中国组织工程研究 ›› 2022, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (15): 2387-2393.doi: 10.12307/2022.596

• 骨科植入物相关基础实验 Basic experiments of orthopedic implant • 上一篇    下一篇

骨关节炎滑膜成纤维细胞内含NOD样受体家族Pyrin域蛋白3启动子的组蛋白修饰

王  健,顾三军,刘  宇,赵  凯,李海峰   

  1. 苏州大学附属无锡九院/无锡市第九人民医院/无锡市骨科医院关节外科,江苏省无锡市   214000
  • 收稿日期:2021-06-02 修回日期:2021-06-04 接受日期:2021-07-24 出版日期:2022-05-28 发布日期:2022-01-06
  • 通讯作者: 李海峰,副主任医师,苏州大学附属无锡九院/无锡市第九人民医院/无锡市骨科医院关节外科,江苏省无锡市 214000
  • 作者简介:王健,男,1986年生,黑龙江省双鸭山市人,汉族,2016年哈尔滨医科大学毕业,硕士,目前主要从事骨关节炎相关研究。
  • 基金资助:
    无锡市科技局项目(N20202041),项目负责人:刘宇

Levels of histone modification in promoter of NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing protein 3 in synovial fibroblasts of osteoarthritis

Wang Jian, Gu Sanjun, Liu Yu, Zhao Kai, Li Haifeng   

  1. Department of Joint Surgery, Wuxi Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University/Wuxi Ninth People’s Hospital/Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2021-06-02 Revised:2021-06-04 Accepted:2021-07-24 Online:2022-05-28 Published:2022-01-06
  • Contact: Li Haifeng, Associate chief physician, Department of Joint Surgery, Wuxi Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University/Wuxi Ninth People’s Hospital/Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • About author:Wang Jian, Master, Department of Joint Surgery, Wuxi Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University/Wuxi Ninth People’s Hospital/Wuxi Orthopedic Hospital, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the Project of Wuxi Municipal Science and Technology Department, No. N20202041 (to LY)

摘要:

文题释义:
含NOD样受体家族Pyrin域蛋白3(NLRP3):是炎症小体的关键成员之一,可招募Caspase招募域适配器和半胱天冬氨酸蛋白酶1蛋白,增加炎症因子的释放。
组蛋白修饰:组蛋白在不同的反式作用因子调控下发生在不同氨基酸残基的磷酸化、乙酰化、甲基化、泛素化等修饰,可以调控染色质的松散程度,调控基因转录表达。

背景:1,25(OH)2D3缺乏会加剧骨关节炎。前期研究显示,1,25(OH)2D3调控关节炎滑膜成纤维细胞增殖和凋亡,但是其对滑膜成纤维细胞中炎症小体信号通路的调控作用尚不明确。
目的:明确含NOD样受体家族Pyrin域蛋白3(pyrin domain containing protein 3,NLRP3)通路分子在滑膜成纤维细胞中的表达水平,探讨1,25(OH)2D3调控NLRP3信号通路的作用及具体机制。
方法:通过对临床收集的关节炎和非关节炎患者滑膜组织进行原代细胞培养,检测NLRP3、Caspase招募域和半胱天冬氨酸蛋白酶1等分子的蛋白及mRNA表达水平,体外1,25(OH)2D3刺激原代细胞24 h后,检测上述指标的蛋白表达水平,并通过染色质免疫共沉淀技术检测NLRP3启动子区域的H3K4me3、H2AK119Ub、H3K27me3等组蛋白修饰水平。利用小干扰技术敲低细胞内维生素D受体的表达水平,体外1,25(OH)2D3刺激原代细胞24 h后,检测NLRP3、半胱天冬氨酸蛋白酶招募域和半胱天冬氨酸蛋白酶1等分子的蛋白表达水平。
结果与结论:①NLRP3信号通路相关分子(NLRP3、半胱天冬氨酸蛋白酶招募域和半胱天冬氨酸蛋白酶1)在关节炎滑膜细胞中过表达,NLRP3在骨关节炎患者滑膜成纤维细胞内转录水平明显较健康人组增高,差异有显著性意义(P < 0.05);②与对照组相比,体外1,25(OH)2D3可以明显抑制关节炎患者滑膜细胞中NLRP3转录表达及NLRP3信号通路活化,差异有显著性意义(P < 0.05);③敲低维生素D受体可减弱1,25(OH)2D3对NLRP3转录的抑制作用,并减弱其抑制NLRP3信号通路活化的作用,提示1,25(OH)2D3对NLRP3的作用主要依赖于维生素D受体;④1,25(OH)2D3抑制NLRP3转录表达主要是通过提高NLRP3启动子区域H3K27me3和H2AK119Ub水平,抑制H3K4me3水平。
缩略语:含NOD样受体家族Pyrin域蛋白3:pyrin domain containing protein 3,NLRP3;半胱天冬氨酸蛋白酶1:cysteine aspartic acid specific protease 1,Caspase-1;NOD样受体:nucleotide oligomerization domain-like receptor,NLR

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1193-3386 (王健) 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:人工关节;骨植入物;脊柱;骨折;内固定;数字化骨科;组织工程

关键词: 骨关节炎, 滑膜成纤维细胞, 炎症, 1, 25(OH)2D3, NLRP3, 维生素D受体, 组蛋白修饰

Abstract: BACKGROUND: 1,25(OH)2D3 deficiency can exacerbate osteoarthritis. Previous studies have shown that 1,25(OH)2D3 regulates the proliferation and apoptosis of synovial fibroblasts in arthritis, but has unclear effect on the regulation of inflammasome pathway in synovial fibroblasts.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the expression level of NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing protein 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome pathway in osteoarthritic synovial fibroblasts and to explore the effect of 1,25(OH)2D3 on regulating NLRP3 inflammasome pathway and its specific mechanism.
METHODS: Synovial tissue samples from patients with or without osteoarthritis were clinical collected for primary cell culture. Protein and mRNA expression levels of NLRP3, caspase recruitment domain and Caspase-1 in primary synovial fibroblasts were detected. Additionally, primary synovial fibroblasts were stimulated by 1,25(OH)2D3 in vitro for 24 hours. The protein expression of NLRP3, caspase recruitment domain and Caspase-1 was then detected. The levels of H3K4me3, H2AK119Ub, and H3K27me3 in the promoter region of NLRP3 were detected by chromatin immunoprecipitation technique. Small interfering RNA technique was applied to knock down the expression level of vitamin D receptor in synovial fibroblasts, and the primary cells were stimulated by 1,25(OH)2D3 in vitro for 24 hours. Subsequently, the protein expression of NLRP3, caspase recruitment domain, and Caspase-1 was detected. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with non-osteoarthritis patients, NLRP3 inflammasome pathway associated proteins (NLRP3, caspase recruitment domain, and Caspase-1) were overexpressed in synovial fibroblasts of osteoarthritis patients, and the transcription level of NLRP3 in osteoarthritis patients was significantly higher than that in non-osteoarthritis patients (P < 0.01). Compared with non-osteoarthritis patients, 1,25(OH)2D3 significantly inhibited the transcription level of NLRP3 and activation of NLRP3 inflammasome pathway in synovial fibroblasts of osteoarthritis patients in vitro (P < 0.05). Knockdown of vitamin D receptor could attenuate the inhibitory effect of 1,25(OH)2D3 on NLRP3 transcription and abate its inhibitory effect on the activation of NLRP3 inflammasome pathway. These findings suggest that 1,25(OH)2D3 exerts an inhibitory effect on NLRP3 transcriptional expression mainly by upregulating the levels of H3K27me3 and H2AK119Ub and inhibiting the level of H3K4me3 in NLRP3 promoter region.

Key words: osteoarthritis, synovial fibroblast, inflammation, 1,25(OH)2D3, NLRP3, vitamin D receptor, histone modification

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