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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Expression of GADD45G and CAPRIN1 in Human Nucleus Pulposus: Implications for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration.

Koki Kawaguchi, Koji Akeda, Junichi Yamada, Takahiro Hasegawa, Norihiko Takegami, Tatsuhiko Fujiwara, Akihiro Sudo

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Koki KawaguchiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Koji AkedaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9468-9387
Junichi YamadaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Takahiro HasegawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Norihiko TakegamiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Tatsuhiko FujiwaraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
Akihiro SudoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu 514-8507, Japan.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Marked cellular changes occur in human intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration during disc degeneration with biochemical changes. Genome-wide analysis of the DNA methylation profile has identified 220 differentially methylated loci associated with human IVD degeneration. Among these, two cell-cycle-associated genes, growth arrest and DNA damage 45 gamma (GADD45G) and cytoplasmic activation/proliferation-associated protein-1 (CAPRIN1), were focused on. The expression of GADD45G and CAPRIN1 in human IVDs remains unknown. We aimed to examine the expression of GADD45G and CAPRIN1 in human nucleus pulposus (NP) cells and evaluate those in human NP tissues in the early and advanced stages of degeneration according to Pfirrmann magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and histological classifications. Human NP cells were cultured as monolayers after isolation from NP tissues by sequential enzyme digestion. Total RNA was isolated, and the mRNA expression of GADD45G and CAPRIN1 was quantified using real-time polymerase chain reaction. To examine the effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines on mRNA expression, human NP cells were cultured in the presence of IL-1β. Protein expression was evaluated using Western blotting and immunohistochemistry. GADD45G and CAPRIN1 expression was identified in human NP cells at both mRNA and protein levels. The percentage of cells immunopositive for GADD45G and CAPRIN1 significantly increased according to the Pfirrmann grade. A significant correlation between the histological degeneration score and the percentage of GADD45G-immunopositive cells was identified, but not with that of CAPRIN1-immunopositive cells. The expression of cell-cycle-associated proteins (GADD45G and CAPRIN1) was enhanced in human NP cells at an advanced stage of degeneration, suggesting that it may be regulated during the progression of IVD degeneration to maintain the integrity of human NP tissues by controlling cell proliferation and apoptosis under epigenetic alteration.

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Intervertebral DiscIntervertebral Disc DegenerationNucleus PulposusCell Cycle ProteinsCells, CulturedCytokinesGADD45 ProteinsHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsRNA, MessengerCAPRIN1 protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsCytokinesGADD45G protein, humanGADD45 ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsRNA, MessengerCAPRIN1cell cycledegenerationGADD45Ghumanintervertebral discnucleus pulposus

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PMID36982840
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