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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5275
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-9-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Proper regulation of chondrocyte differentiation is necessary for the morphogenesis of skeletal elements, yet little is known about the molecular regulation of this process. A chicken homolog of Indian hedgehog (Ihh), a member of the conserved Hedgehog family of secreted proteins that is expressed during bone formation, has now been isolated. Ihh has biological properties similar to those of Sonic hedgehog (Shh), including the ability to regulate the conserved targets Patched (Ptc) and Gli. Ihh is expressed in the prehypertrophic chondrocytes of cartilage elements, where it regulates the rate of hypertrophic differentiation. Misexpression of Ihh prevents proliferating chondrocytes from initiating the hypertrophic differentiation process. The direct target of Ihh signaling is the perichondrium, where Gli and Ptc flank the expression domain of Ihh. Ihh induces the expression of a second signal, parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP), in the periarticular perichondrium. Analysis of PTHrP (-/-) mutant mice indicated that the PTHrP protein signals to its receptor in the prehypertrophic chondrocytes, thereby blocking hypertrophic differentiation. In vitro application of Hedgehog or PTHrP protein to normal or PTHrP (-/-) limb explants demonstrated that PTHrP mediates the effects of Ihh through the formation of a negative feedback loop that modulates the rate of chondrocyte differentiation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
613-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Bone Development, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Cartilage, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Extremities, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Feedback, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Growth Plate, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Hedgehog Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Morphogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Osteogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Parathyroid Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:8662546-Trans-Activators
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of rate of cartilage differentiation by Indian hedgehog and PTH-related protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't