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Mechanisms of growth plate organization in response to mechanical load

生长板组织响应机械载荷的机制

基本信息

批准号：
9765151
负责人：
Rosa A. Serra
金额：
$ 16.34万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2018-09-01 至 2022-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9765151
关键词：
Actins Address Adenovirus Vector Adhesions Affect Architecture Biological Assay Biological Process Bone Growth Bone remodeling Cell Enlargement Cell Proliferation Cell division Cell surface Cell-Cell Adhesion Cell-Matrix Junction Cells Cellular Assay Cerebral Palsy Child Chondrocytes Complex Consumption Cytoskeleton Data Defect Deposition Destinations Disease Dose Epiphysial cartilage Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Focal Adhesions Force of Gravity Future Growth Hemiplegia Hindlimb Suspension Hypertrophy Imaging Techniques Integrins Lead Leg Length Limb structure Link Measures Mediating Methods Modeling Molecular Molecular Genetics Mus N-Cadherin Organ Culture Techniques Osteogenesis Paralysed Pathway interactions Periodicity Pharmacology Physiological Play Poliomyelitis Process Protein Dynamics Proteins Resolution Role Rotation Shapes Site Structure Surface System Testing Time Tissues Vinculin Weight Work base bone cartilaginous daughter cell in vivo in vivo Model indexing integrin-linked kinase live cell imaging mechanical load migration response sensor skeletal tissue spatiotemporal

项目摘要

Longitudinal growth of limbs occurs through cartilaginous structures called the growth plate at the ends of each bone in a process called endochondral bone formation. One important feature of the growth plate is that the cells in the tissue align into columns. While the magnitude of bone growth is dependent on cell proliferation, matrix deposition, and cell enlargement during hypertrophy, the columns allow directional growth of the bone. It was noted that a large proportion of children with paralysis in one leg as a result of poliomyelitis or hemiplegic cerebral palsy demonstrated significant limb length discrepancy with the paralyzed limb being shorter than the other limb. Based on these observations we hypothesized that mechanical load regulates the function of the growth plate. While the effects of mechanical load on bone remodeling have been studied extensively, little was known about the role of loading on endochondral bone formation and limb length determination so we developed in vivo models for removing mechanical load on hind limb in young mice via paralysis. Loss of mechanical load resulted in shortening of the paralyzed limb, disorganization of the columnar architecture in the growth plate, and disruption to the cortical actin structure within the cells. Very little is known about how chondrocytes align themselves into this columnar structure because isolated chondrocytes in culture do not align into columns and in vivo models are time consuming and expensive to work with. In addition, there are limited methods to view the biological processes involved in real time. In this R21proposal we plan to address a critical barrier in the field and develop an ex vivo organ culture system and live cell imaging assays to measure changes in protein localization and tension at cellCcell and cellCmatrix adhesion sites during column formation in real time. We will then illustrate how the mechanisms involved in column formation in loaded and unloaded conditions can be analyzed in detail using these assays. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that govern how mechanical load affects growth plate function would be expected to inform future strategies for treating various types of limb length disorders.

四肢的纵向生长是通过被称为生长板的软骨结构发生的