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ArticleArthritis and rheumatism2012

Time-series transcriptional profiling yields new perspectives on susceptibility to murine osteoarthritis.

Blandine Poulet, Veronica Ulici, Timothy C Stone, Matthew Pead, Valentina Gburcik, Eleni Constantinou, Donald B Palmer, Frank Beier, James A Timmons, Andrew A Pitsillides

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Article in Arthritis and rheumatism, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37 citing papers in PubMed, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Blandine PouletRoyal Veterinary College, University of London, London, UK.
Veronica Ulici
Timothy C Stone
Matthew Pead
Valentina Gburcik
Eleni Constantinou
Donald B Palmer
Frank Beier
James A Timmons
Andrew A Pitsillides
University of London · GBWestern University · CA

Funding

Arthritis Research UK 18768Arthritis Research UK 19770Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F011180/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G013128/1CIHRMedical Research Council G1100015Versus Arthritis 18768Versus Arthritis 19770
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveChronological age is a powerful epidemiologic risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA), a multifactorial disease that is characterized by articular cartilage (AC) degradation. It is unclear from a molecular perspective how aging interacts with OA to produce this risk to AC integrity. To address this key question, we used in vivo time-course analysis of OA development and murine interstrain variability in natural susceptibility to OA to examine changes in non-OA-prone CBA mice versus OA-prone STR/Ort mice, which develop disease that bears significant histologic resemblance to human OA. Through global transcriptome profiling, we attempted to discover the molecular signature linked with both OA vulnerability and progression.

methodsAffymetrix Mouse Gene 1.0 ST Array profiles were generated from AC samples derived from CBA and STR/Ort mice at 3 different ages, corresponding to the stages prior to, at, and late after the natural onset of OA in the STR/Ort mice.

resultsWe found that the OA in STR/Ort mice exhibited a molecular phenotype resembling human OA, and we pinpointed a central role of NF-κB signaling and the emergence of an immune-related signature in OA cartilage over time. We discovered that, strikingly, young healthy AC has a highly expressed skeletal muscle gene expression program, which is switched off during maturation, but is intriguingly retained in AC during OA development in STR/Ort mice.

conclusionThis study is the first to show that AC chondrocytes share a high-abundance gene-expression program with skeletal muscle. We show that failure to switch this program off, as well as the restoration of this program, is associated with inappropriate expression of NF-κB signaling pathways, skeletal muscle-related genes, and induction and/or progression of OA.

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AnimalsCartilage, ArticularChondrocytesGene Expression ProfilingGenotypeMiceOsteoarthritisPhenotypeTissue Array Analysis

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