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Differential expressions of NOD-like receptors and their associations with inflammatory responses in rheumatoid arthritis

Authors
 H. Kim  ;  Y. Kwon  ;  B. Park  ;  J. Song  ;  Y. Park  ;  M. Park 
Citation
 CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, Vol.35(4) : 630-637, 2017 
Journal Title
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
ISSN
 0392-856X 
Issue Date
2017
MeSH
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics ; Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/genetics ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/genetics* ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/metabolism ; Arthritis, Rheumatoid/surgery ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee ; Blotting, Western ; Case-Control Studies ; Caspase 1/metabolism ; Down-Regulation ; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay ; Humans ; I-kappa B Kinase/metabolism ; Immunohistochemistry ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics ; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism ; Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics ; Mitochondrial Proteins/metabolism ; NF-kappa B/metabolism ; NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/genetics ; NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/metabolism ; Nod1 Signaling Adaptor Protein/genetics ; Nod1 Signaling Adaptor Protein/metabolism ; Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein/genetics ; Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein/metabolism ; Osteoarthritis, Knee/genetics ; Osteoarthritis, Knee/metabolism ; Osteoarthritis, Knee/surgery ; RNA Interference ; RNA, Messenger/metabolism ; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Synovial Membrane/metabolism* ; Synoviocytes/metabolism* ; TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6/metabolism ; Up-Regulation
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the differential expressions of nucleotide oligomerisation domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs) and to investigate their association with inflammatory responses in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS).

METHODS: Gene expression and protein levels of various NLRs, including NOD1, NOD2, NLRP1, NLRP3, NLRP12, NLRX1, and NLRC3, were determined in FLS and synovial tissues from patients with RA and patients with osteoarthritis (OA) using quantitative real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry. After transfection of NOD2 RNAi plasmids or a pcDNA3.1-NLRX1 vector, gene expression levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in RA FLS and the protein levels of these cytokines in culture supernatants were determined using quantitative real-time PCR and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. The effects of NLR gene regulation on NF-κB and caspase-1 were evaluated using Western blot analysis.

RESULTS: Gene expression levels of NOD1, NLRP1, NLRP3, NLRP12, and NLRC3 were not different between RA and OA samples. NOD2 gene expression and protein levels were significantly increased in RA samples, whereas the levels of NLRX1 were significantly decreased. Downregulation of NOD2 gene expression by transfection with NOD2 RNAi plasmid significantly reduced pro-inflammatory cytokine levels in RA FLS, while transfection with adenoviral vectors encoding NLRX1 had no effect on pro-inflammatory cytokine levels. Downregulation of NOD2 gene expression significantly decreased NF-κB, TRAF6, and IKK levels, but not caspase-1 levels, in RA FLS.

CONCLUSIONS: NOD2 is upregulated in RA FLS; moreover, downregulation of NOD2 gene expression reduces pro-inflammatory cytokine and NF-κB levels in RA FLS. These findings provide evidence that NOD2 exerts pro-inflammatory effects in RA.
Full Text
http://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=11158
Appears in Collections:
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Internal Medicine (내과학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Park, Min Chan(박민찬) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1189-7637
Park, Yong Beom(박용범)
Song, Jason Jungsik(송정식) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-7704
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/160398
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