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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH
卷 61, 期 6, 页码 624-630出版社
AMER VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOC
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.624
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [AR42417] Funding Source: Medline
Objective-To determine the effects of interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. (TNF-alpha) on expression and regulation of several matrix-related genes by equine articular chondrocytes. Sample Population-Articular cartilage harvested from grossly normal joints of 8 foals, 6 yearling horses, and 8 adult horses. Procedure-Chondrocytes maintained in suspension cultures were treated with various doses of human recombinant IL-1 beta or TNF-alpha. Northern blots of total RNA from untreated and treated chondrocytes were probed with equine complementary DNA (cDNA) probes for cartilage matrix-related genes. incorporation of S-35-sulfate, fluorography of C-14-proline labeled medium, zymography, and western blotting were used to confirm effects on protein synthesis. Results-IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha increased steady-state amounts of mRNA of matrix metalloproteinases 1, 3, and 13 by up to 100-fold. Amount of mRNA of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 also increased but to a lesser extent (1.5- to 2-fold). Amounts of mRNA of type-II collagen and link protein were consistently decreased in a dose-dependent manner. Amount of aggrecan mRNA was decreased slightly; amounts of biglycan and decorin mRNA were minimally affected. Conclusions and Clinical Relevance-Treatment of cultured equine chondrocytes with IL-1 beta or TNF-alpha resulted in marked alterations in expression of various matrix and matrix-related genes consistent with the implicated involvement of these genes in arthritis. Expression of matrix metalloproteinases was increased far more than expression of their putative endogenous inhibitor. Results support the suggestion that IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha play a role in the degradation of articular cartilage in arthritis.
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