期刊
MATRIX BIOLOGY
卷 31, 期 6, 页码 352-359出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2012.07.002
关键词
Tgfbr2; Conditional knockout; Hypertrophic chondrocyte; Indian hedgehog
资金
- Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology [21249078, 23659717, 22791376]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21249078, 22791376, 23659717] Funding Source: KAKEN
Transforming growth factor beta (Tgfb) signaling plays an important role in endochondral ossification. Previous studies of mice in which the Tgfb type 11 receptor gene (Tgfbr2) was deleted in the limb bud mesenchymal cells or differentiated chondrocytes showed defects in the development of the long bones or the axial skeleton, respectively. Here, we generated mouse embryos in which the Tgfbr2 gene was ablated in hypertrophic chondrocytes. These mice exhibited delays in both the hypertrophic conversion of proliferating chondrocytes and the subsequent terminal chondrocyte differentiation. The expression domains of Col10a1. Matrix metalloproteinase 13, and Osteopontin were small, and the expression of Vascular endothelial growth factor and Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule was downregulated. The calcification of the bone collar in the mutant mice was markedly delayed and the periosteum was thin, possibly because of the downregulation of Indian hedgehog expression. We conclude that Tgfb signaling in hypertrophic chondrocytes positively regulates terminal chondrocyte differentiation, angiogenesis in calcified cartilage, and osteogenesis in the bone collar, at least partly through Indian hedgehog signaling in vivo. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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