PDGFRα reporter activity identifies periosteal progenitor cells critical for bone formation and fracture repair
Abstract
The outer coverings of the skeleton, which is also known as the periosteum, are arranged in concentric layers and act as a reservoir for tissue-specific bone progenitors. The cellular heterogeneity within this tissue depot is being increasingly recognized. Here, inducible PDGFRα reporter animals were found to mark a population of cells within the periosteum that act as a stem cell reservoir for periosteal appositional bone formation and fracture repair. During these processes, PDGFRα reporter+ progenitors give rise to Nestin+ periosteal cells before becoming osteoblasts and osteocytes. The diphtheria toxin-mediated ablation of PDGFRα reporter+ cells led to deficits in cortical bone formation during homeostasis and a diminutive hard callus during fracture repair. After ossicle transplantation, both mouse PDGFRα reporter+ periosteal cells and human Pdgfrα+ periosteal progenitors expand, ossify, and recruit marrow to a greater extent than their counterpart periosteal cells, whereas PDGFRα reporter− periosteal cells exhibit a predisposition to chondrogenesis in vitro. Total RNA sequencing identified enrichment of the secreted factors Fermt3 and Ptpn6 within PDGFRα reporter+ periosteal cells, which partly underlie the osteoblastogenic features of this cell population.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jan 25, 2022
- Source ID
- 10.1038/s41413-021-00176-8
Entities
People
- Aaron W James
- Amy Lu
- Cammy Tang
- Carol Morris
- Ching-yun Hsu
- Jiajia Xu
- Robert J. Tower
- Stefano Negri
- Ye Tian
- Yiyun Wang
- Zhao Li
- Zhu Li
Organizations
- American Cancer Society
- Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund
- Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- United States Department of Defense