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Interaction of TGF? and BMP signaling pathways during chondrogenesis.

ABSTRACT: TGF? and BMP signaling pathways exhibit antagonistic activities during the development of many tissues. Although the crosstalk between BMP and TGF? signaling pathways is well established in bone development, the relationship between these two pathways is less well defined during cartilage development and postnatal homeostasis. We generated hypomorphic mouse models of cartilage-specific loss of BMP and TGF? signaling to assess the interaction of these pathways in postnatal growth plate homeostasis. We further used the chondrogenic ATDC5 cell line to test effects of BMP and TGF? signaling on each other's downstream targets. We found that conditional deletion of Smad1 in chondrocytes resulted in a shortening of the growth plate. The addition of Smad5 haploinsufficiency led to a more severe phenotype with shorter prehypertrophic and hypertrophic zones and decreased chondrocyte proliferation. The opposite growth plate phenotype was observed in a transgenic mouse model of decreased chondrocytic TGF? signaling that was generated by expressing a dominant negative form of the TGF? receptor I (?T?RI) in cartilage. Histological analysis demonstrated elongated growth plates with enhanced Ihh expression, as well as an increased proliferation rate with altered production of extracellular matrix components. In contrast, in chondrogenic ATDC5 cells, TGF? was able to enhance BMP signaling, while BMP2 significantly reduces levels of TGF signaling. In summary, our data demonstrate that during endochondral ossification, BMP and TGF? signaling can have antagonistic effects on chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation in vivo. We also found evidence of direct interaction between the two signaling pathways in a cell model of chondrogenesis in vitro.

SUBMITTER: Keller B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3030581 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Interaction of TGFβ and BMP signaling pathways during chondrogenesis.

Keller Bettina B Yang Tao T Chen Yuqing Y Munivez Elda E Bertin Terry T Zabel Bernhard B Lee Brendan B

PloS one 20110128 1

TGFβ and BMP signaling pathways exhibit antagonistic activities during the development of many tissues. Although the crosstalk between BMP and TGFβ signaling pathways is well established in bone development, the relationship between these two pathways is less well defined during cartilage development and postnatal homeostasis. We generated hypomorphic mouse models of cartilage-specific loss of BMP and TGFβ signaling to assess the interaction of these pathways in postnatal growth plate homeostasi ...[more]

PMID: 21297990

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Interaction of TGF? and BMP signaling pathways during chondrogenesis.

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Interaction of TGFβ and BMP signaling pathways during chondrogenesis.

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