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JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH
Volume 23, Issue 11, Pages 1751-1764Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.080615
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CCN2/connective tissue growth factor; CCN3/nephroblastoma overexpressed; CCN family; mutant; chondrocyte differentiation
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan
- Foundation of Sanyo Broadcasting
- Iwadare Educational Association
- French Ministry of Education and Research
- European Union [LSHC-CT-2004-5030306]
- European Prothets
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CCN2 is best known as a promoter of chondrocyte differentiation among the CCN family members. and its null mice display skeletal dysmorphisms. However, little is known concerning roles of the other CCN members in chondrocytes. Using both in vivo and in vitro approaches, We conducted a comparative analysis of CCN2-null and wildtype mice to study the roles of CCN2 and the other CCN proteins in cartilage development. Immunohistochemistry was used to evaluate the localization of CCN proteins and other chondrocyte-associated molecules in the two types of mice. Moreover, gene expression levels and the effects of exogenous CCN proteins oil chondrocyte proliferation, differentiation, and the expression of chondrocyte-associated genes in their primary chondrocytes were evaluated. Ccn3 was dramatically upregulated in CCN2-null cartilage and chondrocytes. This upregulation was associated with diminished cell proliferation and delayed differentiation. Consistent with the in vivo findings, CCN2 deletion entirely retarded chondrocyte terminal differentiation and decreased the expression of several chondrocyte-associated genes ill vitro. whereas CcO expression drastically increased. In contrast, the addition Of exogenous CCN2 promoted differentiation strongly and induced the expression of the associated genes. whereas decreasing, the CcO expression. These findings collectively indicate that CCN2 induces chondrocyte differentiation by regulating the expression of chondrocyte-associated genes but that these effects are counteracted by CCN3. The lack of CCN2 caused upregulation of CCN3 in CCN2-null mice, which resulted in the observed phenotypes, Such as the resultant delay of terminal differentiation. The involvement of the PTHrP-Ihh loop in the regulation of CCN3 expression is also suggested.
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