A mouse model for spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita with secondary osteoarthritis due to a Col2a1 mutation

Christopher T. Esapa, Tertius A. Hough, Sarah Testori, Rosie A. Head, Elizabeth A. Crane, Carol P. S. Chan, Holly Evans, J. H. Duncan Bassett, Przemko Tylzanowski, Eugene G. McNally, Andrew J. Carr, Alan Boyde, Peter G. T. Howell, Anne Clark, Graham R. Williams, Matthew A. Brown, Peter I. Croucher, M. Andrew Nesbit, Steve D. M. Brown, Roger D. CoxMichael T. Cheeseman, Rajesh V. Thakker*

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Progeny of mice treated with the mutagen N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) revealed a mouse, designated Longpockets (Lpk), with short humeri, abnormal vertebrae, and disorganized growth plates, features consistent with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita (SEDC). The Lpk phenotype was inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Lpk/+ mice were viable and fertile and Lpk/Lpk mice died perinatally. Lpk was mapped to chromosome 15 and mutational analysis of likely candidates from the interval revealed a Col2a1 missense Ser1386Pro mutation. Transient transfection of wild-type and Ser1386Pro mutant Col2a1 c-Myc constructs in COS-7?cells and CH8 chondrocytes demonstrated abnormal processing and endoplasmic reticulum retention of the mutant protein. Histology revealed growth plate disorganization in 14-day-old Lpk/+ mice and embryonic cartilage from Lpk/+ and Lpk/Lpk mice had reduced safranin-O and type-II collagen staining in the extracellular matrix. The wild-type and Lpk/+ embryos had vertical columns of proliferating chondrocytes, whereas those in Lpk/Lpk mice were perpendicular to the direction of bone growth. Electron microscopy of cartilage from 18.5 dpc wild-type, Lpk/+, and Lpk/Lpk embryos revealed fewer and less elaborate collagen fibrils in the mutants, with enlarged vacuoles in the endoplasmic reticulum that contained amorphous inclusions. Micro-computed tomography (CT) scans of 12-week-old Lpk/+ mice revealed them to have decreased bone mineral density, and total bone volume, with erosions and osteophytes at the joints. Thus, an ENU mouse model with a Ser1386Pro mutation of the Col2a1 C-propeptide domain that results in abnormal collagen processing and phenotypic features consistent with SEDC and secondary osteoarthritis has been established. (C) 2012 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)413-428
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Bone and Mineral Research
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2012

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • C-PROPEPTIDE
  • SPONDYLOPERIPHERAL DYSPLASIA
  • EPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA
  • OSTEOARTHRITIS
  • MISSENSE MUTATION
  • SPONDYLOEPIPHYSEAL DYSPLASIA CONGENITA
  • DISPROPORTIONATE MICROMELIA DMM
  • ALKALINE-PHOSPHATASE
  • TYPE II COLLAGEN
  • PHENOTYPIC SPECTRUM
  • N-ETHYL-N-NITROSOUREA
  • DISORGANIZED GROWTH PLATE
  • PROCOLLAGEN GENE
  • II COLLAGEN DISORDER
  • MUTAGENESIS PROGRAM

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