PMID- 32050156 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210106 LR - 20210106 IS - 1878-1705 (Electronic) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 81 DP - 2020 Apr TI - UFL1 attenuates IL-1beta-induced inflammatory response in human osteoarthritis chondrocytes. PG - 106278 LID - S1567-5769(19)32589-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.106278 [doi] AB - Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease characterized by degradation of articular cartilage. Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (UFM1)-specific ligase 1 (UFL1) is an UFM1 E3 ligase that has been identified as a regulator of inflammatory response. However, the role of UFL1 in OA remains unknown. The aim of the present study was to explore the function of UFL1 in an in vitro OA system in chondrocytes. Our results showed that UFL1 was lowly expressed in both OA articular tissues and chondrocytes with IL-1beta induction. Ectopic expression of UFL1 improved cell viability of IL-1beta-induced chondrocytes. UFL1 suppressed the production of NO and PGE2, as well the expression levels of iNOS and COX-2 in IL-1beta-induced chondrocytes. The IL-1beta-induced increases in TNF-alpha and IL-6 levels were attenuated by UFL1. Ectopic expression of UFL1 inhibited the production of extracellular matrix (ECM) degrading enzymes including matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3), MMP-13, ADAMTS-4 and ADAMTS-5 in chondrocytes with IL-1beta induction. Additionally, UFL1 suppressed IL-1beta-induced activation of NF-kappaB signaling pathway in chondrocytes. In conclusion, these findings indicated that UFL1 exerted protective effect on IL-1beta-induced chondrocytes. Thus, UFL1 might be a potential target for the treatment of OA. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Yang, Guangjie AU - Yang G AD - Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, Henan Province, China. FAU - Wang, Yongsheng AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, Henan Province, China. FAU - Chen, You AU - Chen Y AD - Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, Henan Province, China. FAU - Huang, Rong AU - Huang R AD - Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University, Kaifeng 475000, Henan Province, China. Electronic address: huang_rong2@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200209 PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (UFM1 protein, human) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - EC 2.3.2.27 (Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases) RN - EC 6.3.2.- (UFL1 protein, human) RN - K7Q1JQR04M (Dinoprostone) SB - IM MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chondrocytes/*physiology MH - Dinoprostone/metabolism MH - Extracellular Matrix/metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/metabolism MH - Interleukin-1beta/*metabolism MH - Interleukin-6/metabolism MH - Male MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Nitric Oxide/metabolism MH - Osteoarthritis/*metabolism MH - Proteins/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chondrocytes OT - IL-1beta OT - Inflammation OT - NF-kappaB signaling pathway OT - Osteoarthritis (OA) OT - Ubiquitin-fold modifier 1 (UFM1)-specific ligase 1 (UFL1) COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2020/02/13 06:00 MHDA- 2021/01/07 06:00 CRDT- 2020/02/13 06:00 PHST- 2019/11/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/01/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/02/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/02/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/01/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/02/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1567-5769(19)32589-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.106278 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2020 Apr;81:106278. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.106278. Epub 2020 Feb 9.