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  3. Fibulin-3 negatively regulates chondrocyte differentiation

Fibulin-3 negatively regulates chondrocyte differentiation

  • Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2010 Jan 1;391(1):1116-21. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.034.
Toru Wakabayashi 1,  Akihiko Matsumine,  Shigeto Nakazora,  Masahiro Hasegawa,  Takahiro Iino,  Hideki Ota,  Hikaru Sonoda,  Akihiro Sudo,  Atsumasa Uchida
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  • 1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu-city, Mie 514-8507, Japan.
PMID: 20005202 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.034
Abstract

Fibulin-3 is a member of the fibulin family that has been newly recognized as extracellular matrix proteins. We assessed the effects of fibulin-3 overexpression on chondrocyte differentiation using the clonal murine cell line ATDC5. The ATDC5-FBLN3 stably expressing fibulin-3 protein was spindle-shaped cell compared to the ATDC5-mock with plump cell. The cell growth in the ATDC5-FBLN3 was accelerated in comparison to that in the ATDC5-mock. The ATDC5-FBLN3 was not stained by Alcian blue, nor was there any cartilage aggregate formed after the induction of chondrogenic differentiation. The expression of type II collagen, aggrecan, and type X collagen was completely suppressed in ATDC5-FBLN3 even after the induction of differentiation. The overexpression of fibulin-3 reduced the expression of Sox5 and Sox6, while it maintained the expression of Sox9. These findings suggest that fibulin-3 may play an important role as a negative regulator of chondrocyte differentiation.

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