Journal
MATRIX BIOLOGY
Volume 82, Issue -, Pages 71-85Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2019.03.002
Keywords
Extracellular matrix; Thrombospondin 2; Collagen; Proteomics; Lysyl oxidase; miR-29
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- National Institutes of Health [HL 107205, GM-072194]
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Collagen fibrillogenesis and crosslinking have long been implicated in extracellular matrix (ECM)-dependent processes such as fibrosis and scarring. However, the extent to which matricellular proteins influence ECM protein production and fibrillar collagen crosslinking has yet to be determined. Here we show that thrombospondin 2 (TSP2), an anti-angiogenic matricellular protein, is an important modulator of ECM homeostasis. Specifically, through a fractionated quantitative proteomics approach, we show that loss of TSP2 leads to a unique ECM phenotype characterized by a significant decrease in fibrillar collagen, matricellular, and structural ECM protein production in the skin of TSP2 KO mice. Additionally, TSP2 KO skin displays decreased lysyl oxidase (LOX), which manifests as an increase in fibrillar collagen solubility and decreased levels of LOX-mediated fibrillar collagen crosslinking. We show that these changes are indirectly mediated by miR-29, a major regulator of ECM proteins and LOX, as miR-29 expression is increased in the TSP2 KO. Altogether, these findings indicate that TSP2 contributes to ECM production and assembly by regulating miR-29 and LOX. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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