Altered integrin mechanotransduction in human nucleus pulposus cells derived from degenerated discs

LE MAITRE, C. L., FRAIN, J., MILLWARD-SADLER, J., FOTHERINGHAM, A. P., FREEMONT, A. J. and HOYLAND, J. A. (2009). Altered integrin mechanotransduction in human nucleus pulposus cells derived from degenerated discs. Arthritis & rheumatism, 60 (2), 460-469.

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Abstract

Objective: Several studies have demonstrated biologic responses of intervertebral disc (IVD) cells to loading, although the mechanotransduction pathways have not been elucidated. In articular chondrocytes, which have a phenotype similar to that of IVD cells, a number of mechanoreceptors have been identified, with 51 integrin acting as a predominant mechanoreceptor. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of integrin signaling in IVD cells during mechanical stimulation and to determine whether RGD integrins are involved.

Methods: Human nucleus pulposus (NP) cells derived from nondegenerated and degenerated discs were subjected to dynamic compressive loading in the presence of an RGD inhibitory peptide. Expression of the 51 heterodimer in IVD tissue was examined by immunohistochemistry and possible alternative mechanoreceptors by real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

Results: Aggrecan gene expression was decreased following loading of NP cells from nondegenerated and degenerated discs. This response was inhibited by treatment with an RGD peptide in cells from nondegenerated, but not degenerated, IVDs. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that expression of the 51 heterodimer was unaltered in degenerated IVD tissue as compared with normal IVD tissue.

Conclusion: Our results indicate that the mechanotransduction pathways are altered in cells from degenerated IVDs. Mechanosensing in NP cells from nondegenerated discs occurs via RGD integrins, possibly via the 51 integrin, while cells from degenerated discs show a different signaling pathway that does not appear to involve RGD integrins.

Item Type:	Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Biomedical Research Centre
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1002/art.24248
Page Range:	460-469
Depositing User:	Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited:	20 May 2010 15:52
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 21:15
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2107

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