Differential spatial regulation of BMP molecules is associated with single-suture craniosynostosis
- 1 July 2016
- journal article
- Published by Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG) in Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
- Vol. 18 (1), 83-91
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2015.12.peds15414
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) ligands, receptors, and soluble inhibitors in cells isolated from single-suture synostoses from fused coronal, metopic, sagittal, and lambdoid sutures. METHODS Cells were isolated from bone collected from patients undergoing craniotomies at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to examine mRNA levels in cells isolated from fused sutures or patent sutures in comparison with levels in normal bone from the same patient. RESULTS Cells isolated from fused sutures in cases of sagittal and coronal synostosis highly expressed BMP2, while cells isolated from fused metopic or lambdoid synostosis expressed high BMP4. Noggin, a BMP inhibitor, was lower in fused sutures and had high expression in patent sutures. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that BMPs and inhibitors play a significant role in the regulation of suture fusion as well in the maintenance of patency in ...Keywords
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