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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-24
pubmed:abstractText
INTRODUCTION - The mechanisms underlying craniosynostosis remains unknown. However, mutations in FGFR2 are associated with craniosynostotic syndromes. We previously compared gene expression patterns of patent and synostosing coronal sutures in the nude rat and demonstrated down regulation of Noggin in synostosing sutures. Noggin expression is also suppressed by FGF2 and constitutive FGFR2 signaling [Warren et al. (2003) Nature, vol. 422, pp. 625-9; McMahon et al. (1998) Genes Dev, vol. 12, pp. 1438-52]. Thus, we therefore hypothesized that the addition of rhNoggin to prematurely fusing sutures should prevent synostosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS - Cohorts of nude rats were subjected to: 1) surgical elevation of the coronal suture (shams); 2) surgical elevation and placement of normal or FGFR2 mutant human osteoblasts onto the underlying dura (xenotransplants); or 3) xenotransplantation with co-application of heparin acrylic beads soaked with recombinant human (rh) Noggin. Eleven days post-surgery the sutures were harvested, stained, and histologically examined. RESULTS - Animals that received control osteoblasts, sham surgery, or no surgery demonstrated normal skull growth and coronal suture histology, whereas animals transplanted only with FGFR2 mutant osteoblasts showed evidence of bridging synostosis on the calvarial dural surface. Sutures treated with FGFR2 mutant osteoblasts and rhNoggin remained patent. CONCLUSION - The chimeric nude rate model is a viable model of craniosynostosis. FGFR2 mutations in osteoblasts induce bridging osteosynthesis demonstrating one of the mechanisms for premature suture fusion. Topical application of rhNoggin protein prevents craniosynostosis in the weanling nude rat xenotransplantation model of syndromic craniosynostosis.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1601-6343
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
254-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Acrocephalosyndactylia, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Chimera, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Cranial Sutures, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Craniofacial Dysostosis, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Craniosynostoses, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Cystine Knot Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Dura Mater, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Frontal Bone, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Osteoblasts, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Parietal Bone, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Rats, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Skull, pubmed-meshheading:19627528-Transplantation, Heterologous
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Medical treatment of craniosynostosis: recombinant Noggin inhibits coronal suture closure in the rat craniosynostosis model.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural