Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure

  1. Meng Xie
  2. Pavel Gol'din
  3. Anna Nele Herdina
  4. Jordi Estefa
  5. Ekaterina V Medvedeva
  6. Lei Li
  7. Phillip T Newton
  8. Svetlana Kotova
  9. Boris Shavkuta
  10. Aditya Saxena
  11. Lauren T Shumate
  12. Brian D Metscher
  13. Karl Großschmidt
  14. Shigeki Nishimori
  15. Anastasia Akovantseva
  16. Anna P Usanova
  17. Anastasiia D Kurenkova
  18. Anoop Kumar
  19. Irene Linares Arregui
  20. Paul Tafforeau
  21. Kaj Fried
  22. Mattias Carlström
  23. András Simon
  24. Christian Gasser
  25. Henry M Kronenberg
  26. Murat Bastepe
  27. Kimberly L Cooper
  28. Peter Timashev
  29. Sophie Sanchez
  30. Igor Adameyko
  31. Anders Eriksson
  32. Andrei S Chagin  Is a corresponding author
  1. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
  2. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine
  3. Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Sweden
  4. Sechenov University, Russian Federation
  5. University of California San Diego, United States
  6. Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States
  7. University of Vienna, Austria
  8. Medical University of Vienna, Austria
  9. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
  10. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France
  11. Univeristy of California, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Growth plate and articular cartilage constitute a single anatomical entity early in development, but later separate into two distinct structures by the secondary ossification center (SOC). The reason for such separation remains unknown. We found that evolutionarily SOC appears in animals conquering the land - amniotes. Analysis of ossification pattern in mammals with specialized extremities (whales, bats, jerboa) revealed that SOC development correlates with the extent of mechanical loads. Mathematical modelling revealed that SOC reduces mechanical stress within the growth plate. Functional experiments revealed high vulnerability of hypertrophic chondrocytes to mechanical stress and showed that SOC protects these cells from apoptosis caused by extensive loading. Atomic force microscopy showed that hypertrophic chondrocytes are the least mechanically stiff cells within the growth plate. Altogether, these findings suggest that SOC has evolved to protect the hypertrophic chondrocytes from the high mechanical stress encountered in the terrestrial environment.

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  1. Meng Xie

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  2. Pavel Gol'din

    Department of Evolutionary Morphology, Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of NAS of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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  3. Anna Nele Herdina

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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  4. Jordi Estefa

    Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Sweden
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  5. Ekaterina V Medvedeva

    Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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  6. Lei Li

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  7. Phillip T Newton

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  8. Svetlana Kotova

    Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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  9. Boris Shavkuta

    Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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  10. Aditya Saxena

    Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, San Diego, United States
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  11. Lauren T Shumate

    Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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  12. Brian D Metscher

    Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  13. Karl Großschmidt

    Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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  14. Shigeki Nishimori

    Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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  15. Anastasia Akovantseva

    Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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  16. Anna P Usanova

    Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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  17. Anastasiia D Kurenkova

    Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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  18. Anoop Kumar

    Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  19. Irene Linares Arregui

    Department of Solid Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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  20. Paul Tafforeau

    SoM, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France
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  21. Kaj Fried

    Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  22. Mattias Carlström

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  23. András Simon

    Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  24. Christian Gasser

    Department of Solid Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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  25. Henry M Kronenberg

    Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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  26. Murat Bastepe

    Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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  27. Kimberly L Cooper

    Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Univeristy of California, San Diego, La Jolla, United States
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  28. Peter Timashev

    Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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  29. Sophie Sanchez

    Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala, Sweden
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  30. Igor Adameyko

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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  31. Anders Eriksson

    Department of Mechanics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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  32. Andrei S Chagin

    Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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Funding

EMBO

  • Meng Xie
  • Igor Adameyko

Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas

  • Sophie Sanchez
  • Igor Adameyko
  • Andrei S Chagin

Russian Science Foundation

  • Peter Timashev

Stiftelsen Frimurare Barnhuset i Stockholm

  • Meng Xie
  • Phillip T Newton

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: all animal experiments were pre-approved by the Ethical Committee on Animal Experiments (N5/16, N187/15, 9091-2018, Stockholm North Committee/ Norra Djurförsöksetiska Nämnden), the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Massachusetts General Hospital (Protocols #: 2005N000094 and 2004N000176) or the University of California San Diego (D16-00020) and conducted in accordance with the provisions and guidelines for animal experimentation formulated by the Swedish Animal Agency. Animal experiments involving limb unloading, AFM and nanoindentation were pre-approved by the Ethics Committee of the Sechenov First State Moscow Medical University (No. 07-17 from 13.09.2017, Moscow, Russia).

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© 2020, Xie et al.

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  1. Meng Xie
  2. Pavel Gol'din
  3. Anna Nele Herdina
  4. Jordi Estefa
  5. Ekaterina V Medvedeva
  6. Lei Li
  7. Phillip T Newton
  8. Svetlana Kotova
  9. Boris Shavkuta
  10. Aditya Saxena
  11. Lauren T Shumate
  12. Brian D Metscher
  13. Karl Großschmidt
  14. Shigeki Nishimori
  15. Anastasia Akovantseva
  16. Anna P Usanova
  17. Anastasiia D Kurenkova
  18. Anoop Kumar
  19. Irene Linares Arregui
  20. Paul Tafforeau
  21. Kaj Fried
  22. Mattias Carlström
  23. András Simon
  24. Christian Gasser
  25. Henry M Kronenberg
  26. Murat Bastepe
  27. Kimberly L Cooper
  28. Peter Timashev
  29. Sophie Sanchez
  30. Igor Adameyko
  31. Anders Eriksson
  32. Andrei S Chagin
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Secondary ossification center induces and protects growth plate structure
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