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Modulation of cartilage differentiation by melanoma inhibiting activity/cartilage-derived retinoic acid-sensitive protein (MIA/CD-RAP)
Experimental & Molecular Medicine ; : 166-174, 2010.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-203596
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Melanoma inhibiting activity/cartilage-derived retinoic acid-sensitive protein (MIA/CD-RAP) is a small soluble protein secreted from malignant melanoma cells and from chondrocytes. Recently, we revealed that MIA/CD-RAP can modulate bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)2-induced osteogenic differentiation into a chondrogenic direction. In the current study we aimed to find the molecular details of this MIA/CD-RAP function. Direct influence of MIA on BMP2 by protein-protein-interaction or modulating SMAD signaling was ruled out experimentally. Instead, we revealed inhibition of ERK signaling by MIA/CD-RAP. This inhibition is regulated via binding of MIA/CD-RAP to integrin alpha5 and abolishing its activity. Active ERK signaling is known to block chondrogenic differentiation and we revealed induction of aggrecan expression in chondrocytes by treatment with MIA/CD-RAP or PD098059, an ERK inhibitor. In in vivo models we could support the role of MIA/CD-RAP in influencing osteogenic differentiation negatively. Further, MIA/CD-RAP-deficient mice revealed an enhanced calcified cartilage layer of the articular cartilage of the knee joint and disordered arrangement of chondrocytes. Taken together, our data indicate that MIA/CD-RAP stabilizes cartilage differentiation and inhibits differentiation into bone potentially by regulating signaling processes during differentiation.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Osteogenesis / Protein Binding / Signal Transduction / Cartilage / Cell Differentiation / Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Chondrocytes / Integrin alpha5 / Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Animals / Humans Language: English Journal: Experimental & Molecular Medicine Year: 2010 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Osteogenesis / Protein Binding / Signal Transduction / Cartilage / Cell Differentiation / Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Chondrocytes / Integrin alpha5 / Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Animals / Humans Language: English Journal: Experimental & Molecular Medicine Year: 2010 Type: Article