Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0004oc13 | (1) | ICCBH2015

Meclozine has a potential effects on short stature and foramen magnum stenosis in transgenic mice with achondroplasia

Matsushita Masaki , Kitoh Hiroshi , Mishima Kenichi , Sugiura Hiroshi , Hasegawa Sachi , Kitamura Akiko , Ishiguro Naoki , Ohno Kinji

ACH (achondroplasia) is one of the most common skeletal dysplasias with severe short stature caused by gain-of-function mutations in the FGFR3 gene. Foramen magnum stenosis is a serious neurological complication of ACH. Downregulation of the FGFR3 signaling is a radical therapeutic strategy for the disease. We previously demonstrated that meclozine, an over-the-counter drug for motion sickness, inhibited elevated FGFR3 signaling in chondrocytic cell lines. In the present study...