Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Promotes Adipogenic Changes in Growth Plate Chondrocytes In Vitro

Chondrocytes and adipocytes are two differentiated cell types which are both derived from mesenchymal cells. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ), a transcription factor involved in lineage determination during adipogenesis, i...

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Main Authors: Lai Wang, Yvonne Y. Shao, R. Tracy Ballock
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2006-01-01
Series:PPAR Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/PPAR/2006/67297
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description Chondrocytes and adipocytes are two differentiated cell types which are both derived from mesenchymal cells. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ), a transcription factor involved in lineage determination during adipogenesis, is able to induce adipogenic differentiation in growth plate chondrocytes. Isolated epiphyseal chondrocytes were infected with a PPARγ adenovirus or treated with the PPARγ agonist ciglitazone. Both of these treatments resulted in lipid droplet accumulation and expression of the adipogenic markers aP2, lipoprotein lipase, and adipsin in chondrocytes. Proteoglycan matrix synthesis was decreased in the PPARγ-infected cells, as was the expression of the chondrogenic genes Col2a1 and aggrecan. Growth plate cells transfected with a PPARγ expression plasmid under the control of the collagen α1(II) promoter also demonstrated a similar adipogenic changes. Terminal differentiation of growth plate chondrocytes induced by thyroid hormone was also inhibited by overexpression of PPARγ and ciglitazone treatment, with decreased expression of alkaline phosphatase and Runx2/Cbfa1 genes. These in vitro data suggest that PPARγ is able to promote adipogenic differentiation in growth plate chondrocytes, while negatively regulating chondrogenic differentiation and terminal differentiation.
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spelling doaj-art-7fc1528a98e74a2e8e20dcaae3e447372025-08-20T03:35:20ZengWileyPPAR Research1687-47571687-47652006-01-01200610.1155/PPAR/2006/6729767297Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Promotes Adipogenic Changes in Growth Plate Chondrocytes In VitroLai Wang0Yvonne Y. Shao1R. Tracy Ballock2Orthopaedic Research Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, The Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USAOrthopaedic Research Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, The Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USAOrthopaedic Research Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, The Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USAChondrocytes and adipocytes are two differentiated cell types which are both derived from mesenchymal cells. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ), a transcription factor involved in lineage determination during adipogenesis, is able to induce adipogenic differentiation in growth plate chondrocytes. Isolated epiphyseal chondrocytes were infected with a PPARγ adenovirus or treated with the PPARγ agonist ciglitazone. Both of these treatments resulted in lipid droplet accumulation and expression of the adipogenic markers aP2, lipoprotein lipase, and adipsin in chondrocytes. Proteoglycan matrix synthesis was decreased in the PPARγ-infected cells, as was the expression of the chondrogenic genes Col2a1 and aggrecan. Growth plate cells transfected with a PPARγ expression plasmid under the control of the collagen α1(II) promoter also demonstrated a similar adipogenic changes. Terminal differentiation of growth plate chondrocytes induced by thyroid hormone was also inhibited by overexpression of PPARγ and ciglitazone treatment, with decreased expression of alkaline phosphatase and Runx2/Cbfa1 genes. These in vitro data suggest that PPARγ is able to promote adipogenic differentiation in growth plate chondrocytes, while negatively regulating chondrogenic differentiation and terminal differentiation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/PPAR/2006/67297
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Promotes Adipogenic Changes in Growth Plate Chondrocytes In Vitro
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title Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Promotes Adipogenic Changes in Growth Plate Chondrocytes In Vitro
title_full Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Promotes Adipogenic Changes in Growth Plate Chondrocytes In Vitro
title_fullStr Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Promotes Adipogenic Changes in Growth Plate Chondrocytes In Vitro
title_full_unstemmed Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Promotes Adipogenic Changes in Growth Plate Chondrocytes In Vitro
title_short Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Promotes Adipogenic Changes in Growth Plate Chondrocytes In Vitro
title_sort peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ promotes adipogenic changes in growth plate chondrocytes in vitro
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/PPAR/2006/67297
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