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ArticleNature communications2022

Creb5 coordinates synovial joint formation with the genesis of articular cartilage.

Cheng-Hai Zhang, Yao Gao, Han-Hwa Hung, Zhu Zhuo, Alan J Grodzinsky, Andrew B Lassar

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng-Hai ZhangDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA. Chenghai_Zhang@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6759-3782
Yao GaoDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6051-6004
Han-Hwa HungDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Zhu ZhuoBioinformatics Core, Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Alan J GrodzinskyDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
Andrew B LassarDepartment of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, USA. Andrew_Lassar@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-4573-8645
Harvard University · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Skeletal Phenotyping CoreP30AR066261 · NIAMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KRONENBERG, HENRY M. · 2014 to 2018
$3.5M
The Role of Creb5 in Maintaining Synovial Joint HomeostasisR01AR076562 · NIAMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI Andrew Bruce Lassar · 2022 to 2026
$3.4M
Elucidation of the Role of Creb5 in Synovial Joint FormationR01AR074385 · NIAMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI LASSAR, ANDREW BRUCE · 2019 to 2024
$3.4M
Role of GATA6 in regulating hedgehog signaling in the growth plateR01AR060735 · NIAMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI LASSAR, ANDREW BRUCE · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS P30 AR066261NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060735NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR074385NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR076562
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While prior work has established that articular cartilage arises from Prg4-expressing perichondrial cells, it is not clear how this process is specifically restricted to the perichondrium of synovial joints. We document that the transcription factor Creb5 is necessary to initiate the expression of signaling molecules that both direct the formation of synovial joints and guide perichondrial tissue to form articular cartilage instead of bone. Creb5 promotes the generation of articular chondrocytes from perichondrial precursors in part by inducing expression of signaling molecules that block a Wnt5a autoregulatory loop in the perichondrium. Postnatal deletion of Creb5 in the articular cartilage leads to loss of both flat superficial zone articular chondrocytes coupled with a loss of both Prg4 and Wif1 expression in the articular cartilage; and a non-cell autonomous up-regulation of Ctgf. Our findings indicate that Creb5 promotes joint formation and the subsequent development of articular chondrocytes by driving the expression of signaling molecules that both specify the joint interzone and simultaneously inhibit a Wnt5a positive-feedback loop in the perichondrium.

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Cartilage, ArticularMusculoskeletal Physiological PhenomenaChondrocytesGene Expression RegulationProteoglycansProteoglycans

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