PMID- 30276528 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190716 LR - 20190716 IS - 1573-4838 (Electronic) IS - 0957-4530 (Print) IS - 0957-4530 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 10 DP - 2018 Oct 1 TI - Chitosan/hyaluronic acid/plasmid-DNA nanoparticles encoding interleukin-1 receptor antagonist attenuate inflammation in synoviocytes induced by interleukin-1 beta. PG - 155 LID - 10.1007/s10856-018-6160-3 [doi] LID - 155 AB - Synovial inflammation mainly resulting from interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta) plays a crucial role in the early and late stage of osteoarthritis. Recent progress in therapeutic gene delivery systems has led to promising strategies for local sustained target gene expression. The aim of this study was to design a nanoparticle made of chitosan (CS)/hyaluronic acid (HA)/plasmid-DNA (pDNA) encoding IL-1 receptor antagonist gene (pIL-1Ra) and furtherly use it to transfect the primary synoviocytes, and then investigate whether CS/HA/pIL-1Ra nanoparticles could make the synoviocytes overexpress functional IL-1Ra to attenuate inflammation induced by IL-1beta. In this study, CS was modified with HA to generate CS/HA nanoparticles and then combined with pIL-1Ra to form CS/HA/pIL-1Ra nanoparticles. The physicochemical characteristics results showed that CS/HA nanoparticles exhibited an appropriate particle size (144.9 +/- 2.8 nm) and positive zeta potential ( + 28 mV). The gel retardation assay revealed that pDNA was effectively protected and released in a sustained manner more than 15 days. Cytotoxicity results showed that CS/HA/pIL-1Ra nanoparticles had a safe range (0-80 mug/ml) for the application to synoviocytes. RT-qPCR and western blot analysis demonstrated that CS/HA/pIL-1Ra nanoparticles were able to increase IL-1Ra expression in primary synoviocytes, and reduce the mRNA and protein levels of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in IL-1beta-induced synoviocytes. Our findings indicated that CS/HA/pIL-1Ra nanoparticles efficiently transfected synoviocytes and attenuated synovitis induced by IL-1beta, which will provide a potential strategy for OA synovitis. FAU - Deng, Rong-Hui AU - Deng RH AD - Department of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Ziyang Road 99, Wuhan, 430060, China. FAU - Qiu, Bo AU - Qiu B AD - Department of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Ziyang Road 99, Wuhan, 430060, China. FAU - Zhou, Pang-Hu AU - Zhou PH AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7020-4258 AD - Department of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Ziyang Road 99, Wuhan, 430060, China. zhoupanghu@126.com. LA - eng GR - 81501921/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 2016CFB500/Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province/ GR - 2016060101010045/Wuhan Science and Technology Project of China/ GR - 2015BCA316/Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Support Program of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181001 PL - United States TA - J Mater Sci Mater Med JT - Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine JID - 9013087 RN - 0 (Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 9004-61-9 (Hyaluronic Acid) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - 9012-76-4 (Chitosan) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Cyclooxygenase 2) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Survival MH - Chitosan/*chemistry MH - Cyclooxygenase 2/metabolism MH - DNA/*chemistry MH - Gene Transfer Techniques MH - Hyaluronic Acid/*chemistry MH - Inflammation/metabolism MH - Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein/genetics/*metabolism MH - Interleukin-1beta/*pharmacology MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/metabolism MH - Nanoparticles/*chemistry MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/metabolism MH - Particle Size MH - Plasmids MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Synoviocytes/*metabolism PMC - PMC6182723 COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2018/10/03 06:00 MHDA- 2019/07/17 06:00 PMCR- 2018/10/01 CRDT- 2018/10/03 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/09/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/10/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/10/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/07/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s10856-018-6160-3 [pii] AID - 6160 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10856-018-6160-3 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2018 Oct 1;29(10):155. doi: 10.1007/s10856-018-6160-3.