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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2012

Matrix disruptions, growth, and degradation of cartilage with impaired sulfation.

Edward L Mertz, Marcella Facchini, Anna T Pham, Benedetta Gualeni, Fabio De Leonardis, Antonio Rossi, Antonella Forlino

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Makings of a brittle bone: Unexpected lessons from a low protein diet study of a mouse OI model.Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Edward L MertzSection on Physical Biochemistry, Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. mertze@mail.nih.gov
Marcella Facchini
Anna T Pham
Benedetta Gualeni
Fabio De Leonardis
Antonio Rossi
Antonella Forlino
University of Pavia · ITEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · US

Funding

High-definition infrared micro-spectroscopic imaging of biomaterialsZIAHD008810 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI LEIKIN, SERGEY · 2009 to 2022
$2.5M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diastrophic dysplasia (DTD) is an incurable recessive chondrodysplasia caused by mutations in the SLC26A2 transporter responsible for sulfate uptake by chondrocytes. The mutations cause undersulfation of glycosaminoglycans in cartilage. Studies of dtd mice with a knock-in Slc26a2 mutation showed an unusual progression of the disorder: net undersulfation is mild and normalizing with age, but the articular cartilage degrades with age and bones develop abnormally. To understand underlying mechanisms, we studied newborn dtd mice. We developed, verified and used high-definition infrared hyperspectral imaging of cartilage sections at physiological conditions, to quantify collagen and its orientation, noncollagenous proteins, and chondroitin chains, and their sulfation with 6-μm spatial resolution and without labeling. We found that chondroitin sulfation across the proximal femur cartilage varied dramatically in dtd, but not in the wild type. Corresponding undersulfation of dtd was mild in most regions, but strong in narrow articular and growth plate regions crucial for bone development. This undersulfation correlated with the chondroitin synthesis rate measured via radioactive sulfate incorporation, explaining the sulfation normalization with age. Collagen orientation was reduced, and the reduction correlated with chondroitin undersulfation. Such disorientation involved the layer of collagen covering the articular surface and protecting cartilage from degradation. Malformation of this layer may contribute to the degradation progression with age and to collagen and proteoglycan depletion from the articular region, which we observed in mice already at birth. The results provide clues to in vivo sulfation, DTD treatment, and cartilage growth.

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MutationAnimalsAnion Transport ProteinsCartilageChondrocytesCollagenExtracellular MatrixFemurGlycosaminoglycansGrowth PlateMembrane Transport ProteinsMiceMice, TransgenicModels, StatisticalPhenotypeSpectrophotometry, InfraredAnion Transport ProteinsCollagenGlycosaminoglycansMembrane Transport ProteinsSlc26a2 protein, mouseSulfatesSulfate TransportersSulfur

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PMID22556422
PMCPMC3381162
OpenAlexW2095504053

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