Deficiency of the SMOC2 matricellular protein impairs bone healing and produces age-dependent bone loss
Supawich Morkmued, François Clauss, Brigitte Schuhbaur, Valérie Fraulob, Eric Mathieu, Joseph Hemmerlé, Hans Clevers, Bon-Kyoung Koo, Pascal Dollé, Agnès Bloch-Zupan, Karen Niederreither, Supawich Morkmued, François Clauss, Brigitte Schuhbaur, Valérie Fraulob, Eric Mathieu, Joseph Hemmerlé, Hans Clevers, Bon-Kyoung Koo, Pascal Dollé, Agnès Bloch-Zupan, Karen Niederreither
Abstract
Secreted extracellular matrix components which regulate craniofacial development could be reactivated and play roles in adult wound healing. We report a patient with a loss-of-function of the secreted matricellular protein SMOC2 (SPARC related modular calcium binding 2) presenting severe oligodontia, microdontia, tooth root deficiencies, alveolar bone hypoplasia, and a range of skeletal malformations. Turning to a mouse model, Smoc2-GFP reporter expression indicates SMOC2 dynamically marks a range of dental and bone progenitors. While germline Smoc2 homozygous mutants are viable, tooth number anomalies, reduced tooth size, altered enamel prism patterning, and spontaneous age-induced periodontal bone and root loss are observed in this mouse model. Whole-genome RNA-sequencing analysis of embryonic day (E) 14.5 cap stage molars revealed reductions in early expressed enamel matrix components (Odontogenic ameloblast-associated protein) and dentin dysplasia targets (Dentin matrix acidic phosphoprotein 1). We tested if like other matricellular proteins SMOC2 was required for regenerative repair. We found that the Smoc2-GFP reporter was reactivated in adjacent periodontal tissues 4 days after tooth avulsion injury. Following maxillary tooth injury, Smoc2-/- mutants had increased osteoclast activity and bone resorption surrounding the extracted molar. Interestingly, a 10-day treatment with the cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) inhibitor ibuprofen (30 mg/kg body weight) blocked tooth injury-induced bone loss in Smoc2-/- mutants, reducing matrix metalloprotease (Mmp)9. Collectively, our results indicate that endogenous SMOC2 blocks injury-induced jaw bone osteonecrosis and offsets age-induced periodontal decay.
Conflict of interest statement
The authors declare no competing interests.
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