Increased connective tissue extracellular matrix in the op/op model of osteopetrosis

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Mice that are homozygous for the recessive osteopetrosis spontaneous mutation (op/op) develop severe osteopetrosis due to a defect in the production of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) and a deficiency in monocyte-derived osteoclasts. Our study describes a novel soft tissue finding in an osteopetrosis (B6C3Fe a/a-Csf1op/J) mouse model. Tissues were obtained from B6C3Fe a/a-Csf1op/J mice and age-matched wild-type mice, processed for hematoxylin and eosin sections, and comprehensive light microscopic tissue evaluation was performed. Mutant mice had characteristic traits of op/op deficiency including missing incisors and domed skulls. Histologically, the bone marrow cavity was effaced by interweaving thick bony trabeculae consistent with osteopetrosis. An increase in a finely granular, basophilic interstitial extracellular matrix (ECM) was observed in the subcutaneous connective tissue of the op/op mice when compared with controls. Histochemically, the ECM was negative with periodic acid Schiff and stained dark blue with alcian blue at a pH of 2.5, indicating that it is composed primarily of nonsulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). This work suggests an increased ECM that is composed mainly of GAGs located in the subcutaneous tissue in op/op mice. This increase in ECM may be related to altered matrix production or turnover because of changes in M-CSF production. © 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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Radi, Z. A., Guzman, R. E., & Bell, R. R. (2009). Increased connective tissue extracellular matrix in the op/op model of osteopetrosis. Pathobiology, 76(4), 199–203. https://doi.org/10.1159/000218336

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