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CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 9, Pages 2471-2478Publisher
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-018-4097-z
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Synoviocyte; DEX; Escin; IBP; Monocytes/macrophages; Osteoarthritis
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disease with inflammatory component. It is associated with progressive histological alterations and disabling symptoms. Today, drugs such as glucocorticoids (GCs) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSIADs) are commonly employed for treatment of osteoarthritis, but have serious and life-threatening side effects. The aim of the current study is to evaluate the effects of escin on cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2. isoform), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), interleulcin-18 (IL-18), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha, and nitric oxide (NO) (1), as well as prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on inflammatory cells, similar osteoarthritis in synoviocytes, and monocytes/ macrophages, and to compare it with dexamethasone (DEX) and ibuprofen (IBP). Synovial cells were isolated from synovial membrane of the radiocarpal joint cartilage of an 8-month-old Holstein cow. THP-1 cells were prepared from Pasteur Institute of Iran. Cells were cultivated and exposed to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation without, or in the presence of, DEX, IBP, or escin. The gene expressions of IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, IL-18, COX-2. and iNOS were evaluated by real-time PCR. Concentrations of NO and PGE2 were measured by ELISA methods. Our cells secreted an increased amounts of IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, IL-18, COX-2, iNOS, NO, and PGE2 in response to LPS stimulation in all conditions. Escin can quench the gene expression of COX-2, iNOS, IL-1 beta, IL-18, and TNF-alpha in synoviocyte cells and production of NO and PGE2 in monocyte/macrophage cells alike DEX and IBP. We can use from escin for the treatment of osteoarthritis as an anti-inflammatory agent in the latter but further studies to support the results from such a model are needed.
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