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The zinc transporter SLC39A13/ZIP13 is required for connective tissue development; its involvement in BMP/TGF-beta signaling pathways

Fukada, Toshiyuki and Civic, Natacha and Furuichi, Tatsuya and Shimoda, Shinji and Mishima, Kenji and Higashiyama, Hiroyuki and Idaira, Yayoi and Asada, Yoshinobu and Kitamura, Hiroshi and Yamasaki, Satoru and Hojyo, Shintaro and Nakayama, Manabu and Ohara, Osamu and Koseki, Haruhiko and Dos Santos, Heloisa G. and Bonafe, Luisa and Ha-Vinh, Russia and Zankl, Andreas and Unger, Sheila and Kraenzlin, Marius E. and Beckmann, Jacques S. and Saito, Ichiro and Rivolta, Carlo and Ikegawa, Shiro and Superti-Furga, Andrea and Hirano, Toshio. (2008) The zinc transporter SLC39A13/ZIP13 is required for connective tissue development; its involvement in BMP/TGF-beta signaling pathways. PloS one, 3 (11). e3642.

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Abstract

Zinc (Zn) is an essential trace element and it is abundant in connective tissues, however biological roles of Zn and its transporters in those tissues and cells remain unknown.; Here we report that mice deficient in Zn transporter Slc39a13/Zip13 show changes in bone, teeth and connective tissue reminiscent of the clinical spectrum of human Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). The Slc39a13 knockout (Slc39a13-KO) mice show defects in the maturation of osteoblasts, chondrocytes, odontoblasts, and fibroblasts. In the corresponding tissues and cells, impairment in bone morphogenic protein (BMP) and TGF-beta signaling were observed. Homozygosity for a SLC39A13 loss of function mutation was detected in sibs affected by a unique variant of EDS that recapitulates the phenotype observed in Slc39a13-KO mice.; Hence, our results reveal a crucial role of SLC39A13/ZIP13 in connective tissue development at least in part due to its involvement in the BMP/TGF-beta signaling pathways. The Slc39a13-KO mouse represents a novel animal model linking zinc metabolism, BMP/TGF-beta signaling and connective tissue dysfunction.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine
09 Associated Institutions > Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB)
UniBasel Contributors:Rivolta, Carlo and Kraenzlin, Marius E.
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:PLOS
ISSN:1932-6203
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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