The participation of HIF-1'alpha' in collagen type II and aggrecan expression on articular cartilage mediated by IL-1'beta' and TNF'alpha' cytokines

Author(s)

Angelica Rossi Sartori

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
• Defense date: 2009-02-20

Examining board members

Ibsen Bellini Coimbra; Marcia Uchoa de Rezende; Natalino Yoshinari; Sandra Cecília Botelho Costa; Licio Augusto Velloso

• Advisor: Ibsen Bellini Coimbra

Abstract

Introduction: Hypoxia Inducible Factor -1 (HIF-1) is a transcription factor that regulates the expression of genes related with oxygen concentration e cellular survive. Articular cartilage is a non-vascular tissue and the condrocytes microenviroment are caracterized by hypoxic conditions inside the extracelluar matrix. In this condition, the protein HIF-1?, from HIF-1 is necessary to the metabolism control and cartilage functional intengrity. Some citokines like IL-1? and TNF?, as well as hypoxia, are capable to stabilize HIF-1? and are essential in oateoarthritis (OA) progression disease. Objective: To verify the participation of IL-1? in the HIF-1? regulation under normal conditions of oxygen; To verify if the pathway of phosphatidilynositol-3-Kinase (PI-3K) is used in this modulation; To analyse HIF-1? participation in the collagen type II and aggrecan gene expression and your regulation by TNF-? and IL-1?. Material and Methods: Human OA chondrocytes were obtained from patients with OA that underwent total knee joint replacement surgery, were cultured either in suspension or monolayer. They were submitted to HIF-1? gene silencing by RNA Interference and lately stimulated with IL-1?, TNF? and LY294002, a specific inhibitor to Phosphatidilinosiltol - 3- Kinase (PI-3K) pathway in normal conditions of oxygen and in hypoxia. The condrocytes were submitted to protein nuclear extraction, RNA extraction and protein precipitation of culture media from the experiments. The proteins were analyzed by Western Blotting to HIF-1? detection in nuclear extraction and collagen type II detection in precipitated media. The RNA were analized by Real Time PCR to HIF- 1?, collagen type II and aggrecan gene quantification. Results: HIF-1? expression is up-regulated by IL-1? at the protein level but not in the mRNA expression. This modulation used, at least in part, the PI-3K pathway. Hypoxia enhanced the mRNA concentrations of HIF-1? when compared with normal conditions of oxygen, but in this cases IL-1? and TNF? did not change mRNA expression of HIF-1?. In association with hypoxia, these citokines inhibited the positive regulatory effect under HIF-1? mRNA expression. Hypoxia up-regulated collagen type II gene expression and that was inhibited by the association with IL-1?. In the groups with lack of HIF-1? (silenced), in both oxygen conditions, IL-1? and TNF? did not cause any significant change of the HIF-1? mRNA expression, but in hypoxia, collagen type II was up-regulated in those groups. The association between the lack of HIF- 1? and citokines down-regulated more strongly collagen type II in hypoxia. In all analyzes it was not observed significant differences in the aggrecan mRNA expression and collagen tipe II protein from cultured media of the cells Conclusion: IL-1? post-trancriptionaly up-regulated the HIF-1? protein level. HIF- 1? regulation by IL-1? in normal conditions of oxygen used, at least in part, the PI- 3K pathway. HIF-1? positively related with gene expression, but not with the protein levels, of collagen type II, mainly in hypoxia. There was no relation in the HIF-1? and aggrecan gene expression (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 05/00985-0 - Participation of Hipoxia Inducible Factor 1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) in the Interlukein-1 beta (IL-1 beta) and Tumor Necrose Factor (TNF-alpha) induced expression of collagen type II and aggrecan in chondrocytes under hypoxic and normoxic conditions
• Grantee: Angélica Rossi Sartori
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate