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IRANIAN JOURNAL OF ALLERGY ASTHMA AND IMMUNOLOGY
卷 20, 期 3, 页码 338-349出版社
TEHRAN UNIV MEDICAL SCIENCES
DOI: 10.18502/ijaai.v20i3.6335
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Fibroblast activation protein alpha; Rheumatoid arthritis; Fibroblast-like synoviocytes
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- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) [97-03-30-39383]
The study found that the protein levels of FAP-alpha in FLSs of RA patients were higher than in healthy individuals, but there were no significant differences in mRNA levels of the genes between the two groups. Talabostat treatment significantly reduced the FAP-alpha protein levels in both RA and non-arthritic FLSs.
Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) have been introduced in recent years as a key player in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the exact mechanisms of their transformation and intracellular pathways have not yet been determined. This study aimed to investigate the role of fibroblast activation protein-alpha (FAP-alpha) in the regulation of genes involved in the transformation and pathogenic activity of RA FLSs. Synovial FLSs were isolated from RA patients and non-arthritic individuals (n=10 in both groups) and characterized; using immunocytochemistry and flow cytometry analysis. FLSs were divided into un-treated and Talabostat-treated groups to evaluate the FAP-alpha effect on the selected genes involved in cell cycle regulation (p21, p53, CCND1), apoptosis (Bcl-2, PUMA), and inflammatory and destructive behavior of FLSs (IL-6, TGF-beta 1, MMP-2, MMP-9, P2RX7). Gene expression analysis was performed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and immunoblotting was carried out to evaluate FAP-alpha protein levels. The basal level of FAP-alpha protein in RA patients was significantly higher than non-arthritic control individuals. However, no differences were observed between RA and non-arthritic FLSs, at the baseline mRNA levels of all the genes. Talabostat treatment significantly reduced FAP-alpha protein levels in both RA and non-arthritic FLSs, however, had no effect on mRNA expressions except an upregulated TGF-beta 1 expression in non-arthritic FLSs. A significantly higher protein level of FAP-alpha in FLSs of RA patients compared with that of healthy individuals may point to the pathogenic role of this protein in RA FLSs. However, more investigations are necessary to address the mechanisms mediating the FAP-alpha pathogenic role in RA FLSs.
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