期刊
DEVELOPMENT
卷 138, 期 2, 页码 359-370出版社
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/dev.052324
关键词
CamkII; Kinase; Growth plate; Cartilage; Chondrocyte maturation; Transit amplification; Adult stem cells; Chick; Mouse
资金
- Cellular Molecular Basis of Disease Training Grant
- National Institutes of Health/NIAMS [AR054857]
- Alumnae of Northwestern University
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
For tissues that develop throughout embryogenesis and into postnatal life, the generation of differentiated cells to promote tissue growth is at odds with the requirement to maintain the stem cell/progenitor cell population to preserve future growth potential. In the growth plate cartilage, this balance is achieved in part by establishing a proliferative phase that amplifies the number of progenitor cells prior to terminal differentiation into hypertrophic chondrocytes. Here, we show that endogenous calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CamkII, also known as Camk2) activity is upregulated prior to hypertrophy and that loss of CamkII function substantially blocks the transition from proliferation to hypertrophy. Wnt signaling and Pthrp-induced phosphatase activity negatively regulate CamkII activity. Release of this repression results in activation of multiple effector pathways, including Runx2- and beta-catenin-dependent pathways. We present an integrated model for the regulation of proliferation potential by CamkII activity that has important implications for studies of growth control and adult progenitor/stem cell populations.
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