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Mesenchymal stromal cell-derived septoclasts resorb cartilage during developmental ossification and fracture healing

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  • Kishor K. Sivaraj

    (and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine)

  • Paul-Georg Majev

    (and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine)

  • Hyun-Woo Jeong

    (and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine)

  • Backialakshmi Dharmalingam

    (and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine)

  • Dagmar Zeuschner

    (Electron Microscopy Unit, Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine)

  • Silke Schröder

    (and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine)

  • M. Gabriele Bixel

    (and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine)

  • Melanie Timmen

    (University Hospital Münster)

  • Richard Stange

    (University Hospital Münster)

  • Ralf H. Adams

    (and University of Münster, Faculty of Medicine)

Abstract

Developmental osteogenesis, physiological bone remodelling and fracture healing require removal of matrix and cellular debris. Osteoclasts generated by the fusion of circulating monocytes degrade bone, whereas the identity of the cells responsible for cartilage resorption is a long-standing and controversial question. Here we show that matrix degradation and chondrocyte phagocytosis are mediated by fatty acid binding protein 5-expressing cells representing septoclasts, which have a mesenchymal origin and are not derived from haematopoietic cells. The Notch ligand Delta-like 4, provided by endothelial cells, is necessary for septoclast specification and developmental bone growth. Consistent with the termination of growth, septoclasts disappear in adult and ageing bone, but re-emerge in association with growing vessels during fracture healing. We propose that cartilage degradation is mediated by rare, specialized cells distinct from osteoclasts. Our findings have implications for fracture healing, which is frequently impaired in aging humans.

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  • Kishor K. Sivaraj & Paul-Georg Majev & Hyun-Woo Jeong & Backialakshmi Dharmalingam & Dagmar Zeuschner & Silke Schröder & M. Gabriele Bixel & Melanie Timmen & Richard Stange & Ralf H. Adams, 2022. "Mesenchymal stromal cell-derived septoclasts resorb cartilage during developmental ossification and fracture healing," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-28142-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28142-w
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