixth and ninth zinc finger domains. Taken together, our results reveal that ZNF219L is involved in regulating the expression of col2a1a in zebrafish notochord specifically.
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- Huang-Wei Lien
- 1. Institute of Fisheries Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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Richards AJ, Fincham GS, McNinch A, Hill D, Poulson AV, Castle B, Lees MM, Moore AT, Scott JD, Snead MP. Alternative splicing modifies the effect of mutations in COL11A1 and results in recessive type 2 Stickler syndrome with profound hearing loss. J Med Genet 2013; 50:765-71. [PMID: 23922384 PMCID: PMC3812854 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-101499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stickler syndromes types 1, 2 and 3 are usually dominant disorders caused by mutations in the genes COL2A1, COL11A1 and COL11A2 that encode the fibrillar collagens types II and XI present in cartilage and vitreous. Rare recessive forms of Stickler syndrome exist that are due to mutations in genes encoding type IX collagen (COL9A1 type 4 Stickler syndrome and COL9A2 type 5 Stickler syndrome). Recently, recessive mutations in the COL11A1 gene have been demonstrated to result in fibrochondrogenesis, a much more severe skeletal dysplasia, which is often lethal. Here we demonstrate that some mutations in COL11A1 are recessive, modified by alternative splicing and result in type 2 Stickler syndrome rather than fibrochondrogenesis. METHODS Patients referred to the national Stickler syndrome diagnostic service for England, UK were assessed clinically and subsequently sequenced for mutations in COL11A1. Additional in silico and functional studies to assess the effect of sequence variants on pre-mRNA processing and collagen structure were performed. RESULTS In three different families, heterozygous COL11A1 biallelic null, null/missense or silent/missense mutations, were found. They resulted in a recessive form of type 2 Stickler syndrome characterised by particularly profound hearing loss and are clinically distinct from the recessive types 4 and 5 variants of Stickler syndrome. One mutant allele in each family is capable of synthesising a normal α1(XI) procollagen molecule, via variable pre-mRNA processing. CONCLUSION This new variant has important implications for molecular diagnosis and counselling families with type 2 Stickler syndrome.
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Dale RM, Topczewski J. Identification of an evolutionarily conserved regulatory element of the zebrafish col2a1a gene. Dev Biol 2011; 357:518-31. [PMID: 21723274 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Revised: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 06/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an excellent model organism for the study of vertebrate development including skeletogenesis. Studies of mammalian cartilage formation were greatly advanced through the use of a cartilage specific regulatory element of the Collagen type II alpha 1 (Col2a1) gene. In an effort to isolate such an element in zebrafish, we compared the expression of two col2a1 homologues and found that expression of col2a1b, a previously uncharacterized zebrafish homologue, only partially overlaps with col2a1a. We focused our analysis on col2a1a, as it is expressed in both the stacked chondrocytes and the perichondrium. By comparing the genomic sequence surrounding the predicted transcriptional start site of col2a1a among several species of teleosts we identified a small highly conserved sequence (R2) located 1.7 kb upstream of the presumptive transcriptional initiation site. Interestingly, neither the sequence nor location of this element is conserved between teleost and mammalian Col2a1. We generated transient and stable transgenic lines with just the R2 element or the entire 1.7 kb fragment 5' of the transcriptional initiation site. The identified regulatory elements enable the tracking of cellular development in various tissues by driving robust reporter expression in craniofacial cartilage, ear, notochord, floor plate, hypochord and fins in a pattern similar to the expression of endogenous col2a1a. Using a reporter gene driven by the R2 regulatory element, we analyzed the morphogenesis of the notochord sheath cells as they withdraw from the stack of initially uniform cells and encase the inflating vacuolated notochord cells. Finally, we show that like endogenous col2a1a, craniofacial expression of these reporter constructs depends on Sox9a transcription factor activity. At the same time, notochord expression is maintained after Sox9a knockdown, suggesting that other factors can activate expression through the identified regulatory element in this tissue.
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- Rodney M Dale
- Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Memorial Research Center, 2300 Children's Plaza, Box 204, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA.
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Yaguchi H, Ikeda T, Osada H, Yoshitake Y, Sasaki H, Yonekura H. Identification of theCOL2A1Mutation in Patients with Type I Stickler Syndrome Using RNA from Freshly Isolated Peripheral White Blood Cells. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2011; 15:231-7. [DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2010.0138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Hiromoto Yaguchi
- Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa Medical University School of Medicine, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kanazawa Medical University School of Medicine, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa Medical University School of Medicine, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kanazawa Medical University School of Medicine, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa Medical University School of Medicine, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kanazawa Medical University School of Medicine, Uchinada, Ishikawa, Japan
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Kim TS, Kawaguchi M, Suzuki M, Jung CG, Asai K, Shibamoto Y, Lavin MF, Khanna KK, Miura Y. The ZFHX3 (ATBF1) transcription factor induces PDGFRB, which activates ATM in the cytoplasm to protect cerebellar neurons from oxidative stress. Dis Model Mech 2010; 3:752-62. [PMID: 20876357 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.004689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by mutations in the large serine-threonine kinase ATM. A-T patients suffer from degeneration of the cerebellum and show abnormal elevation of serum alpha-fetoprotein. Here, we report a novel signaling pathway that links ATM via cAMP-responsive-element-binding protein (CREB) to the transcription factor ZFHX3 (also known as ATBF1), which in turn promotes survival of neurons by inducing expression of platelet-derived growth factor receptor β (PDGFRB). Notably, AG1433, an inhibitor of PDGFRB, suppressed the activation of ATM under oxidative stress, whereas AG1433 did not inhibit the response of ATM to genotoxic stress by X-ray irradiation. Thus, the activity of a membrane-bound tyrosine kinase is required to trigger the activation of ATM in oxidative stress, independent of the response to genotoxic stress. Kainic acid stimulation induced activation of ATM in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and deep cerebellar nuclei (DCN), predominately in the cytoplasm in the absence of induction of γ-H2AX (a marker of DNA double-strand breaks). The activation of ATM in the cytoplasm might play a role in autophagy in protection of neurons against oxidative stress. It is important to consider DCN of the cerebellum in the etiology of A-T, because these neurons are directly innervated by Purkinje cells, which are progressively lost in A-T.
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- Tae-Sun Kim
- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan
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Buttle DJ, Bramwell H, Hollander AP. Proteolytic mechanisms of cartilage breakdown: a target for arthritis therapy? Mol Pathol 2010; 48:M167-77. [PMID: 16696000 PMCID: PMC407956 DOI: 10.1136/mp.48.4.m167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- D J Buttle
- Institute for Bone & Joint Medicine, Department of Human Metabolism & Clinical Biochemistry, University of Sheffield Medical School, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX
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Salsas-Escat R, Stultz CM. Conformational selection and collagenolysis in type III collagen. Proteins 2010; 78:325-35. [PMID: 19731369 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) cleave native collagen at a single site despite the fact that collagen contains more than one scissile bond that can, in principle, be cleaved. For peptide bond hydrolysis to occur at one specific site, MMPs must (1) localize to a region near the unique scissile bond, (2) bind residues at the catalytic site that form the scissile bond, and (3) hydrolyze the corresponding peptide bond. Prior studies suggest that for some types of collagen, binding of noncatalytic MMP domains to amino acid sequences in the vicinity of the true cleavage site facilitates the localization of collagenases. In the present study, our goal was to determine whether binding to the catalytic site also plays a role in determining MMP specificity. To investigate this, we computed the conformational free energy landscape of Type III collagen at each potential cleavage site. The free energy profiles suggest that although all potential cleavage sites sample unfolded states at relatively low temperatures, the true cleavage site samples structures that are complementary to the catalytic site. By contrast, potential cleavage sites that are not cleaved sample states that are relatively incompatible with the MMP active site. Furthermore, our findings point to a specific role for arginine residues in modulating the structural stability of collagen near the collagenase cleavage site. These data imply that locally unfolded potential cleavage sites in Type III collagen sample distinct unfolded ensembles, and that the region about the true collagenase cleavage site samples states that are most complementary to the MMP active site.
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- Ramon Salsas-Escat
- Computational and Systems Biology Initiative, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Czarny-Ratajczak M, Chrzanowska K, Bieganski T, Sulko J, Baranska D, Kocyla-Karczmarewicz B, Kuszel L, Jakubowski L, Niedzielski K, Kozlowski K. Severe neonatal spondylometaphyseal dysplasia in two siblings. Am J Med Genet A 2009; 149A:2166-72. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Vilalta M, Jorgensen C, Dégano IR, Chernajovsky Y, Gould D, Noël D, Andrades JA, Becerra J, Rubio N, Blanco J. Dual luciferase labelling for non-invasive bioluminescence imaging of mesenchymal stromal cell chondrogenic differentiation in demineralized bone matrix scaffolds. Biomaterials 2009; 30:4986-95. [PMID: 19539363 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.05.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2009] [Accepted: 05/21/2009] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Non-invasive bioluminescence imaging (BLI) to monitor changes in gene expression of cells implanted in live animals should facilitate the development of biomaterial scaffolds for tissue regeneration. We show that, in vitro, induction of chondrogenic differentiation in mouse bone marrow stromal cell line (CL1) and human adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stromal cells (hAMSCs), permanently transduced with a procollagen II (COL2A1) promoter driving a firefly luciferase gene reporter (PLuc) (COL2A1p.PLuc), induces PLuc expression in correlation with increases in COL2A1 and Sox9 mRNA expression and acquisition of chondrocytic phenotype. To be able to simultaneously monitor in vivo cell differentiation and proliferation, COL2A1p.PLuc labelled cells were also genetically labelled with a renilla luciferase (RLuc) gene driven by a constitutively active cytomegalovirus promoter, and then seeded in demineralized bone matrix (DBM) subcutaneously implanted in SCID mice. Non-invasive BLI monitoring of the implanted mice showed that the PLuc/RLuc ratio reports on gene expression changes indicative of cell differentiation. Large (CL1) and moderated (hAMSCs) changes in the PLuc/RLuc ratio over a 6 week period, revealed different patterns of in vivo chondrogenic differentiation for the CL1 cell line and primary MSCs, in agreement with in vitro published data and our results from histological analysis of DBM sections. This double bioluminescence labelling strategy together with BLI imaging to analyze behaviour of cells implanted in live animals should facilitate the development of progenitor cell/scaffold combinations for tissue repair.
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- Marta Vilalta
- Cardiovascular Research Center, CSIC-ICCC, CIBER-BBN, Barcelona 08025, Spain
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Arheden K, Mandahl N, Heim S, Mitelman F. In situ hybridization localizes the human type II alpha 1 collagen gene (COL2A1) to 12q13. Hereditas 2008; 110:165-7. [PMID: 2745153 DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1989.tb00437.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We have, using in situ hybridization technique, localized the human type II alpha 1 collagen gene (COL2A1) to chromosome band 12q13. The gene had previously been assigned to either 12q13.1-13.2 or 12q14.3. Since the chromosome segment 12q13-15 has been shown to be rearranged in several benign and malignant human neoplasms, the exact band localization of COL2A1 within this region makes it a useful marker for the molecular analysis of these tumors.
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Laprise SL, Gray MR. Covalent genomic DNA modification patterns revealed by denaturing gradient gel blots. Gene 2006; 391:45-52. [PMID: 17276628 PMCID: PMC1924925 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2006] [Revised: 11/10/2006] [Accepted: 12/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Several approaches are used to survey genomic DNA methylation patterns, including Southern blot, PCR, and microarray strategies. All of these methods are based on the use of methylation-sensitive isoschizomer restriction enzyme pairs and/or sodium bisulfite treatment of genomic DNA. They have many limitations, including PCR bias, lack of comprehensive assessment of methylated sites, labor-intensive protocols, and/or the need for expensive equipment. Since the presence of 5-methylcytosine alters the melting properties of DNA molecules, denaturing gradient gel blots (DGG blots), a gene scanning technique which detects differences in DNA fragments based on differential melting behavior, were used to examine genomic modification patterns in normal tissues. Variations in melting behavior, observed as restriction fragment melting polymorphisms (RFMPs), were detected in various tissues from single individuals in all human and mouse genes tested, suggesting the presence of widespread differential cell type-specific DNA modification. Additional DGG blot experiments comparing genomic DNA to unmethylated cloned DNA suggested that the melting variants were most likely caused by DNA methylation differences. The results suggest that the use of DGG blots can provide a comprehensive and rapid method for comparing complex in vivo DNA modification patterns in normal adult somatic cells.
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- Shari L Laprise
- Math/Science Division, Babson College, Forest Street, Babson Park, MA 02457, USA.
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Lammi MJ, Häyrinen J, Mahonen A. Proteomic analysis of cartilage- and bone-associated samples. Electrophoresis 2006; 27:2687-701. [PMID: 16739228 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The skeleton of the human body is built of cartilage and bone, which are tissues that contain extensive amounts of extracellular matrix (ECM). In bone, inorganic mineral hydroxyapatite forms 50-70% of the whole weight of the tissue. Although the organic matrix of bone consists of numerous proteins, 90% of it is composed of type I collagen. In cartilage, ECM forms a major fraction of the tissue, type II collagen and aggrecans being the most abundant macromolecules. It is obvious that the high content of ECM components causes analytical problems in the proteomic analysis of cartilage and bone, analogous to those in the analysis of low-abundance proteins present in serum. The massive contents of carbohydrates present in cartilage proteoglycans, and hydroxyapatite in bone, further complicate the situation. However, the development of proteomic tools makes them more and more tempting also for research of musculoskeletal tissues. Application of proteomic techniques to the research of chondrocytes, osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts in cell cultures can immediately benefit from the present knowledge. Here we make an overview to previous proteomic research of cartilage- and bone-associated samples and evaluate the future prospects of applying proteomic techniques to investigate key events, such as cellular signal transduction, in cartilage- and bone-derived cells.
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- Mikko J Lammi
- Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Kuopio, Finland.
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Nakamura E, Nguyen MT, Mackem S. Kinetics of tamoxifen-regulated Cre activity in mice using a cartilage-specific CreERT to assay temporal activity windows along the proximodistal limb skeleton. Dev Dyn 2006; 235:2603-12. [PMID: 16894608 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cartilage differentiation occurs over a broad time range from early embryonic development, when the mesenchymal condensations that give rise to cartilage models for future bone first appear, and continuing through adult life, when there is ongoing maintenance of articular joint surfaces and re-activation of cartilage formation after fracture. The chondrogenic response also figures in the pathogenesis of degenerative and inflammatory joint diseases. We have generated a transgenic line expressing tamoxifen-dependent Cre recombinase that gives efficient recombination in the chondrogenic lineage, both during embryogenesis and postnatally, and provides a valuable tool for analysis of gene function selectively in chondrogenic cells using conditional genetic approaches. Because the cartilage model of the limb skeleton forms progressively in a proximodistal order during discrete, well-defined time periods, evaluation of the spatial extent of tamoxifen-induced recombination along the limb axis during these time windows has also enabled us to examine the pharmacokinetics of single-dose tamoxifen injections during pregnancy.
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- Eiichiro Nakamura
- Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Xi C, Liu N, Liang F, Guo S, Sun Y, Yang F, Xi Y. Molecular cloning, characterization and localization of chicken type II procollagen gene. Gene 2006; 366:67-76. [PMID: 16297573 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2004] [Revised: 04/13/2005] [Accepted: 06/02/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chicken type II procollagen (ccol2a1) has become as an important oral tolerance protein for effective treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. However, its molecular identity remains unclear. Here, we reported the full-length cDNA and nearly complete genomic DNA encoding ccol2a1. We have determined the structural organization, evolutional characters, developmental expression and chromosomal mapping of the gene. The full-length cDNA sequence spans 4837 bp containing all the coding region of the ccol2a1 including 3' and 5' untranslation region. The deduced peptide of ccol2a1, composed of 1420 amino acids, can be divided into signal peptide, N-propeptide, N-telopeptide, triple helix, C-telopeptide and C-propeptide. The ccol2a1 genomic DNA sequence was determined to be 12,523 bp long containing 54 exons interrupted by 53 introns. Comparison of the ccol2a1 with its counterparts in human, mouse, canine, horse, rat, frog and newt revealed highly conserved sequence in the triple helix domain. Chromosomal mapping of ccol2a1 locates it on 4P2. While the ccol2a1 mRNA was expressed in multiple tissues, the protein was only detected in chondrogenic cartilage, vitreous body and cornea. The ccol2a1 was found to contain two isoforms detected by RT-PCR. The distribution of the ccol2a1 lacking exon 2wasfrequently detected in chondrogenic tissues, whereas the exon 2-containing isoform was more abundant in non-chondrogenic tissues. These results provide useful information for preparing recombinant chicken type II collagen and for a better understanding of normal cartilage development.
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- Caixia Xi
- Department of Immunology and National Center for Biomedicine Analysis, Beijing 307 Hospital Affiliated to Academy of Medical Sciences, No. 8 Dong-Da Street, Beijing, 100071, PR China
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Shen Y, Iqbal J, Xiao L, Lynch RC, Rosenwald A, Staudt LM, Sherman S, Dybkaer K, Zhou G, Eudy JD, Delabie J, McKeithan TW, Chan WC. Distinct gene expression profiles in different B-cell compartments in human peripheral lymphoid organs. BMC Immunol 2004; 5:20. [PMID: 15369600 PMCID: PMC535350 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-5-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2004] [Accepted: 09/15/2004] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background There are three major B-cell compartments in peripheral lymphoid organs: the germinal center (GC), the mantle zone (MNZ) and the marginal zone (MGZ). Unique sets of B-cells reside in these compartments, and they have specific functional roles in humoral immune response. MNZ B cells are naïve cells in a quiescent state and may participate in GC reactions upon proper stimulation. The adult splenic MGZ contains mostly memory B cells and is also known to provide a rapid response to particulate antigens. The GC B-cells proliferate rapidly and undergo selection and affinity maturation. The B-cell maturational process is accompanied by changes in the expression of cell-surface and intracellular proteins and requires signals from the specialized microenvironments. Results We performed laser microdissection of the three compartments for gene expression profiling by cDNA microarray. The transcriptional program of the GC was dominated by upregulation of genes associated with proliferation and DNA repair or recombination. The MNZ and MGZ showed increased expression of genes promoting cellular quiescence. The three compartments also revealed distinct repertoires of apoptosis-associated genes, chemokines and chemokine receptors. The MNZ and GC showed upregulation of CCL20 and CCL18 respectively. The MGZ was characterized by high expression of many chemokines genes e.g. CXCL12, CCL3, CCL14 and IFN-associated genes, consistent with its role in rapid response to infections. A stromal signature was identified including genes associated with macrophages or with synthesis of extracellular matrix and genes that influenced lymphocyte migration and survival. Differentially expressed genes that did not belong to the above categories include the well characterized BCL6 and CD10 and many others whose function is not known. Conclusions Transcriptional profiling of B-cell compartments has identified groups of genes involved in critical molecular and cellular events that affect proliferation, survival migration, and differentiation of the cells. The gene expression study of normal B-cell compartments may additionally contribute to our understanding of the molecular abnormalities of the corresponding lymphoid tumors.
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- Yulei Shen
- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Metabolism Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Departments of Pathology and Microbiology, Eppley Cancer Institute, Department of Genetics Cell Biology and Anatomy, Munroe-Meyer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Panasyuk A, Colantuoni G, Khatib AM, Lomri A, Mitrovic DR. Human synovium produces substances that inhibit DNA and stimulate proteoglycan and collagen synthesis by cultured human articular chondrocytes and synovial fibroblasts. Scand J Rheumatol 2003; 32:240-6. [PMID: 14626632 DOI: 10.1080/03009740310003758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The effects of synovial conditioned medium (SCM) on DNA, proteoglycan (PG), and protein-collagen synthesis and respective gene expressions, in human articular chondrocytes (AC) and DNA synthesis in synovial fibroblasts (SFb), were studied in monolayer culture. All SCM exhibited concentration-dependent inhibition of [3H]thymidine incorporation in both AC and SFb. In contrast, SCM from three OA patients stimulated [35S]SO4 and [3H]glycine incorporations and the expression (RT-PCR) of aggrecan- and type II collagen-specific mRNAs in AC. The production of agents that inhibit DNA synthesis was blocked by indomethacin and dexamethasone and stimulated by IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha. The inhibitory substances were not produced by heat-inactivated tissue nor cultured SFb or AC and were completely solubles in methanol. It is postulated that synovial tissue secretes lipids, most probably arachidonic acid metabolites. These may counteract growth of an inflammatory synovial pannus by inhibiting SFb proliferation and enhance repair of damaged tissues by stimulating the matrix synthesis.
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- A Panasyuk
- U-349 Inserm, Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris, France
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Freddi S, Savarirayan R, Bateman JF. Molecular diagnosis of Stickler syndrome: ACOL2A1 stop codon mutation screening strategy that is not compromised by mutant mRNA instability. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(20000228)90:5<398::aid-ajmg10>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ovchinnikov DA, Deng JM, Ogunrinu G, Behringer RR. Col2a1-directed expression of Cre recombinase in differentiating chondrocytes in transgenic mice. Genesis 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1526-968x(200002)26:2<145::aid-gene14>3.0.co;2-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 291] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Zhang L, Pagano JS. IRF-7, a new interferon regulatory factor associated with Epstein-Barr virus latency. Mol Cell Biol 1997; 17:5748-57. [PMID: 9315633 PMCID: PMC232423 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.17.10.5748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) BamHI Q promoter (Qp) is the only promoter used for the transcription of Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA-1) mRNA in cells in the most restricted (type I) latent infection state. However, Qp is inactive in type III latency. With the use of the yeast one-hybrid system, a new cellular gene has been identified that encodes proteins which bind to sequence in Qp. The deduced amino acid sequence of the gene has significant homology to the interferon regulatory factors (IRFs). This new gene and products including two splicing variants are designated IRF-7A, IRF-7B, and IRF-7C. The expression of IRF-7 is predominantly in spleen, thymus, and peripheral blood leukocytes (PBL). IRF-7 proteins were identified in primary PBL with specific antiserum against IRF-7B protein. IRF-7s can bind to interferon-stimulated response element (ISRE) sequence and repress transcriptional activation by both interferon and IRF-1. Additionally, a functional viral ISRE sequence, 5'-GCGAAAACGAAAGT-3', has been identified in Qp. Finally, the expression of IRF-7 is consistently high in type III latency cells and almost undetectable in type I latency, corresponding to the activity of endogenous Qp in these latency states and the ability of the IRF-7 proteins to repress Qp-reporter constructs. The identification of a functional viral ISRE and association of IRF-7 with type III latency may be relevant to the mechanism of regulation of Qp.
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- L Zhang
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7295, USA.
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Heterogeneity has long been recognised within the spectrum of inherited vitreo-retinal disease but the extent of the variation has been less easy to quantify. This has been compounded by the small size and numbers of pedigrees available for the study, and the phenotypic variation both within and between pedigrees. Formation abnormalities in the vitreous architecture have, in the past, been eclipsed by classifications based on general skeletal and morphological differences. Stickler syndrome is the commonest disorder within the spectrum of hereditary vitreous abnormalities and many of the recent published advances relate to this. Stickler syndrome has been subclassified on the basis of vitreo-retinal phenotype: type 1 families with a characteristic congenital vitreous anomaly show linkage without recombination to markers at the COL2A1 locus; type 2 families with different congenital vitreo-retinal phenotypes are not linked to COL2A1. A recent report identifies the COL11A2 mutation in a Dutch pedigree with systemic features of Stickler syndrome but without ocular involvement. Others have implicated COL11A1 in a type 2 Stickler syndrome pedigree with ocular abnormalities. Both COL11A1 and COL11A2 are expressed in cartilage, but on the basis of studies of bovine vitreous it is likely that only the alpha 1(XI) chain encoded by COL11A1 is present in vitreous. This would be consistent with the hypothesis that mutations in the genes encoding collagen XI can give rise to manifestations of Stickler syndrome, but of these, only mutations in COL11A1 will give the full syndrome including the vitreo-retinal features.
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- M P Snead
- Vitreo-retinal Service, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Snead MP, Newmann DK, Poulson A, Scott JD. The pseudo-posterior limiting layer syndrome: a vitreoretinal heredodegeneration with autosomal dominant transmission. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol (1994) 232:16-24. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 1995; 233:805-6. [PMID: 8626092 DOI: 10.1007/bf00184095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Vuristo MM, Pihlajamaa T, Vandenberg P, Prockop DJ, Ala-Kokko L. The human COL11A2 gene structure indicates that the gene has not evolved with the genes for the major fibrillar collagens. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:22873-81. [PMID: 7559422 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.39.22873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The human COL11A2 gene was analyzed from two overlapping cosmid clones that were previously isolated in the course of searching the human major histocompatibility region (Janatipour, M., Naumov, Y., Ando, A., Sugimura, K., Okamoto, N., Tsuji, K., Abe, K., and Inoko, H. (1992) Immunogenetics 35, 272-278). Nucleotide sequencing defined over 28,000 base pairs of the gene. It was shown to contain 66 exons. As with most genes for fibrillar collagens, the first intron was among the largest, and the introns at the 5'-end of the gene were in general larger than the introns at the 3'-end. Analysis of the exons coding for the major triple helical domain indicated that the gene structure had not evolved with the genes for the major fibrillar collagens in that there were marked differences in the number of exons, the exon sizes, and codon usage. The gene was located close to the gene for the retinoic X receptor beta in a head-to-tail arrangement similar to that previously seen with the two mouse genes (P. Vandenberg and D. J. Prockop, submitted for publication). Also, there was marked interspecies homology in the intergenic sequences. The amino acid sequences and the pattern of charged amino acids in the major triple helix of the alpha 2(XI) chain suggested that the chain can be incorporated into the same molecule as alpha 1(XI) and alpha 1(V) chains but not into the same molecule as the alpha 3(XI)/alpha 1(II) chain. The structure of the carboxyl-terminal propeptide was similar to the carboxyl-terminal propeptides of the pro alpha 1(XI) chain and pro alpha chains of other fibrillar collagens, but it was shorter because of internal deletions of about 30 amino acids.
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- M M Vuristo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Ala-Kokko L, Kvist AP, Metsäranta M, Kivirikko KI, de Crombrugghe B, Prockop DJ, Vuorio E. Conservation of the sizes of 53 introns and over 100 intronic sequences for the binding of common transcription factors in the human and mouse genes for type II procollagen (COL2A1). Biochem J 1995; 308 ( Pt 3):923-9. [PMID: 8948452 PMCID: PMC1136812 DOI: 10.1042/bj3080923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Over 11,000 bp of previously undefined sequences of the human COL2A1 gene were defined. The results made it possible to compare the intron structures of a highly complex gene from man and mouse. Surprisingly, the sizes of the 53 introns of the two genes were highly conserved with a mean difference of 13%. After alignment of the sequences, 69% of the intron sequences were identical. The introns contained consensus sequences for the binding of over 100 different transcription factors that were conserved in the introns of the two genes. The first intron of the gene contained 80 conserved consensus sequences and the remaining 52 introns of the gene contained 106 conserved sequences for the binding of transcription factors. The 5'-end of intron 2 in both genes had a potential for forming a stem loop in RNA transcripts.
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- L Ala-Kokko
- Collagen Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
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Loughlin J, Irven C, Athanasou N, Carr A, Sykes B. Differential allelic expression of the type II collagen gene (COL2A1) in osteoarthritic cartilage. Am J Hum Genet 1995; 56:1186-93. [PMID: 7726176 PMCID: PMC1801477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common debilitating disease resulting from the degeneration of articular cartilage. The major protein of cartilage is type II collagen, which is encoded by the COL2A1 gene. Mutations at this locus have been discovered in several individuals with inherited disorders of cartilage. We have identified 27 primary OA patients who are heterozygous for sequence dimorphisms located in the coding region of COL2A1. These dimorphisms were used to distinguish the mRNA output from each of the two COL2A1 alleles in articular cartilage obtained from each patient. Three patients demonstrated differential allelic expression and produced < 12% of the normal level of mRNA from one of their COL2A1 alleles. The same allele shows reduced expression in all three patients, and this allele is more frequent in a well-defined OA population than in a control group, suggesting the possible existence of a rare COL2A1 allele that predisposes to OA.
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- J Loughlin
- University of Oxford, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom
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Kolettas E, Buluwela L, Bayliss MT, Muir HI. Expression of cartilage-specific molecules is retained on long-term culture of human articular chondrocytes. J Cell Sci 1995; 108 ( Pt 5):1991-9. [PMID: 7657719 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.108.5.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Normal human adult articular chondrocytes were used to determine how the chondrocyte phenotype is modulated by culture conditions following long-term culture. We report here for the first time that human articular chondrocytes have a lifespan in the range of 34–37 population doublings. While chondrocytes cultured as monolayers displayed a fibroblastoid morphology and grew faster, those cultured as suspensions over agarose adopted a round morphology and formed clusters of cells reminiscent of chondrocyte differentiation in intact cartilage, with little or no DNA synthesis. These morphologies were independent of the age of the culture. Despite, these morphological differences, however, chondrocytes expressed markers at mRNA and protein levels characteristic of cartilage: namely, types II and IX collagens and the large aggregating proteoglycans, aggrecan, versican and link protein, but not syndecan, under both culture conditions. However, they also expressed type I collagen alpha 1(I) and alpha 2(I) chains. It has been suggested that expression of collagen alpha 1(I) by chondrocytes cultured as monolayers is a marker of the loss of the chondrocyte phenotype. However, we show here, using reverse transcriptase/polymerase chain reaction, that normal fresh intact human articular cartilage expresses collagen alpha 1(I). The data show that following long-term culture human articular chondrocytes retain their differentiated characteristics and that cell shape does not correlate with the expression of the chondrocyte phenotype. It is proposed that loss of the chondrocyte phenotype is marked by the loss of one or more cartilage-specific molecules rather than by the appearance of non-cartilage-specific molecules.
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- E Kolettas
- Department of Biochemistry, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, University of London, UK
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Chan D, Cole WG, Chow C, Mundlos S, Bateman JF. A COL2A1 Mutation in Achondrogenesis Type II Results in the Replacement of Type II Collagen by Type I and III Collagens in Cartilage. J Biol Chem 1995. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.4.1747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cheah KS, Levy A, Trainor PA, Wai AW, Kuffner T, So CL, Leung KK, Lovell-Badge RH, Tam PP. Human COL2A1-directed SV40 T antigen expression in transgenic and chimeric mice results in abnormal skeletal development. J Cell Biol 1995; 128:223-37. [PMID: 7822417 PMCID: PMC2120328 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.128.1.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The ability of SV40 T antigen to cause abnormalities in cartilage development in transgenic mice and chimeras has been tested. The cis-regulatory elements of the COL2A1 gene were used to target expression of SV40 T antigen to differentiating chondrocytes in transgenic mice and chimeras derived from embryonal stem (ES) cells bearing the same transgene. The major phenotypic consequences of transgenic (pAL21) expression are malformed skeleton, disproportionate dwarfism, and perinatal/neonatal death. Expression of T antigen was tissue specific and in the main characteristic of the mouse alpha 1(II) collagen gene. Chondrocyte densities and levels of alpha 1(II) collagen mRNAs were reduced in the transgenic mice. Islands of cells which express cartilage characteristic genes such as type IIB procollagen, long form alpha 1(IX) collagen, alpha 2(XI) collagen, and aggrecan were found in the articular and growth cartilages of pAL21 chimeric fetuses and neonates. But these cells, which were expressing T antigen, were not properly organized into columns of proliferating chondrocytes. Levels of alpha 1(II) collagen mRNA were reduced in these chondrocytes. In addition, these cells did not express type X collagen, a marker for hypertrophic chondrocytes. The skeletal abnormality in pAL21 mice may therefore be due to a retardation of chondrocyte maturation or an impaired ability of chondrocytes to complete terminal differentiation and an associated paucity of some cartilage matrix components.
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- K S Cheah
- Department of Biochemistry, Hong Kong University
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Snead MP, Payne SJ, Barton DE, Yates JR, al-Imara L, Pope FM, Scott JD. Stickler syndrome: correlation between vitreoretinal phenotypes and linkage to COL 2A1. Eye (Lond) 1994; 8 ( Pt 6):609-14. [PMID: 7867814 DOI: 10.1038/eye.1994.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Stickler syndrome is an autosomal dominantly inherited condition characterised by ocular, articular, facial, auditory and oral features. There is locus heterogeneity with about two thirds of families showing linkage to the gene encoding type II procollagen (COL 2A1). Clinical overlap with Marshall's, Wagner's and other syndromes has caused considerable confusion but the importance of the congenital vitreous anomaly, as first described by Scott, has not previously been emphasised. This study examines the linkage of two vitreo-retinal phenotype subgroups of Stickler syndrome to COL 2A1. A total of 97 affected patients from 24 pedigrees were examined. This is the largest published series of Stickler syndrome patients to date and all have undergone full clinical and ophthalmological examination by a single investigator. A clinical classification is proposed based on vitreoretinal phenotype. All patients demonstrating the congenital vitreous anomaly have been designated Stickler syndrome type 1 and those without the congenital vitreous anomaly as Stickler syndrome type 2 patients. There were 69 affected patients from 20 unrelated type 1 pedigrees and 28 affected patients from 4 unrelated type 2 pedigrees. Using two markers at the COL 2A1 locus, Stickler syndrome type 1 pedigrees showed complete linkage to COL 2A1 with a maximum lod score of 12.33 at zero recombination. Linkage to COL 2A1 was excluded in the two type 2 pedigrees that were informative. From these data it appears that this clinical classification is a useful first step in resolving the genetic heterogeneity in this condition.
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- M P Snead
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Cartilage diseases include a wide variety of clinical phenotypes from common osteoarthrosis to several different types of chondrodysplasias, i.e. 'disorders of cartilage', of which more than 100 different have been described. Patients frequently suffer from various symptoms affecting their joints and/or the growth of their long bones. The amount of hyaline cartilage at articular surfaces is often diminished and structurally abnormal. The surface of the cartilage may have an irregular appearance with defects extending into the subchondral bone. The major constituents of this hyaline cartilage are collagens and proteoglycans, the most abundant protein being type II collagen. It is a homotrimer of three identical alpha-chains, which are encoded by a single gene on human chromosome 12. The gene for type II collagen therefore became a likely candidate for some forms of chondrodysplasias and cartilage degeneration. Recently, both linkages and exclusions between this gene and various cartilage diseases have been reported and a growing number of mutations within the gene have also been identified.
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- M Vikkula
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Doering JL, Burket AE, Vogel LC. Length polymorphisms in new human collagen-like loci. FEBS Lett 1993; 334:237-40. [PMID: 7901055 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81719-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Two new collagen-like loci have been identified in the human genome which have sequence similarity to the triple-helical coding region of the pro-alpha 2(I) gene. Both loci exhibit length polymorphism due to alleles that contain deletions. The deletion at one locus is 400 bp while the deletion at the second locus is 200 bp. The second locus is on chromosome 17 and its two alleles are not in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. These loci are candidates for involvement in connective tissue disorders.
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- J L Doering
- Department of Biology, Loyola University of Chicago, IL 60626
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Sandberg MM, Hirvonen HE, Elima KJ, Vuorio EI. Co-expression of collagens II and XI and alternative splicing of exon 2 of collagen II in several developing human tissues. Biochem J 1993; 294 ( Pt 2):595-602. [PMID: 8373375 PMCID: PMC1134497 DOI: 10.1042/bj2940595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Northern analyses, RNAase protection assays and in situ hybridizations were used to study the expression of the mRNA for the alpha 2 chain of collagen XI and the two different mRNAs generated from the collagen II gene through alternative splicing of exon 2 in several different tissues of 15-19-week-old fetuses. The highest expression levels of procollagen alpha 2(XI) and alpha 1(II) mRNAs were detected in cartilage, but, using long exposure times, Northern hybridization revealed the presence of the approximately 5.3 kb procollagen alpha 1(II) mRNA in most tissues analysed: calvarial and diaphyseal bone, striated and cardiac muscle, skin, brain, lung, kidney, liver, small intestine and colon. Both alternatively spliced forms of the mRNA were present in these tissues. In cartilage, the short form of the procollagen alpha 1(II) mRNA (without exon 2 sequences) was clearly more abundant, whereas in most of the non-cartilaginous tissues the long form was the predominant one. Low levels of procollagen alpha 2(XI) mRNA were also seen in non-cartilaginous tissues: calvarial and diaphyseal bone, kidney, skin, muscle, intestine, liver, brain, and lung. In all the other positive tissues except brain cortex, both collagen II and XI transcripts were observed. The localization of collagen II and XI signals was identical in cartilage, kidney and skin. However, in cartilage the signal with collagen II probe was much higher than that with the collagen alpha 2(XI) probe. In epidermis the situation was reversed. Our results show considerable co-expression and co-localization of procollagen alpha 1(II) and alpha 2(XI) mRNAs in many tissues of developing human fetuses. Since the collagen alpha 1(II) gene also codes for the alpha 3(XI) chain of collagen XI we propose that some, but not all, of the expression of the collagen II gene in non-cartilaginous tissues relates to collagen XI production.
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- M M Sandberg
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Turku, Finland
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Chan D, Taylor T, Cole W. Characterization of an arginine 789 to cysteine substitution in alpha 1 (II) collagen chains of a patient with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)82461-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Körkkö J, Ritvaniemi P, Haataja L, Kääriäinen H, Kivirikko KI, Prockop DJ, Ala-Kokko L. Mutation in type II procollagen (COL2A1) that substitutes aspartate for glycine alpha 1-67 and that causes cataracts and retinal detachment: evidence for molecular heterogeneity in the Wagner syndrome and the Stickler syndrome (arthro-ophthalmopathy). Am J Hum Genet 1993; 53:55-61. [PMID: 8317498 PMCID: PMC1682228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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A search for mutations in the gene for type II procollagen (COL2A1) was carried out in affected members of a family with early-onset cataracts, lattice degeneration of the retina, and retinal detachment. They had no symptoms suggestive of involvement of nonocular tissues, as is typically found in the Stickler syndrome. The COL2A1 gene was amplified with PCR, and the products were analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. The results suggested a mutation in one allele for exon 10. Sequencing of the fragment demonstrated a single-base mutation that converted the codon for glycine at position alpha 1-67 to aspartate. The mutation was found in three affected members of the family available for study but not in unaffected members or 100 unrelated individuals. Comparison with previously reported mutations suggested that mutations introducing premature termination codons in the COL2A1 gene are a frequent cause of the Stickler syndrome, but mutations in the COL2A1 gene that replace glycine codons with codons for bulkier amino acid can produce a broad spectrum of disorders that range from lethal chondrodysplasias to a syndrome involving only ocular tissues, similar to the syndrome in the family originally described by Wagner in 1938.
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- J Körkkö
- Collagen Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
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Recent advances in basic research on the immune system and molecular biology of cartilage components have greatly increased our understanding of the role of autoimmunity in inflammatory diseases affecting joints, particularly rheumatoid arthritis. Many of these diseases are common and their complex pathogenesis probably involves a large number of genes polymorphic in the population as well as environmental factors. Characteristic features of inflammatory arthritis include expansion of the synovial tissue into a pannus containing lymphocytes and macrophages, autoimmune reactions against cartilage antigens, and erosion of cartilage. Since hyaline cartilage of the articular surfaces is the only structure within the joint known to contain joint-specific antigens this tissue is the prime suspect as the target of the autoimmune This review will first present the capacity of the immune system to discriminate between self and non-self structures, and then summarize our current understanding of the structures of cartilage collagens. Subsequently we will discuss how the immune system normally interacts with cartilage and how such interactions can lead to arthritis. We propose that collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is valuable for understanding the autoimmune recognition of cartilage collagen which precedes the outbreak of arthritis and may perpetuate its chronicity, and serves as an animal model of rheumatoid arthritis.
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- R Holmdahl
- Department of Medical and Physiological Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Vikkula M, Palotie A, Ritvaniemi P, Ott J, Ala-Kokko L, Sievers U, Aho K, Peltonen L. Early-onset osteoarthritis linked to the type II procollagen gene. Detailed clinical phenotype and further analyses of the gene. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1993; 36:401-9. [PMID: 8452585 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780360317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To specify in detail the clinical phenotype in 2 Finnish families demonstrating linkage between the type II procollagen gene (COL2A1) and osteoarthritis (OA). We also reevaluated the linkage and screened the exon sequences of the COL2A1 gene for mutations. METHODS We used single-stranded conformation polymorphism and denaturing gradient-gel electrophoresis techniques for the analyses. RESULTS The patients' phenotype represented typical, but early-onset, OA. There was no clinical or radiographic evidence of chondrodysplasia. No mutation in the protein-coding regions of the COL2A1 gene could be identified. However, the linkage analysis with a new multiallelic marker resulted in a statistically more significant logarithm of odds (LOD) score than has been reported. CONCLUSION Familial OA with classic clinical and radiographic findings is tightly linked to the COL2A1 gene. Systematic screening of the 54 exons did not, however, reveal any mutations; this suggests that the mutation may lie in the promoter region or within the introns of this 35-kb gene.
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- M Vikkula
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
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Stubbs L, Lui VC, Ng LJ, Cheah KS. The alpha 2(XI) collagen gene lies within 8 kb of Pb in the proximal portion of the murine major histocompatibility complex. Mamm Genome 1993; 4:95-103. [PMID: 8431643 DOI: 10.1007/bf00290433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A number of serious hereditary disorders are now known to be associated with defective expression of collagen genes, and these findings have underscored the important and varied roles that the collagen family of genes must play during normal mammalian development. Although the activities of genes encoding the quantitatively major types of collagen are fairly well characterized, functions of the many minor types of collagen remain a matter of speculation. As a first step toward a functional analysis of type XI collagen, a member of this class of poorly understand "minor" collagen proteins which is expressed primarily in hyaline cartilage, we have used human probes for the gene encoding the protein's alpha 2-subunit (COL11A2) to isolate and map homologous murine DNA sequences. Our results demonstrate that Col11a-2 is embedded within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), within 8.4 kb of the class II pseudogene locus, Pb, and confirm that human and murine alpha 2(XI) collagen genes are located in very similar genomic environments. The conserved location of these genes raises the possibility that type XI collagen genes may contribute to one or more of the diverse hereditary disorders known to be linked to the MHC in mouse and human.
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- L Stubbs
- Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee 37831-8077
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Morgan K, Turner SL, Reynolds I, Hajeer AH, Brass A, Worthington J. Identification of an immunodominant B-cell epitope in bovine type II collagen and the production of antibodies to type II collagen by immunization with a synthetic peptide representing this epitope. Immunology 1992; 77:609-16. [PMID: 1283603 PMCID: PMC1421641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Using epitope scanning of 272 short, synthetic peptides representing the amino acid sequence of the CB-11 peptide of type II collagen, we have shown that five strains of rat, immunized with type II collagen, produce antibodies to a region 37-45 amino acids from the amino end of CB-11 peptide. Antibodies to this region always gave the highest binding values suggesting that it is an immunodominant region. Wistar rats immunized with a synthetic peptide representing this region, coupled to keyhole limpet haemocyanin, produced antibodies to this peptide which could still be detected at 1:4000 to 1:8000 dilution but none developed clinical arthritis. All sera also showed binding of antibodies to denatured bovine type II collagen but not to native type II collagen, keyhole limpet haemocyanin or to bovine serum albumin by ELISA. Sera from peptide-immunized rats were examined for antibody binding to the 272 short peptides of the CB-11 peptide and to the synthetic peptides representing shortened forms of the immunodominant region and forms of it with substituted amino acids. These results showed that the antibodies in the peptide-immunized rats were not identical to those produced to that peptide by rats immunized with type II collagen but may represent subpopulations of them. These findings suggest caution in interpreting the role of antibodies to individual peptides in arthritis induction without knowledge of their fine specificity.
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Affiliation(s)
- K Morgan
- Department of Rheumatology, University of Manchester Medical School, U.K
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