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ArticleScientific reports2019

Degrading products of chondroitin sulfate can induce hypertrophy-like changes and MMP-13/ADAMTS5 production in chondrocytes.

Youn-Kwan Jung, Hye-Ri Park, Hyun-Jung Cho, Ji-Ae Jang, Eun-Ju Lee, Min-Su Han, Gun-Woo Kim, Seungwoo Han

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Youn-Kwan JungBiomedical Research Institute, Gyeongsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea.
Hye-Ri ParkLaboratory for arthritis and bone biology, Fatima Research Institute, Daegu Fatima hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Hyun-Jung ChoLaboratory for arthritis and bone biology, Fatima Research Institute, Daegu Fatima hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Ji-Ae JangLaboratory for arthritis and bone biology, Fatima Research Institute, Daegu Fatima hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Eun-Ju LeeLaboratory for arthritis and bone biology, Fatima Research Institute, Daegu Fatima hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Min-Su HanLaboratory for arthritis and bone biology, Fatima Research Institute, Daegu Fatima hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Gun-Woo KimLaboratory for arthritis and bone biology, Fatima Research Institute, Daegu Fatima hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Seungwoo HanLaboratory for arthritis and bone biology, Fatima Research Institute, Daegu Fatima hospital, Daegu, Republic of Korea. kiefe73@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1614-7635
Daegu Fatima Hospital · KRGyeongsang National University Hospital · KRKyungpook National University Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is the most abundant glycosaminoglycan (GAG) in articular cartilage and the loss of CS-GAG occurs early in OA. As a major component of perichondral matrix interacting directly with chondrocytes, the active turnover of CS can affect to break the homeostasis of chondrocytes. Here we employ CS-based 3-dimensional (3D) hydrogel scaffold system to investigate how the degradation products of CS affect the catabolic phenotype of chondrocytes. The breakdown of CS-based ECM by the chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) resulted in a hypertrophy-like morphologic change in chondrocytes, which was accompanied by catabolic phenotypes, including increased MMP-13 and ADAMTS5 expression, nitric oxide (NO) production and oxidative stress. The inhibition of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) or TLR4 with OxPAPC (TLR2 and TLR4 dual inhibitor) and LPS-RS (TLR4-MD2 inhibitor) ameliorated these catabolic phenotypes of chondrocytes by CS-ECM degradation, suggesting a role of CS breakdown products as damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs). As downstream signals of TLRs, MAP kinases, NF-kB, NO and STAT3-related signals were responsible for the catabolic phenotypes of chondrocytes associated with ECM degradation. NO in turn reinforced the activation of MAP kinases as well as NFkB signaling pathway. Thus, these results propose that the breakdown product of CS-GAG can recapitulate the catabolic phenotypes of OA.

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Signal TransductionADAMTS5 ProteinAnimalsChondrocytesChondroitin SulfatesGene Expression RegulationHydrogelsHypertrophyMatrix Metalloproteinase 13MiceADAMTS5 ProteinAdamts5 protein, mouseChondroitin SulfatesHydrogelsMatrix Metalloproteinase 13Mmp13 protein, mouse

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