PMID- 34438368 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220201 LR - 20220201 IS - 1945-4589 (Electronic) IS - 1945-4589 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 16 DP - 2021 Aug 26 TI - NLRC5 attenuates inflammatory response in IL-1beta-stimulated human osteoarthritis chondrocytes through the NF-kappaB signaling pathway. PG - 20651-20660 LID - 10.18632/aging.203453 [doi] AB - NOD-like receptor family caspase recruitment domain family domain containing 5 (NLRC5) has been found to be a critical mediator of inflammatory response. However, the role of NLRC5 in osteoarthritis (OA) has not been reported. Our results showed that NLRC5 was down-regulated by IL-1beta induction in chondrocytes. Overexpression of NLRC5 in chondrocytes significantly suppressed IL-1beta-induced inflammatory response through inhibiting the production of multiple inflammatory mediators including inducible nitric oxide synthases (iNOS), and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), NO, TNF-alpha and IL-6, as well matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3) and MMP-13. Consistently, NLRC5 knockdown exhibited opposite effects on the production of these inflammatory mediators in IL-1beta-induced chondrocytes. Furthermore, overexpression of NLRC5 increased the IkBalpha expression, while decreased the p-p65 expression, indicating that NLRC5 inhibited the activation of NF-kappaB signaling. Additionally, inhibition of NF-kappaB by PDTC mitigated the si-NLRC5-mediated promotion of IL-1beta-induced inflammatory injury in chondrocytes. Finally, NLRC5 treatment ameliorated cartilage degeneration in an OA model in rats. Taken together, these findings revealed that NLRC5 attenuated IL-1beta-induced inflammatory injury in chondrocytes through regulating the NF-kappaB signaling. FAU - Mu, Yiping AU - Mu Y AD - Hand Surgery Department, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shen Yang Medical Collage, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China. FAU - Zhang, Yang AU - Zhang Y AD - Hand Surgery Department, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shen Yang Medical Collage, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China. FAU - Wu, Jie AU - Wu J AD - Hand Surgery Department, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shen Yang Medical Collage, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China. FAU - Li, Qi AU - Li Q AD - Hand Surgery Department, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shen Yang Medical Collage, Shenyang 110024, Liaoning Province, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210826 PL - United States TA - Aging (Albany NY) JT - Aging JID - 101508617 RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (NLRC5 protein, human) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.99.1 (Cyclooxygenase 2) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (MMP13 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinase 13) RN - K7Q1JQR04M (Dinoprostone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Chondrocytes/*immunology MH - Cyclooxygenase 2/genetics/immunology MH - Dinoprostone/immunology MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-1beta/genetics/*immunology MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics/*immunology MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 13/genetics/immunology MH - NF-kappa B/genetics/*immunology MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics/immunology MH - Osteoarthritis/genetics/*immunology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC8436921 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NF-kappaB signaling OT - NLRC5 OT - chondrocytes OT - inflammation OT - osteoarthritis COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2021/08/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/02 06:00 PMCR- 2021/08/31 CRDT- 2021/08/26 20:30 PHST- 2021/03/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/08/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/08/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/26 20:30 [entrez] PHST- 2021/08/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 203453 [pii] AID - 10.18632/aging.203453 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging (Albany NY). 2021 Aug 26;13(16):20651-20660. doi: 10.18632/aging.203453. Epub 2021 Aug 26.