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Gulp1 regulates chondrocyte growth arrest and differentiation via the TGF-β/SMAD2/3 pathway
Dough Kim1, Jung-Eun Kim2, Seon Bhin Lee1
1Department of Biochemistry, Dongguk University School of Medicine, Gyeongju, Korea.
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Chondrocyte differentiation is crucial for cartilage formation. However, the complex processes and mechanisms coordinating chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation remain incompletely understood. Here, we report a novel function of the adaptor protein Gulp1 in chondrocyte differentiation. Gulp1 expression is upregulated during chondrogenic differentiation. Gulp1 knockdown in chondrogenic ATDC5 cells reduces the expression of chondrogenic and hypertrophic marker genes during differentiation. Furthermore, Gulp1 knockdown impairs cell growth arrest during chondrocyte differentiation and reduces the expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21. The activation of the TGF-β/SMAD2/3 pathway, which is associated with p21 expression in chondrocytes, is impaired in Gulp1 knockdown cells. Collectively, these results demonstrate that Gulp1 contributes to cell growth arrest and chondrocyte differentiation by modulating the TGF-β/SMAD2/3 pathway.
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