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Trial reportThe American journal of pathology1999

Decreased proliferation and altered differentiation in osteoblasts from genetically and clinically distinct craniosynostotic disorders.

A Fragale, M Tartaglia, S Bernardini, A M Di Stasi, C Di Rocco, F Velardi, A Teti, P A Battaglia, S Migliaccio

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Trial report in The American journal of pathology, 1999. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 90 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Understanding craniosynostosis as a growth disorder.Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Developmental biology · 2016
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  10. The molecular and cellular basis of Apert syndrome.Intractable & rare diseases research · 2013
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  12. Postnatal brain and skull growth in an Apert syndrome mouse model.American journal of medical genetics. Part A · 2013
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  14. Novel pHEMA-gelatin SPHs as bone scaffolds in dynamic cultures.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2012
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  15. Gene expression profiling in human craniosynostoses: a tool to investigate the molecular basis of suture ossification.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

A FragaleLaboratorio di Biologia Cellulare, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
M Tartaglia
S Bernardini
A M Di Stasi
C Di Rocco
F Velardi
A Teti
P A Battaglia
S Migliaccio
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma I · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversity of L'Aquila · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Craniosynostoses are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by premature fusion of cranial sutures. Mutations in fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) have been associated with a number of such conditions. Nevertheless, the cellular mechanism(s) involved remain unknown. We analyzed cell proliferation and differentiation in osteoblasts obtained from patients with three genetically and clinically distinct craniosynostoses: Pfeiffer syndrome carrying the FGFR2 C342R substitution, Apert syndrome with FGFR2 P253R change, and a nonsyndromic craniosynostosis without FGFR canonic mutations, as compared with control osteoblasts. Osteoblasts from craniosynostotic patients exhibited a lower proliferation rate than control osteoblasts. P253R and nonsyndromic craniosynostosis osteoblasts showed a marked differentiated phenotype, characterized by high alkaline phosphatase activity, increased mineralization and expression of noncollagenous matrix proteins, associated with high expression and activation of protein kinase Calpha and protein kinase Cepsilon isoenzymes. By contrast, the low proliferation rate of C342R osteoblasts was not associated with a differentiated phenotype. Although they showed higher alkaline phosphatase activity than control, C342R osteoblasts failed to mineralize and expressed low levels of osteopontin and osteonectin and high protein kinase Czeta levels. Stimulation of proliferation and inhibition of differentiation were observed in all cultures on FGF2 treatment. Our results suggest that an anticipated proliferative/differentiative switch, associated with alterations of the FGFR transduction pathways, could be the causative common feature in craniosynostosis and that mutations in distinct FGFR2 domains are associated with an in vitro heterogeneous differentiative phenotype.

Indexed as

AcrocephalosyndactyliaAlkaline PhosphataseCell DifferentiationCell DivisionCells, CulturedCraniosynostosesHumansInfantIsoenzymesMaleMutationOsteoblastsPhenotypeProtein Kinase CReceptors, Fibroblast Growth FactorStaining and LabelingAlkaline PhosphataseIsoenzymesProtein Kinase CReceptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor

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PMID10329600
PMCPMC1866602
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