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Loss of Pinch expression (Prx1<jats:sup>Cre<\/jats:sup>; Pinch1<jats:sup>flox\/flox<\/jats:sup>; Pinch2<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>) inhibits chondrocyte proliferation and promotes chondrocyte apoptosis, resulting in severe chondrodysplasia and limb shortening. Based on these observations, we wonder if Pinch proteins have a role in adult cartilage and whether Pinch deficiency will compromise cartilage homeostasis and promote osteoarthritis (OA)-related defects in adult mice. To this end, we generated the Aggrecan<jats:sup>CreERT2<\/jats:sup>; Pinch1<jats:sup>flox\/flox<\/jats:sup>; Pinch2<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> mice, in which the Pinch1 gene can be inducibly deleted in aggrecan-expressing chondrocytes by tamoxifen and the Pinch2 gene is globally inactivated. Immunofluorescent staining confirmed that the expression of Pinch proteins was significantly decreased in articular cartilage in tamoxifen-treated adult Aggrecan<jats:sup>CreERT2<\/jats:sup>; Pinch1<jats:sup>flox\/flox<\/jats:sup>; Pinch2<jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup> mice. Unexpectedly, our results showed that Pinch loss did not induce marked abnormalities in articular cartilage and other joint tissues in the knee joints of either adult (10-month-old) mice or aged (17-month-old) mice. In a destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM)-induced OA model, the surgically-induced OA lesions were comparable between Pinch-deficient mice and control mice. 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