ArticleJournal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban2015
Effect of lentivirus-mediated uPA silencing on the proliferation and apoptosis of chondrocytes and the expression of MMPs.
Article in Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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The lentivirus-mediated uPA interference in the proliferation, apoptosis, and secretion of osteoarthritic chondrocytes was examined in this study. Cells were obtained from the cartilage tissues of New Zealand white rabbits. They were cultured with interleukin (IL)-1β (10 ng/mL) for 24 h and then divided into three groups: uPA-siRNA group (cells transfected with uPA-siRNA lentiviruses), blank control group (untreated cells), and negative control group (cells transfected with empty vectors). Western blotting and real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (RT-QPCR) were performed to detect the protein and mRNA expression levels of uPA, MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-9, MMP-10, MMP-13 and MMP-14 in osteoarthritic chondrocytes. Cell Counting Kit-8, flow cytometry, and colony formation assay were used to examine the proliferation and apoptosis of chondrocytes. The results showed that after uPA-siRNA transfection, the protein and mRNA expression levels of uPA, MMP-1, MMP-3, MMP-9, MMP-10, MMP-13, and MMP-14 were significantly decreased (P<0.05 for MMP-1, MMP-9, MMP-10 and MMP-14, P<0.01 for uPA, MMP-3 and MMP-13). Cell proliferation and colony formation rate were significantly higher and the cell apoptosis rate was significantly lower in uPA-siRNA group than in control groups (P<0.01). The proportion of cells in G0/G1 phase was markedly increased and that in the S phase decreased, and the cell cycle was arrested at the G1/S phase in the control group. In the uPA-siRNA group, the proportion of cells in the S phase was significantly increased, resulting in a different proportion of cells in cell cycle phase (P<0.01). It was suggested that the down-regulation of uPA gene could inhibit the expression of MMPs protein and cell apoptosis, increase the proliferation and colony formation of osteoarthritic chondrocytes.
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