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  • Title: Scx+/Sox9+ progenitors contribute to the establishment of the junction between cartilage and tendon/ligament.
    Author: Sugimoto Y, Takimoto A, Akiyama H, Kist R, Scherer G, Nakamura T, Hiraki Y, Shukunami C.
    Journal: Development; 2013 Jun; 140(11):2280-8. PubMed ID: 23615282.
    Abstract:
    SRY-box containing gene 9 (Sox9) and scleraxis (Scx) regulate cartilage and tendon formation, respectively. Here we report that murine Scx(+)/Sox9(+) progenitors differentiate into chondrocytes and tenocytes/ligamentocytes to form the junction between cartilage and tendon/ligament. Sox9 lineage tracing in the Scx(+) domain revealed that Scx(+) progenitors can be subdivided into two distinct populations with regard to their Sox9 expression history: Scx(+)/Sox9(+) and Scx(+)/Sox9(-) progenitors. Tenocytes are derived from Scx(+)/Sox9(+) and Scx(+)/Sox9(-) progenitors. The closer the tendon is to the cartilaginous primordium, the more tenocytes arise from Scx(+)/Sox9(+) progenitors. Ligamentocytes as well as the annulus fibrosus cells of the intervertebral discs are descendants of Scx(+)/Sox9(+) progenitors. Conditional inactivation of Sox9 in Scx(+)/Sox9(+) cells causes defective formation in the attachment sites of tendons/ligaments into the cartilage, and in the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral discs. Thus, the Scx(+)/Sox9(+) progenitor pool is a unique multipotent cell population that gives rise to tenocytes, ligamentocytes and chondrocytes for the establishment of the chondro-tendinous/ligamentous junction.
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