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Runx2 (runt-related transcription factor 2) deficient mice lacked the mandibular condylar cartilage and the mandibular bone. The anlage of the condylar process consisted of mesenchymal condensation, which expressed Type I collagen mRNA and alkaline phosphatase activity, but not Type II collagen and aggrecan mRNAs. Therefore, the differentiation of the mandibular condylar cartilage stopped at the preosteoblast (skeletoblast) stage. The lateral pterygoid muscle was attached to this anlage, and relatively abundant mesenchymal condensations were also formed at the muscle-attaching sites, e.g. the anlage of the mandibular body, the angular and coronoid processes. Three-dimensional reconstruction models showed that each mesenchymal condensation was connected to one another, and roughly outlined the shape of the mandible. Meckel’s cartilage in the Runx2-deficient mice had two ectopic cartilaginous processes to which the digastric and myohyoid muscles were attached. These findings indicate that Runx2 is essential for the formation of the mandibular condylar cartilage, as well as for normal development of Meckel’s cartilage and that muscle tissues influence mandible morphology.
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This work is supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (No. 12671762) from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
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Shibata, S., Suda, N., Yoda, S. et al. Runx2-deficient mice lack mandibular condylar cartilage and have deformed Meckel’s cartilage. Anat Embryol 208, 273–280 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-004-0393-2
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