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EXPERIMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
Volume 50, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s12276-018-0149-3
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Funding
- Arthritis Research U.K. career developmental fellowship [20631]
- Orthopaedic Research U.K. grant [509]
- European Institute of Innovation & Technology transitional fellowship
- U.K.-U.S. all disciplines Fulbright research scholar award
- MRC [MR/P020941/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Ageing is the primary risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA). A decline in the ageing-associated process of autophagy is suggested as a potential contributor to OA development. Polyamines such as spermidine decrease during ageing, contributing to impaired autophagy and reduced cellular function. However, the role of polyamines and their effect on the regulatory mechanism governing autophagy in aged and arthritic cartilage tissue has not been established. Elucidating if polyamine regulation of autophagy is impaired during ageing and OA in chondrocytes may lead to improved treatment approaches to protect against cartilage degradation. Our results indicate that polyamine synthesis was decreased in aged and OA cartilage, along with reduced autophagy activity, evidenced by decreased autophagy-related gene and protein expression and autophagosome formation. Importantly, spermidine treatment increased the expression of the acetyltransferase EP300, which binds to crucial autophagy proteins, Beclin1 and LC3, and elevates chondrocyte autophagy. Our data indicate spermidine prevents the ageing-and OA-related decrease in autophagy and may protect against OA development.
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