Project description:Aging is a major risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA), and cartilage of the elder are more sensitive to mechanical loading stress. Recently, cartilage progenitor cells (CPCs) arose much interests due to its important role in maintaining cartilage homeostasis. However, the potential mechanism of increased sensitivity to mechanical stress in CPCs has not been elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential links between aging and age-related OA through establish CPCs replicative senescence model and fluid flow shear stress (FFSS) stimulated degeneration model. Small RNA and mRNA sequence were conducted to investigate miRNA-related mechanisms in this process. By gain-and-lost strategy we investigated the age-related miRNAs and their impacts on exacerbating the progression of biomechanical stimulated TMJ-OA. miR-708-5p was identified as age-related miRNA in CPCs, and TLR4 was identified as its direct target through luciferase report assay. Age-related miR-708-5p deficiency increased sensitivity of CPCs for exposure to FFSS by liberating TLR4 expression. Intra-articular delivery agomiR-708-5p alleviated TMJ osteoarthritic cartilage lesions in mice. In conclusion, age-related miR-708-5p deficiency increases the sensitivity to mechanical loading stress and promotes CPCs senescence like degeneration via TLR4.
Project description:Aging is a major risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA), and cartilage of the elder are more sensitive to mechanical loading stress. Recently, cartilage progenitor cells (CPCs) arose much interests due to its important role in maintaining cartilage homeostasis. However, the potential mechanism of increased sensitivity to mechanical stress in CPCs has not been elucidated. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential links between aging and age-related OA through establish CPCs replicative senescence model and fluid flow shear stress (FFSS) stimulated degeneration model. Small RNA and mRNA sequence were conducted to investigate miRNA-related mechanisms in this process. By gain-and-lost strategy we investigated the age-related miRNAs and their impacts on exacerbating the progression of biomechanical stimulated TMJ-OA. miR-708-5p was identified as age-related miRNA in CPCs, and TLR4 was identified as its direct target through luciferase report assay. Age-related miR-708-5p deficiency increased sensitivity of CPCs for exposure to FFSS by liberating TLR4 expression. Intra-articular delivery agomiR-708-5p alleviated TMJ osteoarthritic cartilage lesions in mice. In conclusion, age-related miR-708-5p deficiency increases the sensitivity to mechanical loading stress and promotes CPCs senescence like degeneration via TLR4.
Project description:Equine cartilage from young and old donors was used for RNA-Seq analysis. The aim of the study was to identify differentially expressed cartilage transcripts in ageing in order to to characterize molecular mechanisms associated with age-related changes in
Project description:Cartilage samples were collected from hip or knee joint replacement patients either due to primary OA or hip fractures as controls. DNA was extracted from the collected cartilage and assayed by Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 âBeadChip array, which allows for the analysis of >480,000 CpG sites. Bisulphite converted DNA from 5 hip osteoarthritic, 6 knee osteoarthritic and 7 hip healhty cartilage samples were hybridised to the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 âBeadChip array
Project description:microRNAs are posttranscriptional regulators that bind to target mRNAs. We tested the regulatory effect of miR-708-5p, a miRNA associated with Bipolar Disorder, in the mouse hippocampus. To unveil molecular mechanisms downstream of miR-708-5p, we stereotactically injected a virus overexpressing miR-708-5p for target discovery.
Project description:Osteoarthritic cartilage has largely been investigated, however supporting structures as the acetabular labrum are less investigated. In this studies we aimed to identify differences in gene expression between healthy and osteoarthritic labrum cells we used the microarray as a discovery tool to identify possible new targets in hip osteoarthritis pathology