IGFBP-3 may trigger osteoarthritis by inducing apoptosis of chondrocytes through Nur77 translocation.
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Osteoarthritis is not an uncommon disease worldwide and it is characterized by chondrocytes apoptosis in articular cartilages. Previous researches had discovered that insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) was abundant inside the osteoarthritic cartilages and the more IGFBP-3, the worse of osteoarthritis. However, there is still little knowledge of the association between the onset of osteoarthritis and the yield of IGFBP-3 in cartilages. In consideration of the apoptotic effect of IGFBP-3 on other types of cells, we had hypothesized that IGFBP-3 may induce the chondrocytes apoptosis, which was highly considered as the origin of the osteoarthritis. Exposing the cultured chondrocytes to exogenous recombinant IGFBP-3, we were able to observed the apoptotic chondrocytes under microscope and figured out an increased proportion (P<0.05) of them by both CCK-8 assay and flow cytometry. Under laser confocal microscope, we also found that the apoptosis of chondrocytes induced by IGFBP-3 were committed to the nucleus-mitochondria translocation of Nur77, which is nuclear protein, and this phenomena was similar as the one described in malignant cells only. In conclusion, our work suggested that IGFBP-3 may trigger osteoarthritis by inducing the chondrocytes apoptotic through nucleus-mitochondria translocation of Nur77.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: Zhun Wei, Hao-Huan Li
Institution: Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University
Language: English
Subfield: Rheumatology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2288159906