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ArticleHuman mutation2011

Human dermal fibroblasts derived from oculodentodigital dysplasia patients suggest that patients may have wound-healing defects.

Jared M Churko, Qing Shao, Xiang-qun Gong, Kathryn J Swoboda, Donglin Bai, Jacinda Sampson, Dale W Laird

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Article in Human mutation, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jared M ChurkoDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Qing Shao
Xiang-qun Gong
Kathryn J Swoboda
Donglin Bai
Jacinda Sampson
Dale W Laird
Western University · CAUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Genetic and Molecular Characterization of Restless Legs SyndromeK23NS055713 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI SAMPSON, JACINDA BETH · 2007 to 2011
$894k
CIHRNINDS NIH HHS K23 NS055713
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD) is primarily an autosomal dominant human disease caused by any one of over 60 mutations in the GJA1 gene encoding the gap junction protein Cx43. In the present study, wound healing was investigated in a G60S ODDD mutant mouse model and by using dermal fibroblasts isolated from two ODDD patients harboring the p.D3N and p.V216L mutants along with dermal fibroblasts isolated from their respective unaffected relatives. Punch biopsies revealed a delay in wound closure in the G60S mutant mice in comparison to wild-type littermates, and this delay appeared to be due to defects in the dermal fibroblasts. Although both the p.D3N and p.V216L mutants reduced gap junctional intercellular communication in human dermal fibroblasts, immunolocalization studies revealed that Cx43 gap junctions were prevalent at the cell surface of p.D3N expressing fibroblasts but greatly reduced in p.V216L expressing fibroblasts. Mutant expressing fibroblasts were further found to have reduced proliferation and migration capabilities. Finally, in response to TGFβ1, mutant expressing fibroblasts expressed significantly less alpha smooth muscle actin suggesting they were inefficient in their ability to differentiate into myofibroblasts. Collectively, our results suggest that ODDD patients may have subclinical defects in wound healing due to impaired function of dermal fibroblasts.

Indexed as

Abnormalities, MultipleAnimalsConnexin 43DermisFibroblastsGap JunctionsHumansLimb Deformities, CongenitalMaleMiceTooth AbnormalitiesWound HealingConnexin 43GJA1 protein, human

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PMID21305658
PMCPMC3180923
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