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ArticleMediators of inflammation2015

Chemical Hypoxia Brings to Light Altered Autocrine Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Signalling in Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts.

Chenqi Zhao, Uriel Moreno-Nieves, John A Di Battista, Maria J Fernandes, Mohamed Touaibia, Sylvain G Bourgoin

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Article in Mediators of inflammation, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chenqi ZhaoDivision of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, CHU de Quebec Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 4G2.
Uriel Moreno-NievesDivision of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, CHU de Quebec Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 4G2.
John A Di BattistaDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 1A1.
Maria J FernandesDivision of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, CHU de Quebec Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 4G2.
Mohamed TouaibiaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada E1A 3E9.
Sylvain G BourgoinDivision of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, CHU de Quebec Research Center and Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada G1V 4G2.
Université Laval · CARoyal Victoria Hospital · CAUniversité de Moncton · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Emerging evidence suggests a role for sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) in various aspects of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis. In this study we compared the effect of chemical hypoxia induced by cobalt chloride (CoCl2) on the expression of S1P metabolic enzymes and cytokine/chemokine secretion in normal fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) and RAFLS. RAFLS incubated with CoCl2, but not S1P, produced less IL-8 and MCP-1 than normal FLS. Furthermore, incubation with the S1P2 and S1P3 receptor antagonists, JTE-013 and CAY10444, reduced CoCl2-mediated chemokine production in normal FLS but not in RAFLS. RAFLS showed lower levels of intracellular S1P and enhanced mRNA expression of S1P phosphatase 1 (SGPP1) and S1P lyase (SPL), the enzymes that are involved in intracellular S1P degradation, when compared to normal FLS. Incubation with CoCl2 decreased SGPP1 mRNA and protein and SPL mRNA as well. Inhibition of SPL enhanced CoCl2-mediated cytokine/chemokine release and restored autocrine activation of S1P2 and S1P3 receptors in RAFLS. The results suggest that the sphingolipid pathway regulating the intracellular levels of S1P is dysregulated in RAFLS and has a significant impact on cell autocrine activation by S1P. Altered sphingolipid metabolism in FLS from patients with advanced RA raises the issue of synovial cell burnout due to chronic inflammation.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidCell HypoxiaChemokinesCobaltFibroblastsHumansLysophospholipidsMembrane ProteinsPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesSignal TransductionSphingosineStress, PhysiologicalSynovial MembraneThiazolidinesCAY10444ChemokinesCobaltcobaltous chlorideLysophospholipidsMembrane ProteinsPhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesSGPP1 protein, humanSphingosinesphingosine 1-phosphateThiazolidines

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PMID26556954
PMCPMC4628658
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