Journal
ANTIOXIDANTS
Volume 8, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antiox8090370
Keywords
osteoarthritis; chondrocyte; PKR; oxidative stress; mitochondrial dysfunction
Funding
- National Cheng Kung University
- E-Da Hospital [NCKUEDA10719, EDAHP10804]
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST-108-2320-B-006-053]
- E-Da Hospital
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common types of arthritis in the elderly people. It has been known that chondrocyte apoptosis occurs in OA cartilage; however, the detailed molecular mechanism remains unclear. In the current study, we aimed to elucidate the role of double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase R (PKR) in the TNF-alpha-caused apoptosis in chondrocytes. Human articular chondrocytes were digested from cartilages of OA subjects who accepted arthroplastic knee surgery. Our results showed that phosphorylation of p38 MAPK was increased after TNF-alpha stimulation or PKR activation using poly (I:C), and TNF-alpha-induced p38 MAPK upregulation was inhibited by PKR inhibition, suggesting phosphor-p38 MAPK was regulated by PKR. Moreover, we found that PKR participated in the p53-dependent destruction of AKT following activation of p38 MAPK. The inhibition of AKT led to the reduced expression of PGC-1 alpha, which resulted in mitochondrial dysfunction and increased oxidative stress. We showed that the reduction of oxidative stress using antioxidant Mito TEMPO lowered the TNF-alpha-induced caspase-3 activation and TUNEL-positive apoptotic cells. The diminished apoptotic response was also observed after repression of PKR/p38 MAPK/p53/AKT/PGC-1 alpha signaling. Taken together, we demonstrated that the aberrant mitochondrial biogenesis and increased oxidative stress in chondrocytes after TNF-alpha stimulation were mediated by PKR, which may contribute to the chondrocyte apoptosis and cartilage degeneration in OA.
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