Abstract
Introduction
Inflammatory processes driven by cytokines play a crucial role during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Dendritic polyglycerol sulfate (dPGS) was analyzed in vitro for its effects on articular chondrocytes, cartilage and cytokines involved in the OA process.
Methods
The metabolic activity of cultured human articular chondrocytes stimulated for 24 h with dPGS (10−3–10−6 mol/L) was monitored using AlamarBlue® assay. The dPGS uptake was studied using fluorescence labeled nanoparticles. Further, chondrocytes were either treated with 10−6 M dPGS, TNFα (10 ng/mL) alone or with a combination of both. The influence on extracellular matrix components, pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)1 and the anaphylatoxin receptor C3aR was analyzed by RTD-PCR, flow cytometry and ELISA.
Results
Even at higher dosages (10−3 mol/L), dPGS did not influence chondrocytes viability. Uptake of dPGS was successfully monitored in human articular chondrocytes and synovial fibroblasts, penetration into cartilage chips was up to ~50 µm. Cellular treatment with dPGS had no effect on synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNFα and IL-6, but expression of the anti-inflammatory IL-10 was upregulated. Cotreatment with TNFα and dPGS reduced the TNFα level, while IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-10 expression did not change. Collagen type II gene expression was significantly reduced after preincubating cells with dPGS, but remained unaffected at the protein level.
Conclusion
Results indicate that dPGS could play a role in regulation of cytokines associated with the inflammatory aspect of OA progression.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the study from the “Freie Universität Berlin” by granting a scholarship (DRS-Promotionsstipendium “Molecular Science”). In addition, funding for equipment used in this study was provided by the Sonnenfeld foundation. In addition, the authors thank Dr. Michaela Endres and Dr. Christian Kaps for providing the HSE cell line.
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Schneider, T., Welker, P., Haag, R. et al. Effects of dendritic polyglycerol sulfate on articular chondrocytes. Inflamm. Res. 64, 917–928 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00011-015-0875-0
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