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Overexpression of MMP13 in human osteoarthritic cartilage is associated with the SMAD-independent TGF-? signalling pathway.

ABSTRACT: In vitro and animal model of osteoarthritis (OA) studies suggest that TGF-? signalling is involved in OA, but human data is limited. We undertook this study to elucidate the role of TGF-? signalling pathway in OA by comparing the expression levels of TGFB1 and BMP2 as ligands, SMAD3 as an intracellular mediator, and MMP13 as a targeted gene between human osteoarthritic and healthy cartilage.Human cartilage samples were collected from patients undergoing total hip/knee joint replacement surgery due to primary OA or hip fractures as controls. RNA was extracted from the cartilage tissues. Real-time quantitative PCR was performed to measure gene expression. Mann-Whitney test was utilized to compare the expression levels of TGFB1, BMP2, SMAD3 and MMP13 in human cartilage between OA cases and controls. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (rho) was calculated to examine the correlation between the expression levels of the four genes studied and non-parametric regression was used to adjust for covariates.A total of 32 OA cases (25 hip OA and 7 knee OA) and 21 healthy controls were included. The expression of TGFB1, SMAD3, and MMP13 were on average 70%, 46%, and 355% higher, respectively, whereas the expression of BMP2 was 88% lower, in OA-affected cartilage than that of controls (all p??0.4). The expression of TGFB1 was correlated with the expression of SMAD3 (rho?=?0.50, p?=?0.003) and MMP13 (rho?=?0.46, p?=?0.007) in OA-affected cartilage and the significance became stronger after adjustment for age, sex, and BMI. The expression of BMP2 was negatively correlated with both TGFB1 (rho?=?-0.50, p?=?0.02) and MMP13 (rho?=?-0.48, p?=?0.02) in healthy cartilage, but the significance was altered after adjustment for the covariates. There was no correlation between the expression of SMAD3 and MMP13.Our results demonstrate that MMP13 expression is associated with an increased expression of TGFB1 in OA-affected cartilage, possibly through SMAD-independent TGF-? pathway. Furthermore, TGF-?/SMAD3 is overactivated in OA cartilage; yet, the consequence of this overactivation remains to be established.

SUBMITTER: Aref-Eshghi E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4579831 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Overexpression of MMP13 in human osteoarthritic cartilage is associated with the SMAD-independent TGF-β signalling pathway.

Aref-Eshghi Erfan E Liu Ming M Harper Patricia E PE Doré Jules J Martin Glynn G Furey Andrew A Green Roger R Rahman Proton P Zhai Guangju G

Arthritis research & therapy 20150923

<h4>Introduction</h4>In vitro and animal model of osteoarthritis (OA) studies suggest that TGF-β signalling is involved in OA, but human data is limited. We undertook this study to elucidate the role of TGF-β signalling pathway in OA by comparing the expression levels of TGFB1 and BMP2 as ligands, SMAD3 as an intracellular mediator, and MMP13 as a targeted gene between human osteoarthritic and healthy cartilage.<h4>Methods</h4>Human cartilage samples were collected from patients undergoing total ...[more]

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Overexpression of MMP13 in human osteoarthritic cartilage is associated with the SMAD-independent TGF-? signalling pathway.

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Overexpression of MMP13 in human osteoarthritic cartilage is associated with the SMAD-independent TGF-β signalling pathway.

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