Jake Thompson1, Fabian Mendoza1, Ethan Tan1, Jessica Wildgrube Bertol1, Arju S Gaggar2, Goo Jun2, Claudia Biguetti3, Walid D Fakhouri1,4,5. 1. Center for Craniofacial Research, Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas. 2. School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas. 3. Department of Basic Sciences, São Paulo State University (Unesp), School of Dentistry, Araçatuba, São Paulo. 4. Department of Pediatrics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas. 5. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) plays a critical role in embryonic tissue development, including differentiation of epithelial cells. Besides orofacial clefting due to haploinsufficiency of IRF6, recent human genetic studies indicated that mutations in IRF6 are linked to small mandible and digit abnormalities. The function of IRF6 has been well studied in oral epithelium; however, its role in craniofacial skeletal formation remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the role of Irf6 in craniofacial bone development using comparative analyses between wild-type (WT) and Irf6-null littermate mice. RESULTS: Immunostaining revealed the expression of IRF6 in hypertrophic chondrocytes, osteocytes, and bone matrix of craniofacial tissues. Histological analysis of Irf6-null mice showed a remarkable reduction in the number of lacunae, embedded osteocytes in matrices, and a reduction in mineralization during bone formation. These abnormalities may explain the decreased craniofacial bone density detected by micro-CT, loss of incisors, and mandibular bone abnormality of Irf6-null mice. To validate the autonomous role of IRF6 in bone, extracted primary osteoblasts from calvarial bone of WT and Irf6-null pups showed no effect on osteoblastic viability and proliferation. However, a reduction in mineralization was detected in Irf6-null cells. CONCLUSIONS: Altogether, these findings suggest an autonomous role of Irf6 in regulating bone differentiation and mineralization. Developmental Dynamics 248:221-232, 2019.
BACKGROUND:Interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) plays a critical role in embryonic tissue development, including differentiation of epithelial cells. Besides orofacial clefting due to haploinsufficiency of IRF6, recent human genetic studies indicated that mutations in IRF6 are linked to small mandible and digit abnormalities. The function of IRF6 has been well studied in oral epithelium; however, its role in craniofacial skeletal formation remains unknown. In this study, we investigated the role of Irf6 in craniofacial bone development using comparative analyses between wild-type (WT) and Irf6-null littermate mice. RESULTS: Immunostaining revealed the expression of IRF6 in hypertrophic chondrocytes, osteocytes, and bone matrix of craniofacial tissues. Histological analysis of Irf6-null mice showed a remarkable reduction in the number of lacunae, embedded osteocytes in matrices, and a reduction in mineralization during bone formation. These abnormalities may explain the decreased craniofacial bone density detected by micro-CT, loss of incisors, and mandibular bone abnormality of Irf6-null mice. To validate the autonomous role of IRF6 in bone, extracted primary osteoblasts from calvarial bone of WT and Irf6-null pups showed no effect on osteoblastic viability and proliferation. However, a reduction in mineralization was detected in Irf6-null cells. CONCLUSIONS: Altogether, these findings suggest an autonomous role of Irf6 in regulating bone differentiation and mineralization. Developmental Dynamics 248:221-232, 2019.
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