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ArticleJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2014

Constitutive expression of Gsα(R201C) in mice produces a heritable, direct replica of human fibrous dysplasia bone pathology and demonstrates its natural history.

Isabella Saggio, Cristina Remoli, Emanuela Spica, Stefania Cersosimo, Benedetto Sacchetti, Pamela G Robey, Kenn Holmbeck, Ana Cumano, Alan Boyde, Paolo Bianco and 1 more

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Article in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Isabella SaggioDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "C. Darwin", Sapienza University, and IBPM CNR, Rome, Italy.
Cristina Remoli
Emanuela Spica
Stefania Cersosimo
Benedetto Sacchetti
Pamela G Robey
Kenn Holmbeck
Ana Cumano
Alan Boyde
Paolo Bianco
Mara Riminucci
Institut Pasteur · FRNational Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of Mary Washington · US

Funding

The role of stem cells in skeletal health and diseaseZIADE000380 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI ROBEY, PAMELA G · 2009 to 2025
$30.6M
Matrix Metalloproteinases: Remodeling of the Extracellular MatrixZIADE000676 · NIDCR · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH · PI ROBEY, PAMELA G · 2009 to 2017
$9.7M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DE000380Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DE000676Telethon GGP09227
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrous dysplasia of bone (FD) is a crippling skeletal disease associated with postzygotic mutations (R201C, R201H) of the gene encoding the α subunit of the stimulatory G protein, Gs. By causing a characteristic structural subversion of bone and bone marrow, the disease results in deformity, hypomineralization, and fracture of the affected bones, with severe morbidity arising in childhood or adolescence. Lack of inheritance of the disease in humans is thought to reflect embryonic lethality of germline-transmitted activating Gsα mutations, which would only survive through somatic mosaicism. We have generated multiple lines of mice that express Gsα(R201C) constitutively and develop an inherited, histopathologically exact replica of human FD. Robust transgene expression in neonatal and embryonic tissues and embryonic stem (ES) cells were associated with normal development of skeletal tissues and differentiation of skeletal cells. As in humans, FD lesions in mice developed only in the postnatal life; a defined spatial and temporal pattern characterized the onset and progression of lesions across the skeleton. In individual bones, lesions developed through a sequence of three distinct histopathological stages: a primary modeling phase defined by endosteal/medullary excess bone formation and normal resorption; a secondary phase, with excess, inappropriate remodeling; and a tertiary fibrous dysplastic phase, which reproduced a full-blown replica of the human bone pathology in mice of age ≥1 year. Gsα mutations are sufficient to cause FD, and are per se compatible with germline transmission and normal embryonic development in mice. Our novel murine lines constitute the first model of FD.

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Disease Models, AnimalFibrous Dysplasia of BoneGene ExpressionGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, GsMutation, MissenseAge FactorsAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsBone RemodelingEmbryo, MammalianHumansMiceMice, TransgenicOsteogenesisGTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, GsFIBROUS DYSPLASIAGENETIC SKELETAL DISEASESGNASGS-ALPHAMOUSE MODELS

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PMID24764158
PMCPMC4205271
OpenAlexW1929834658

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