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CELL DEATH & DISEASE
卷 12, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
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DOI: 10.1038/s41419-021-04003-0
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- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities (MCIU) [PID2019-104776RB-I00, SAF2016-78370-R, CB16/11/00399, RD16/0011/0021]
- FEDER funds
- MCIU
- Pro-CNIC Foundation
- Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence [SEV-2015-0505]
Bmp2 signaling is crucial for vascular/hematopoietic lineages, with ectopic expression leading to soft tissue bone formation and HO resembling FOP in mice. Transgenic mice with aberrant Bmp2 activity recapitulate HO pathophysiology, providing a model for investigating potential therapies for disorders related to abnormal bone formation.
Bone morphogenetic protein (Bmp) signaling is critical for organismal development and homeostasis. To elucidate Bmp2 function in the vascular/hematopoietic lineages we generated a new transgenic mouse line in which ectopic Bmp2 expression is controlled by the Tie2 promoter. Tie2(CRE/+);Bmp2(tg/tg) mice develop aortic valve dysfunction postnatally, accompanied by pre-calcific lesion formation in valve leaflets. Remarkably, Tie2(CRE/+);Bmp2(tg/tg) mice develop extensive soft tissue bone formation typical of acquired forms of heterotopic ossification (HO) and genetic bone disorders, such as Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP). Ectopic ossification in Tie2(CRE/+);Bmp2(tg/tg) transgenic animals is accompanied by increased bone marrow hematopoietic, fibroblast and osteoblast precursors and circulating pro-inflammatory cells. Transplanting wild-type bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells into lethally irradiated Tie2(CRE/+);Bmp2(tg/tg) mice significantly delays HO onset but does not prevent it. Moreover, transplanting Bmp2-transgenic bone marrow into wild-type recipients does not result in HO, but hematopoietic progenitors contribute to inflammation and ectopic bone marrow colonization rather than to endochondral ossification. Conversely, aberrant Bmp2 signaling activity is associated with fibroblast accumulation, skeletal muscle fiber damage, and expansion of a Tie2+ fibro-adipogenic precursor cell population, suggesting that ectopic bone derives from a skeletal muscle resident osteoprogenitor cell origin. Thus, Tie2(CRE/+);Bmp2(tg/tg) mice recapitulate HO pathophysiology, and might represent a useful model to investigate therapies seeking to mitigate disorders associated with aberrant extra-skeletal bone formation.
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