New Study Reveals Skeletal Rescue Through Zfp521 Ablation in Jansen’s Mouse Model
New Study Reveals Skeletal Rescue Through Zfp521 Ablation in Jansen’s Mouse Model
A study published in JBMR Plus, (American Society of Bone and Mineral Research), highlights a promising genetic approach to treating Jansen’s metaphyseal chondrodysplasia (JMC). In this innovative research, Monica Reyes and researchers from MGH, investigated the role of Zfp521, a zinc finger protein downstream of the PTH receptor pathway, in the skeletal defects seen in a Jansen’s mouse model.
Key findings include:
- Zfp521 is upregulated in JMC growth plate chondrocytes, contributing to impaired chondrocyte differentiation and delayed bone formation.
- Deleting Zfp521 specifically in chondrocytes (in JMC mice) restored normal growth plate architecture, with improved hypertrophic chondrocyte differentiation and the initiation of endochondral ossification.
- Bone length and structure in these double-mutant mice normalized, strikingly rescuing the growth defect seen in Jansen-specific mice.
This discovery not only provides the first genetic evidence of Zfp521’s downstream role in PTHR1-mediated signaling but also unveils a novel pathway for targeted therapeutic development.
Find the full publication here: Substantially Delayed Maturation of Growth Plate Chondrocytes in "Humanized" PTH1R Mice with the H223R Mutation of Jansen's Disease
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