• 1. Department of Joint Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou Guangdong, 510080, P.R.China;
  • 2. Department of Orthopedics, the Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang Guizhou, 550004, P.R.China;
FU Ming, Email: ming_fu@126.com
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Objective  To investigate the effect and mechanism of miR-4287, a chondrogenesis associated microRNA, regulated the expression of aggrecanase-1 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motif 4, ADAMTS4) in human chondrocytes. Methods  First, the voluntarily donated normal and osteoarthritic knee articular cartilages were used to detect the expressions of miR-4287 and ADAMTS4 mRNA by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR. Then, chondrocytes were isolated from knee articular cartilages. The effect of IL-1β on the expression of miR-4287 and ADAMTS4 mRNA was validated by the first generation of osteoarthritic chondrocytes. To confirm the influence of IL-1β signal pathways on the expression of miR-4287 and ADAMTS4 mRNA, osteoarthritic chondrocytes were pretreated with MAPK signal pathway inhibitor SP600125, NF-κB pathway inhibitor SN50, and finally stimulated with IL-1β. Chondro cytes were transfected with miR-4287 mimics and mimics negative control, inhibitors and inhibitors negative control respectively to value the effect of miR-4287 on ADAMTS4 expression. Luciferase reporter assay was used to verify the direct interaction between miR-4287 and putative site in the 3-untranslated region (3’UTR) of ADAMTS4 mRNA. Results  Compared with normal knee articular cartilages, the miR-4287 expression was markedly diminished and conversely ADAMTS4 mRNA expression was raised in osteoarthritis cartilages (P<0.05). Stimulation with IL-1β led to a reduction in miR-4287 expression and upregulation in ADAMTS4 mRNA expression, showing significant difference when compared with the untreated groups (P<0.05). Pretreatment with IL-1β signal pathway inhibitors induced miR-4287 expression and attenuated ADAMTS4 mRNA expression in human chondrocytes, which were significantly different from that of unstimulated cells (P<0.05). ADAMTS4 mRNA and protein were suppressed by transfection with miR-4287 mimics (P<0.05) and elevated by transfection with miR-4287 inhibitors (P<0.05). As luciferase reporter assay showed, overexpression miR-4287 failed to alter the luciferase activity of a reporter construct containing either wild or mutant 3’UTR of ADAMTS4 mRNA (P>0.05). Conclusion  miR-4287, a chondrogenesis associated microRNA, may play an important role in cartilage degeneration. miRNA-4287 is able to regulate ADAMTS4 expression in human chondrocytes, but not by means of directly targeted the ADAMTS4 mRNA 3’UTR. The exact mechanisms need to be further addressed.

Citation: SUN Hong, ZHANG Zhiqi, HUANG Zhiyu, MAO Guping, YU Baoxi, ZHANG Chengyun, FU Ming. Effect of chondrogenesis related miR-4287 on expression of aggrecanase-1 in human chondrocytes. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2017, 31(12): 1468-1473. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.201704065 Copy

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