PNAS:lubricin可能有助于关节炎的治疗

2013-04-04 生物通 生物通

    由美国布朗大学急诊医学系Gregory D. Jay博士领导的一个研究小组在新研究中证实,将我们身体内自然生成的一种称作lubricin的蛋白质,添加到我们的关节液中有可能能够减少骨关节炎(OA)的风险,甚至是防止这一疾病。这一研究成果在线发表在《美国科学院院刊》(PNAS)上。     研究人员通过遗传工程改造小鼠,使得它的膝

    由美国布朗大学急诊医学系Gregory D. Jay博士领导的一个研究小组在新研究中证实,将我们身体内自然生成的一种称作lubricin的蛋白质,添加到我们的关节液中有可能能够减少骨关节炎(OA)的风险,甚至是防止这一疾病。这一研究成果在线发表在《美国科学院院刊》(PNAS)上。

    研究人员通过遗传工程改造小鼠,使得它的膝盖无法表达lubricin。尽管在滑液中存在有高水平的透明质酸,小鼠还是形成了一种侵袭性关节炎。缺乏lubricin,造成了骨关节更大的摩擦,从而最终导致了软骨细胞死亡,即便是存在高水平的透明质酸的情况下。透明质酸是一种对关节起缓冲作用的粘性流体。在当前的临床治疗中,骨科医生常采用将透明质酸注入关节的方法,来帮助治疗骨关节炎,新研究发现向这种单一疗法提出了质疑。

    Jay说:“当前没有什么治疗能明显改善骨关节炎病情。罹患这种退行性关节病的患者要么接受人工关节置换,要么只能每天忍受痛苦。这一研究发现提出将lubricin替代物添加到关节液中,这或许能够帮助那些有遗传倾向罹患这一疾病,或是关节遭受重大创伤的患者防止关节炎。”

    Jay补充说:“我们正在努力制造一种天然lubricin的替代物,希望能够大大改善治疗方案,并最终为那些早期关节炎患者,及关节损伤的人提供预防治疗。”

    骨关节炎是一种最常见的关节炎形式,这一痛苦的关节疾病可导致日常活动和生活质量受到严重影响。它可引起关节疼痛、肿胀、活动减少。尽管它可以发生于任何关节,其主要常见于手、膝、臀部和脊柱。根据美国疾病控制和预防中心的统计,骨关节炎从45岁开始患病率增加,在美国导致2700万处于肥胖、衰老、关节损伤/创伤等风险因子中的成人受累。

    “尽管许多婴儿潮时代出生的人更长寿,生活更积极,肥胖成为了我们国家中各年龄段群体的一个主要问题。体重超标和关节损伤都可以导致关节炎,并造成更为久坐的生活方式。这一发现支持我们继续努力,开发出一种新疗法为他们的软骨提供保护,”Jay说。

doi:10.1073/pnas.1219289110
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Role of lubricin and boundary lubrication in the prevention of chondrocyte apotosis

Kimberly A. Waller, Ling X. Zhang, Khaled A. Elsaid, Braden C. Fleming, Matthew L. Warman, and Gregory D. Jay

Osteoarthritis is a complex disease involving the mechanical breakdown of articular cartilage in the presence of altered joint mechanics and chondrocyte death, but the connection between these factors is not well established. Lubricin, a mucinous glycoprotein encoded by the PRG4 gene, provides boundary lubrication in articular joints. Joint friction is elevated and accompanied by accelerated cartilage damage in humans and mice that have genetic deficiency of lubricin. Here, we investigated the relationship between coefficient of friction and chondrocyte death using ex vivo and in vitro measurements of friction and apoptosis. We observed increases in whole-joint friction and cellular apoptosis in lubricin knockout mice compared with wild-type mice. When we used an in vitro bovine explant cartilage-on-cartilage bearing system, we observed a direct correlation between coefficient of friction and chondrocyte apoptosis in the superficial layers of cartilage. In the bovine explant system, the addition of lubricin as a test lubricant significantly lowered the static coefficient of friction and number of apoptotic chondrocytes. These results demonstrate a direct connection between lubricin, boundary lubrication, and cell survival and suggest that supplementation of synovial fluid with lubricin may be an effective treatment to prevent cartilage deterioration in patients with genetic or acquired deficiency of lubricin.

 

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