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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2021

Primary Osteoarthritis Early Joint Degeneration Induced by Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Is Mitigated by Resveratrol.

Jacqueline T Hecht, Alka C Veerisetty, Juliana Wu, Francoise Coustry, Mohammad G Hossain, Frankie Chiu, Francis H Gannon, Karen L Posey

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2021. 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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25citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jacqueline T HechtDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas; McGovern Medical School, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas.
Alka C VeerisettyDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas.
Juliana WuDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas; Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas.
Francoise CoustryDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas.
Mohammad G HossainDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas.
Frankie ChiuDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas.
Francis H GannonDepartments of Pathology & Immunology and Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Karen L PoseyDepartment of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, Texas. Electronic address: karen.posey@uth.tmc.edu.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

Consequences of Mutant COMP Expression and Therapeutic Approaches in Transgenic MiceR01AR057117 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI HECHT, JACQUELINE T, POSEY, KAREN LASHEA · 2010 to 2020
$4.2M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR057117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing numbers of people are living with osteoarthritis (OA) due to aging and obesity, creating an urgent need for effective treatment and preventions. Two top risk factors for OA, age and obesity, are associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The I-ERS mouse, an ER stress-driven model of primary OA, was developed to study the role of ER stress in primary OA susceptibility. The I-ERS mouse has the unique ability to induce ER stress in healthy adult articular chondrocytes and cartilage, driving joint degeneration that mimics early primary OA. In this study, ER stress-induced damage occurred gradually and stimulated joint degeneration with OA characteristics including increased matrix metalloproteinase activity, inflammation, senescence, chondrocyte death, decreased proteoglycans, autophagy block, and gait dysfunction. Consistent with human OA, intense exercise hastened and increased the level of ER stress-induced joint damage. Notably, loss of a critical ER stress response protein (CHOP) largely ameliorated ER stress-stimulated OA outcomes including preserving proteoglycan content, reducing inflammation, and relieving autophagy block. Resveratrol diminished ER stress-induced joint degeneration by decreasing CHOP, TNFα, IL-1β, MMP-13, pS6, number of TUNEL-positive chondrocytes, and senescence marker p16 INK4a. The finding, that a dietary supplement can prevent ER stressed-induced joint degeneration in mice, provides a preclinical foundation to potentially develop a prevention strategy for those at high risk to develop OA.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntioxidantsCartilage, ArticularEndoplasmic Reticulum StressMaleMiceOsteoarthritisResveratrolAntioxidantsResveratrol

Identifiers

PMID34116024
PMCPMC8420863
OpenAlexW3171843214

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