TY - JOUR
T1 - Transthyretin deposition promotes progression of osteoarthritis
AU - Matsuzaki, Tokio
AU - Akasaki, Yukio
AU - Olmer, Merissa
AU - Alvarez-Garcia, Oscar
AU - Reixach, Natalia
AU - Buxbaum, Joel N.
AU - Lotz, Martin K.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Deposition of amyloid is a common aging-associated phenomenon in several aging-related diseases. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent joint disease, and aging is its major risk factor. Transthyretin (TTR) is an amyloidogenic protein that is deposited in aging and OA-affected human cartilage and promotes inflammatory and catabolic responses in cultured chondrocytes. Here, we investigated the role of TTR in vivo using transgenic mice overexpressing wild-type human TTR (hTTR-TG). Although TTR protein was detected in cartilage in hTTR-TG mice, the TTR transgene was highly overexpressed in liver, but not in chondrocytes. OA was surgically induced by destabilizing the medial meniscus (DMM) in hTTR-TG mice, wild-type mice of the same strain (WT), and mice lacking endogenous Ttr genes. In the DMM model, both cartilage and synovitis histological scores were significantly increased in hTTR-TG mice. Further, spontaneous degradation and OA-like changes in cartilage and synovium developed in 18-month-old hTTR mice. Expression of cartilage catabolic (Adamts4, Mmp13) and inflammatory genes (Nos2, Il6) was significantly elevated in cartilage from 6-month-old hTTR-TG mice compared with WT mice as was the level of phospho-NF-κB p65. Intra-articular injection of aggregated TTR in WT mice increased synovitis and significantly increased expression of inflammatory genes in synovium. These findings are the first to show that TTR deposition increases disease severity in the murine DMM and aging model of OA.
AB - Deposition of amyloid is a common aging-associated phenomenon in several aging-related diseases. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most prevalent joint disease, and aging is its major risk factor. Transthyretin (TTR) is an amyloidogenic protein that is deposited in aging and OA-affected human cartilage and promotes inflammatory and catabolic responses in cultured chondrocytes. Here, we investigated the role of TTR in vivo using transgenic mice overexpressing wild-type human TTR (hTTR-TG). Although TTR protein was detected in cartilage in hTTR-TG mice, the TTR transgene was highly overexpressed in liver, but not in chondrocytes. OA was surgically induced by destabilizing the medial meniscus (DMM) in hTTR-TG mice, wild-type mice of the same strain (WT), and mice lacking endogenous Ttr genes. In the DMM model, both cartilage and synovitis histological scores were significantly increased in hTTR-TG mice. Further, spontaneous degradation and OA-like changes in cartilage and synovium developed in 18-month-old hTTR mice. Expression of cartilage catabolic (Adamts4, Mmp13) and inflammatory genes (Nos2, Il6) was significantly elevated in cartilage from 6-month-old hTTR-TG mice compared with WT mice as was the level of phospho-NF-κB p65. Intra-articular injection of aggregated TTR in WT mice increased synovitis and significantly increased expression of inflammatory genes in synovium. These findings are the first to show that TTR deposition increases disease severity in the murine DMM and aging model of OA.
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U2 - 10.1111/acel.12665
DO - 10.1111/acel.12665
M3 - Article
C2 - 28941045
AN - SCOPUS:85030267323
VL - 16
SP - 1313
EP - 1322
JO - Aging Cell
JF - Aging Cell
SN - 1474-9718
IS - 6
ER -