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Vascular and cellular invasion into the cartilage is a critical step in the fracture healing. Matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) is a member of the zinc-dependent endopeptidase family and plays an important role in remodeling of extracellular matrix. Therefore we investigated the possible involvement of MMP-13 in a murine model of stabilized bone fracture healing. Repair of the fracture in MMP-13 deficient (MMP-13-/-) mice was significantly delayed and characterized by a retarded cartilage resorption in the fracture callus. Immunohistochemistry indicated severe defects in vascular penetration and chondroclast recruitment to the fracture callus in MMP-13-/- mice. Consistent with the observations, the chondrocyte pellets cultured from the MMP13-/- mice exhibited diminished angiogenic activities when the pellets were co-cultured with endothelial cells. These results suggest that MMP-13 is crucial to the process of angiogenesis during healing of fracture, especially in the cartilage resorption process.
| 本文言語 | English |
|---|---|
| ページ(範囲) | 846-851 |
| ページ数 | 6 |
| ジャーナル | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
| 巻 | 354 |
| 号 | 4 |
| DOI | |
| 出版ステータス | Published - 2007 3月 23 |
| 外部発表 | はい |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 生物理学
- 生化学
- 分子生物学
- 細胞生物学
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