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OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 236-239Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1053/joca.2000.0296
Keywords
cartilage; COMP; osteoarthritis; MED; PSACH
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [AR39740] Funding Source: Medline
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Objective: To develop transgenic mice harboring mutations in the COMP gene as animal models for pseudoachondroplasia (PSACH) and multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED), autosomal dominant disorders characterized by early onset osteoarthritis and epiphyseal abnormalities. As a first step in generating a mouse model for COMP mutations, we have cloned the cDNA of mouse COMP and examined its tissue expression pattern. Design: Total mRNA was isolated from the skeletal tissues of newborn C57BL/6j mice and used as a template for oligo(dT) first-strand cDNA synthesis. The cDNA was used for PCR amplification of COMP using three oligonucleotide primer pairs designed from the published rat COMP cDNA sequence. Nested PCR was used to complete the sequence between the amplified fragments. The entire cDNA was sequenced and the expression pattern of the corresponding transcripts examined by Northern hybridizations. Results: A full-length COMP cDNA was isolated. Analysis showed that the entire translated region of the mouse COMP gene is 2268 bp and the derived amino acid sequence shows 90% homology to human COMP. Of eight adult mouse non-cartilage tissues tested, COMP expression was detected only in testis. (C) 2000 OsteoArthritis Research Society International.
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