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Estradiol Inhibits ER Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Chondrocytes and Contributes to a Reduced Osteoarthritic Cartilage Degeneration in Female Mice

Gender differences are a common finding in osteoarthritis (OA). This may result from a differential response of males and females to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in articular chondrocytes. We have previously described that ER stress in cartilage-specific ERp57 KO mice (ERp57 cKO) favors the dev...

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Autores principales: Dreier, Rita, Ising, Thomas, Ramroth, Markus, Rellmann, Yvonne
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9163336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35669511
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.913118
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author Dreier, Rita
Ising, Thomas
Ramroth, Markus
Rellmann, Yvonne
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Ramroth, Markus
Rellmann, Yvonne
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description Gender differences are a common finding in osteoarthritis (OA). This may result from a differential response of males and females to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in articular chondrocytes. We have previously described that ER stress in cartilage-specific ERp57 KO mice (ERp57 cKO) favors the development of knee OA, since this stress condition cannot be adequately compensated in articular chondrocytes with increasing age leading to the induction of apoptotic cell death and subsequent cartilage degeneration. The aim of this study was to enlighten gender-specific differences in ER stress, apoptosis, and OA development in ERp57 cKO mice. The analyses were extended by in vitro studies on the influence of estradiol in CRISPR/Cas9-generated C28/I2 ERp57 knock out (KO) and WT cells. ER stress was evaluated by immunofluorescence analysis of the ER stress markers calnexin (Cnx) and binding-immunoglobulin protein (BiP), also referred to as glucose-regulating protein 78 (GRP78) in vivo and in vitro. Apoptotic cell death was investigated by a commercially available cell death detection ELISA and TUNEL assay. OA development in mice was analyzed by toluidine blue staining of paraffin-embedded knee cartilage sections and quantified by OARSI-Scoring. Cell culture studies exhibited a reduction of ER stress and ER stress-induced apoptosis in C28/I2 cells in presence of physiological estradiol concentrations. This is consistent with a slower increase in age-related ER stress and a reduced number of apoptotic chondrocytes in female mice compared to male littermates contributing to a reduced osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration in female mice. Taken together, this study demonstrates that the female sex hormone estradiol can reduce ER stress and ER stress-induced apoptosis in articular chondrocytes, thus minimizing critical events favoring osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration. Therefore, the inhibition of ER stress through a modulation of effects induced by female sex hormones appears to be attractive for OA therapy.
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spelling pubmed-91633362022-06-05 Estradiol Inhibits ER Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Chondrocytes and Contributes to a Reduced Osteoarthritic Cartilage Degeneration in Female Mice Dreier, Rita Ising, Thomas Ramroth, Markus Rellmann, Yvonne Front Cell Dev Biol Cell and Developmental Biology Gender differences are a common finding in osteoarthritis (OA). This may result from a differential response of males and females to endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in articular chondrocytes. We have previously described that ER stress in cartilage-specific ERp57 KO mice (ERp57 cKO) favors the development of knee OA, since this stress condition cannot be adequately compensated in articular chondrocytes with increasing age leading to the induction of apoptotic cell death and subsequent cartilage degeneration. The aim of this study was to enlighten gender-specific differences in ER stress, apoptosis, and OA development in ERp57 cKO mice. The analyses were extended by in vitro studies on the influence of estradiol in CRISPR/Cas9-generated C28/I2 ERp57 knock out (KO) and WT cells. ER stress was evaluated by immunofluorescence analysis of the ER stress markers calnexin (Cnx) and binding-immunoglobulin protein (BiP), also referred to as glucose-regulating protein 78 (GRP78) in vivo and in vitro. Apoptotic cell death was investigated by a commercially available cell death detection ELISA and TUNEL assay. OA development in mice was analyzed by toluidine blue staining of paraffin-embedded knee cartilage sections and quantified by OARSI-Scoring. Cell culture studies exhibited a reduction of ER stress and ER stress-induced apoptosis in C28/I2 cells in presence of physiological estradiol concentrations. This is consistent with a slower increase in age-related ER stress and a reduced number of apoptotic chondrocytes in female mice compared to male littermates contributing to a reduced osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration in female mice. Taken together, this study demonstrates that the female sex hormone estradiol can reduce ER stress and ER stress-induced apoptosis in articular chondrocytes, thus minimizing critical events favoring osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration. Therefore, the inhibition of ER stress through a modulation of effects induced by female sex hormones appears to be attractive for OA therapy. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9163336/ /pubmed/35669511 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.913118 Text en Copyright © 2022 Dreier, Ising, Ramroth and Rellmann. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Dreier, Rita
Ising, Thomas
Ramroth, Markus
Rellmann, Yvonne
Estradiol Inhibits ER Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Chondrocytes and Contributes to a Reduced Osteoarthritic Cartilage Degeneration in Female Mice
title Estradiol Inhibits ER Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Chondrocytes and Contributes to a Reduced Osteoarthritic Cartilage Degeneration in Female Mice
title_full Estradiol Inhibits ER Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Chondrocytes and Contributes to a Reduced Osteoarthritic Cartilage Degeneration in Female Mice
title_fullStr Estradiol Inhibits ER Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Chondrocytes and Contributes to a Reduced Osteoarthritic Cartilage Degeneration in Female Mice
title_full_unstemmed Estradiol Inhibits ER Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Chondrocytes and Contributes to a Reduced Osteoarthritic Cartilage Degeneration in Female Mice
title_short Estradiol Inhibits ER Stress-Induced Apoptosis in Chondrocytes and Contributes to a Reduced Osteoarthritic Cartilage Degeneration in Female Mice
title_sort estradiol inhibits er stress-induced apoptosis in chondrocytes and contributes to a reduced osteoarthritic cartilage degeneration in female mice
topic Cell and Developmental Biology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9163336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35669511
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2022.913118
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