BMP2 activity, although dispensable for bone formation, is required for the initiation of fracture healing
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- 12 November 2006
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Genetics
- Vol. 38 (12), 1424-1429
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1916
Abstract
Adult bones have a notable regenerative capacity. Over 40 years ago, an intrinsic activity capable of initiating this reparative response was found to reside within bone itself, and the term bone morphogenetic protein1 (BMP) was coined to describe the molecules responsible for it. A family of BMP proteins was subsequently identified2,3,4, but no individual BMP has been shown to be the initiator of the endogenous bone repair response. Here we demonstrate that BMP2 is a necessary component of the signaling cascade that governs fracture repair. Mice lacking the ability to produce BMP2 in their limb bones have spontaneous fractures that do not resolve with time. In fact, in bones lacking BMP2, the earliest steps of fracture healing seem to be blocked. Although other osteogenic stimuli are still present in the limb skeleton of BMP2-deficient mice, they cannot compensate for the absence of BMP2. Collectively, our results identify BMP2 as an endogenous mediator necessary for fracture repair.Keywords
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