Atypical cell death in the growth plate chondrocytes of Tric-b-knockout mice
Ichimura, A.; Miyazaki, Y.; Nagatomo, H.; Tomizawa, M.; Kawabe, T.; Nakajima, N.; Okamoto, N.; Komazaki, S.; Kakizawa, S.; Nishi, M.; Takeshima, H.
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TRIC-A and TRIC-B proteins form homotrimeric cation-permeable channels in the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum (SR/ER) and nuclear membranes and are thought to contribute to counterionic flux coupled with store Ca2+ release in various cell types. Serious mutations in the TRIC-B locus cause autosomal recessive osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), which is characterized by insufficient bone mineralization. We have reported that Tric-b-knockout mice can be used as an OI model. Here we report irregular cell death in proliferating growth plate chondrocytes in developing Tric-b-knockout bones. In the knockout chondrocytes, excess pro-collagen fibers were occasionally accumulated in severely dilated ER elements. Of the major ER stress pathways, the PERK pathway was preferentially hyperactivated in the knockout chondrocytes, and most likely altered gene expression to induce apoptosis-related proteins including CHOP and caspase 12. In Ca2+ imaging experiments, the knockout chondrocytes exhibited aberrant Ca2+ handling; ER Ca2+ release was impaired, and intracellular Ca2+ concentration was elevated. Our data suggest that Tric-b deficiency directs growth plate chondrocytes to pro-apoptotic stages by compromising cellular Ca2+-handling and exacerbating ER stress, leading to atypical apoptotic cell death.
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