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RHEUMATOLOGY
卷 47, 期 4, 页码 425-431出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem376
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advanced glycation end products; osteoarthritis; chondrocyte; cyclo-oxygenase-2; microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1; nitric oxide; prostaglandin E2
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Objective. Advanced glycation end products (AGE) accumulate in articular cartilage with age. We investigated the effects of AGE in primary-cultured human OA chondrocytes. Methods. Chondrocytes were cultured with/or without AGE-bovine serum albumin (AGE-BSA) and the expression levels cf inducible nitric oxide (NOS), cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 (mPGES-1) were evaluated using RT-PCR and western blot analysis. Prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)) was analysed by ELISA and nitric oxide (NO) was analysed by Griess reaction assay. Pharmacological studies to elucidate the involved pathway were executed using specific inhibitors of MAPK and receptor for AGE (RAGE). Results. We found that treatment of OA chondrocytes with AGE-BSA increased COX-2, mPGES-1 and NOS mRNA and protein, as well as elevating production of PGE(2) and NO. Pre-treatment with the MAPK inhibitors SP600125 (JNK inhibitor), SB202190 (1)38 inhibitor) or PD98059 (ERK inhibitor) significantly inhibited AGE-BSA induction of COX-2 expression and production of PGE(2). In contrast, SN50, a nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B) inhibitor, had no effect on levels of COX-2 and PGE(2). SB202190 and SN50, but not SP600125 and PD98059, decreased AGE-BSA-induced production of NO. Pre-treatment with soluble receptor for AGE (sRAGE) also reduced AGE-stimulated COX-2, NOS and PGE(2), implicating the involvement of RAGE. Conclusions. These results show that AGE may augment inflammatory responses in OA chondrocytes by increasing PGE(2) and NO levels, possibly via the MAPK pathway for PGE(2) and the NF-kappa B pathway for NO.
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