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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
The Hedgehog (Hh) pathway plays critical roles in normal development and in tumorigenesis. We generated Gli-luciferase transgenic mice to evaluate the Smo inhibitor, HhAntag, by whole animal functional imaging. HhAntag rapidly reduced systemic luciferase activity in 10- to 14-day-old mice following oral dosing. Although pathway activity was restored 2 days after drug removal, brief inhibition caused permanent defects in bone growth. HhAntag inhibited proliferation and promoted differentiation of chondrocytes, leading to dramatic expansion of the hypertrophic zone. After drug removal, osteoblasts invaded the cartilage plate, mineralization occurred, and there was premature fusion of the growth plate resulting in permanent disruption of bone epiphyses.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1878-3686
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
249-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Bone Remodeling, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Bone and Bones, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Calcification, Physiologic, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Cerebellar Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Chondrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Growth Plate, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Medulloblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Microscopy, Video, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Osteogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:18328428-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Transient inhibition of the Hedgehog pathway in young mice causes permanent defects in bone structure.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 North Lauderdale Street, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural