Research article
S100A8 and S100A9 in experimental osteoarthritis
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* Corresponding author: Hala Zreiqat hzreiqat@usyd.edu.au
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1 Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials Research Unit, School of AMME J07, Faculty of Engineering, Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Corner of Shepherd and Cleavland Street, New South Wales 2006, Australia
2 Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemmington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
3 Raymond Purves Bone and Joint Research Laboratories, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney at Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St. Leonards, New South Wales 2065, Australia
4 Institute of Immunology, University Hospital of Muenster, Roentgenstrasse 21, D-48149 Muenster, Germany
Arthritis Research & Therapy 2010, 12:R16 doi:10.1186/ar2917
Published: 27 January 2010Abstract
Introduction
The objective was to evaluate the changes in S100A8 S100A9, and their complex (S100A8/S100A9) in cartilage during the onset of osteoarthritis (OA) as opposed to inflammatory arthritis.
Methods
S100A8 and S100A9 protein localization were determined in antigen-induced inflammatory arthritis in mice, mouse femoral head cartilage explants stimulated with interleukin-1 (IL-1), and in surgically-induced OA in mice. Microarray expression profiling of all S100 proteins in cartilage was evaluated at different times after initiation of degradation in femoral head explant cultures stimulated with IL-1 and surgically-induced OA. The effect of S100A8, S100A9 or the complex on the expression of aggrecan (Acan), collagen II (Col2a1), disintegrin and metalloproteases with thrombospondin motifs (Adamts1, Adamts 4 &Adamts 5), matrix metalloproteases (Mmp1, Mmp3, Mmp13 &Mmp14) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (Timp1, Timp2 &Timp3), by primary adult ovine articular chondrocytes was determined using real time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).
Results
Stimulation with IL-1 increased chondrocyte S100a8 and S100a9 mRNA and protein levels. There was increased chondrocyte mRNA expression of S100a8 and S100a9 in early but not late mouse OA. However, loss of the S100A8 staining in chondrocytes occurred as mouse OA progressed, in contrast to the positive reactivity for both S100A8 and S100A9 in chondrocytes in inflammatory arthritis in mice. Homodimeric S100A8 and S100A9, but not the heterodimeric complex, significantly upregulated chondrocyte Adamts1, Adamts4 and Adamts 5, Mmp1, Mmp3 and Mmp13 gene expression, while collagen II and aggrecan mRNAs were significantly decreased.
Conclusions
Chondrocyte derived S100A8 and S100A9 may have a sustained role in cartilage degradation in inflammatory arthritis. In contrast, while these proteins may have a role in initiating early cartilage degradation in OA by upregulating MMPs and aggrecanases, their reduced expression in late stages of OA suggests they do not have an ongoing role in cartilage degradation in this non-inflammatory arthropathy.