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Over-Expression of Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 (AIF-1) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) is a cytoplasmic protein that is encoded by the AIF1 gene. The main functions of AIF-1 are the activation of macrophages and enhancing the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. To date, three different AIF-1 isoforms have been identified. In this study, we...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7407126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32708725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom10071064 |
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author | Piotrowska, Katarzyna Słuczanowska-Głabowska, Sylwia Kurzawski, Mateusz Dziedziejko, Violetta Kopytko, Patrycja Paczkowska, Edyta Rogińska, Dorota Safranow, Krzysztof Machaliński, Bogusław Pawlik, Andrzej |
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description | Allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) is a cytoplasmic protein that is encoded by the AIF1 gene. The main functions of AIF-1 are the activation of macrophages and enhancing the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. To date, three different AIF-1 isoforms have been identified. In this study, we examined the expression of AIF-1 isoforms on the level of mRNA, and we compared the percentage of AIF-1-positive white blood cells (WBCs) in blood and AIF-1/CD68 cells in the synovial membranes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). We examined 15 patients with RA and 15 patients with OA who had previously undergone knee arthroplasty. Peripheral blood and synovial membranes (SMs) were collected from these patients during knee arthroplasty. We identified three AIF-1 mRNA expression variants in peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and SMs from patients in both groups. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient tests showed strong, positive, and significant correlations between the three AIF-1 mRNA expression variants in PBMCs and/or SMs in patients with RA and OA. There were no statistically significant correlations for any of the AIF-1 mRNA expression variants between PBMCs and SMs in patients with RA and OA. We observed a statistically significant increased percentage of AIF-1-positive cells in patients with RA in comparison to patients with OA. The percentage of AIF-1-positive cells in the blood of patients with RA and OA was 1.35 ± 0.81% and 0.71 ± 0.25% (p < 0.01), respectively, whereas the percentage of AIF-1/CD68-positive WBC cells in the SMs was 24.05 ± 7.17% and 4.78 ± 1.52% (p < 0.001), respectively. In conclusion, three AIF-1 mRNA expression variants occurred in PBMCs and SM cells in patients with RA and OA. The AIF-1 mRNA expression levels of the variants correlated with each other in PBMCs and SM cells, but there were no statistically significant correlations for AIF-1 mRNA expression variants between PBMCs and SM cells in patients with RA and OA. Both in the blood and SMs, we observed an increased percentage of AIF-1-positive cells in patients with RA in comparison to patients with OA. The above results suggested that AIF-1 was the cytokine involved in the pathogenesis of RA. The precise knowledge of the role of AIF-1 in RA pathogenesis and the development of inflammatory response requires further investigations. |
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spelling | pubmed-74071262020-08-11 Over-Expression of Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 (AIF-1) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Piotrowska, Katarzyna Słuczanowska-Głabowska, Sylwia Kurzawski, Mateusz Dziedziejko, Violetta Kopytko, Patrycja Paczkowska, Edyta Rogińska, Dorota Safranow, Krzysztof Machaliński, Bogusław Pawlik, Andrzej Biomolecules Brief Report Allograft inflammatory factor-1 (AIF-1) is a cytoplasmic protein that is encoded by the AIF1 gene. The main functions of AIF-1 are the activation of macrophages and enhancing the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines. To date, three different AIF-1 isoforms have been identified. In this study, we examined the expression of AIF-1 isoforms on the level of mRNA, and we compared the percentage of AIF-1-positive white blood cells (WBCs) in blood and AIF-1/CD68 cells in the synovial membranes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). We examined 15 patients with RA and 15 patients with OA who had previously undergone knee arthroplasty. Peripheral blood and synovial membranes (SMs) were collected from these patients during knee arthroplasty. We identified three AIF-1 mRNA expression variants in peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and SMs from patients in both groups. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient tests showed strong, positive, and significant correlations between the three AIF-1 mRNA expression variants in PBMCs and/or SMs in patients with RA and OA. There were no statistically significant correlations for any of the AIF-1 mRNA expression variants between PBMCs and SMs in patients with RA and OA. We observed a statistically significant increased percentage of AIF-1-positive cells in patients with RA in comparison to patients with OA. The percentage of AIF-1-positive cells in the blood of patients with RA and OA was 1.35 ± 0.81% and 0.71 ± 0.25% (p < 0.01), respectively, whereas the percentage of AIF-1/CD68-positive WBC cells in the SMs was 24.05 ± 7.17% and 4.78 ± 1.52% (p < 0.001), respectively. In conclusion, three AIF-1 mRNA expression variants occurred in PBMCs and SM cells in patients with RA and OA. The AIF-1 mRNA expression levels of the variants correlated with each other in PBMCs and SM cells, but there were no statistically significant correlations for AIF-1 mRNA expression variants between PBMCs and SM cells in patients with RA and OA. Both in the blood and SMs, we observed an increased percentage of AIF-1-positive cells in patients with RA in comparison to patients with OA. The above results suggested that AIF-1 was the cytokine involved in the pathogenesis of RA. The precise knowledge of the role of AIF-1 in RA pathogenesis and the development of inflammatory response requires further investigations. MDPI 2020-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7407126/ /pubmed/32708725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom10071064 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Piotrowska, Katarzyna Słuczanowska-Głabowska, Sylwia Kurzawski, Mateusz Dziedziejko, Violetta Kopytko, Patrycja Paczkowska, Edyta Rogińska, Dorota Safranow, Krzysztof Machaliński, Bogusław Pawlik, Andrzej Over-Expression of Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 (AIF-1) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title | Over-Expression of Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 (AIF-1) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_full | Over-Expression of Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 (AIF-1) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_fullStr | Over-Expression of Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 (AIF-1) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_full_unstemmed | Over-Expression of Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 (AIF-1) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_short | Over-Expression of Allograft Inflammatory Factor-1 (AIF-1) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
title_sort | over-expression of allograft inflammatory factor-1 (aif-1) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7407126/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32708725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom10071064 |
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