PMID- 30890499 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190403 LR - 20231213 IS - 1673-4254 (Print) IS - 2663-0842 (Electronic) IS - 1673-4254 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Feb 28 TI - [Targeted binding of estradiol with ESR1 promotes proliferation of human chondrocytes in vitro by inhibiting activation of ERK signaling pathway]. PG - 134-143 LID - 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2019.09.02 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of estradiol (E2)/estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) on the proliferation of human chondrocytes in vitro and explore the molecular mechanism. METHODS: The Ad-Easy adenovirus packaging system was used to construct and package the ESR1-overexpressing adenovirus Ad-ESR1. Western blotting and qPCR were used to detect the expression of ESR1 protein and mRNA in human chondrocyte C28I2 cells. In the cells treated with different adenoviruses, the effects of E2 were tested on the expressions of proteins related with cell autophagy and apoptosis and the phosphorylation of ERK signaling pathway using Western blotting. Immunofluorescence assay was used to observe the intracellular autophagic flow, flow cytometry was performed to analyze the cell apoptosis rate and the cell cycle changes, and qPCR was used to detect the expressions of PCNA, cyclin B1 and cyclin D1 mRNAs. The inhibitory effect of the specific inhibitor of ERK on the expressions of autophagy- and apoptosis-related genes at both the protein and mRNA levels were detected using Western blotting and qPCR. RESULTS: Transfection with the recombinant adenovirus overexpressing ESR1 and E2 treatment of C28I2 cells significantly enhanced the expressions of autophagy-related proteins LC3, ATG7, promoted the colocalization of LC3 and LAMP1 in the cytoplasm, increased the expressions of the proliferation-related marker genes PCNA, cyclin B1 and cyclin D1, and supressed the expressions of cleaved caspase-3, caspase-12 and pERK. RNA interference of ESR1 obviously lowered the expression levels of autophagy-related proteins in C28I2 cells, causing also suppression of the autophagic flow, increments of the expressions of apoptosis-related proteins and pERK, and down-regulated the expressions of the proliferation marker genes. Blocking ERK activation with the ERK inhibitor obviously inhibited the effects of E2/ESR1 on autophagy, proliferationrelated gene expressions and cell apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS: The targeted binding of E2 with ESR1 promotes the proliferation of human chondrocytes in vitro possibly by inhibiting the activation of ERK signaling pathway to promote cell autophagy and induce cell apoptosis. FAU - Liu, Min AU - Liu M AD - Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Core Facility of Development Biology, Basic Medical Science of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. FAU - Xie, Weiwei AU - Xie W AD - Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Core Facility of Development Biology, Basic Medical Science of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. FAU - Zheng, Wei AU - Zheng W AD - Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Core Facility of Development Biology, Basic Medical Science of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. FAU - Yin, Danyang AU - Yin D AD - Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Core Facility of Development Biology, Basic Medical Science of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. FAU - Luo, Rui AU - Luo R AD - Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Core Facility of Development Biology, Basic Medical Science of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. FAU - Guo, Fengjin AU - Guo F AD - Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Core Facility of Development Biology, Basic Medical Science of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China. LA - chi PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao JT - Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University JID - 101266132 RN - 0 (ESR1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Estrogen Receptor alpha) RN - 0 (LAMP1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Lysosomal Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (MAP1LC3A protein, human) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) RN - EC 6.2.1.45 (ATG7 protein, human) RN - EC 6.2.1.45 (Autophagy-Related Protein 7) SB - IM MH - Adenoviridae/metabolism MH - *Apoptosis MH - *Autophagy MH - Autophagy-Related Protein 7/metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - *Cell Proliferation MH - Chondrocytes/*cytology/metabolism MH - Estradiol/*metabolism MH - Estrogen Receptor alpha/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Lysosomal Membrane Proteins/metabolism MH - *MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism MH - Transfection PMC - PMC6765635 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ERK signaling pathway OT - ESR1 OT - apoptosis OT - autophagy OT - estradiol OT - proliferation EDAT- 2019/03/21 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/04 06:00 PMCR- 2019/02/20 CRDT- 2019/03/21 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/03/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nfykdxxb-39-2-134 [pii] AID - 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2019.09.02 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2019 Feb 28;39(2):134-143. doi: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2019.09.02.