Project description:The severity of osteoarthritis is linked to elevated levels of galectins. Here, the aim of the study was to evaluate the role of Galectin-4 in osteoarthritic cartilage.
Project description:Examination of the genome-wide distribution of 5hmC in osteoarthritic chondrocytes compared to normal chondrocytes in order to elucidate the effect on OA-specific gene expression. 5hmC-sequencing was performed and data was compared with microarray gene expression data to identify genes with differential expression between normal and OA chondrocytes that are potentially under epigenetic regulation.
Project description:Examination of the genome-wide distribution of 5hmC in osteoarthritic chondrocytes compared to normal chondrocytes in order to elucidate the effect on OA-specific gene expression. 5hmC-sequencing was performed and data was compared with microarray gene expression data to identify genes with differential expression between normal and OA chondrocytes that are potentially under epigenetic regulation.
Project description:Examination of the genome-wide distribution of 5hmC in osteoarthritic chondrocytes compared to normal chondrocytes in order to elucidate the effect on OA-specific gene expression. 5hmC-sequencing was performed and data was compared with microarray gene expression data to identify genes with differential expression between normal and OA chondrocytes that are potentially under epigenetic regulation. High-throughput sequencing of 5hmC in 4 normal and 4 OA chondrocyte samples.
Project description:Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that ranks among the leading causes of pain, adult disability, shortening of working life, and socioeconomic costs worldwide. The mechanisms underlying osteoarthritis pathogenesis are yet to be fully elucidated, thus limiting current disease management and treatment. Galectin-1 is an endogenous carbohydrate-binding protein central to adhesion via glycan-bridging, glycoconjugate-mediated signaling, cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, cancers, and host-pathogen interactions. The chondrocyte glycophenotype, which can act as a system of counter-receptors for galectin binding, is compromised in osteoarthritis. We here investigated Galectin-1 and associated gene network's role in human osteoarthritis pathogenesis. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that Galectin-1 associates with osteoarthritic cartilage and subchondral bone histopathology and severity (p<0.0001, n=29 patients). Glycan-dependent Galectin-1 binding to osteoarthritic chondrocytes' cell surface led to marked upregulation of matrix metalloproteinases and activation of NF-κB. Biochemical, molecular and genome-wide analyses showed that Galectin-1 strongly activates a large inflammatory gene network (p<10-16). Bioinformatic analyses of gene promoters up-regulated by Galectin-1 unveiled an overwhelming NF-κB signaling signature. Inhibition of any of several components of the NF-κB pathway using dedicated inhibitors led to dose-dependent impairment of Galectin-1-mediated transcriptional activation. This study identifies for the first time Galectin-1 as an activator of clinically relevant inflammatory-response genes co-regulated by NF-κB. Since inflammation is critical to cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis, this report is also first to put glycobiology at the center-stage of osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration. Finally, this is the first report to uncover a Galectin-1 gene signature and associated gene network in any biological setting or species. For microarray experiments, osteoarthritic chondrocytes were isolated from five male patients (47-78 years). Following starvation, cells were incubated in the presence of 50 µg/ml recombinant Galectin-1 for 24 h. For each donor population, untreated cells were included as control. In total, 10 samples were analyzed.
Project description:Examination of the genome-wide distribution of 5hmC in osteoarthritic chondrocytes compared to normal chondrocytes in order to elucidate the effect on OA-specific gene expression. 5hmC-sequencing was performed and data was compared with microarray gene expression data to identify genes with differential expression between normal and OA chondrocytes that are potentially under epigenetic regulation. Gene expression patterns were examined by comparing the 5 normal samples to the 2 OA samples to assess the changing expression profiles between normal and OA chondrocytes. We analyzed the changes in gene expression in OA; genes with a fold-change ≥ or ≤1.5 or 1.2, with a difference in intensity of >100 and within the lower 90% confidence bound, were selected.
Project description:Inflammation, which is mainly sustained by pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β, TNF-α, and IL-6, plays an important role in osteoarthritis progression. However, the therapeutic failures of recent clinical trials evaluating anti-IL-1, anti-TNF, and anti-IL-6 drugs highlight the lack of overall understanding of the effects of these cytokines on chondrocytes. Here, we generated a comprehensive transcriptomic and proteomic dataset of osteoarthritic chondrocytes treated with these cytokines to describe their pro-inflammatory signature and compare it to the transcriptome of non-osteoarthritic chondrocytes. We first identified specific dysregulation of metabolic-related genes in OA chondrocytes. A metabolic shift, toward increased glycolysis at the expense of mitochondrial respiration, was specifically identified and confirmed by Seahorse® assay of osteoarthritic chondrocytes treated with IL-1β or TNF-α. These data show a strong association between inflammation and metabolism, indicating that understanding metabolic dysregulations should be a focus of future investigations for the design of therapies for osteoarthritis.
Project description:Human osteoarthritic (OA) chondrocytes were obtained from the cartilage of femoral condyles and tibial plateaus from three patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. The chondrocytes were released from the cartilage, seeded at high density, and cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum and an antibiotic mixture (100 units/ml penicillin base and 100 μg/ml streptomycin base) at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2/95% air. The chondrocytes from each of the three donors were left untreated (control) and treated with thapsigargin (50nM for 20hours).Total RNA was extracted from the chondrocytes and processed for qPCR according to the manufacturer's instructions (SA Biosciences RT2 Profiler PCR Array PAHS-089Z).
Project description:Human chondrocytes were obtained from the cartilage of femoral condyles and tibial plateaus from individuals within 12 hours of death (normal) and from patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (osteoarthritic, OA). The chondrocytes were released from the cartilage, seeded at high density, and cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum and an antibiotic mixture (100 units/ml penicillin base and 100 μg/ml streptomycin base) at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2/95% air. Total RNA was extracted from the primary chondrocytes and processed for qPCR according to the manufacturer's instructions (SA Biosciences RT2 Profiler PCR Array PAHS-089Z).
Project description:Human osteoarthritic (OA) chondrocytes were obtained from the cartilage of femoral condyles and tibial plateaus from three patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. The chondrocytes were released from the cartilage, seeded at high density, and cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum and an antibiotic mixture (100 units/ml penicillin base and 100 μg/ml streptomycin base) at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2/95% air. The chondrocytes from each of the three donors were left untreated (control) and treated with tunicamycin (500ng/ml for 20 hours).Total RNA was extracted from the chondrocytes and processed for qPCR according to the manufacturer's instructions (SA Biosciences RT2 Profiler PCR Array PAHS-089Z).