Interleukin-1 Induces Pro-Mineralizing Activity of Cartilage Tissue Transglutaminase and Factor XIIIa

Johnson, Kristen; Hashimoto, Sanshiro; Lotz, Martin; Pritzker, Kenneth P.H.; Terkeltaub, Robert

doi:10.1016/s0002-9440(10)61682-3

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“…Inhibition of transglutaminase activity in chondrocytes abrogates CPPD crystal formation in vitro . Transglutaminase protein levels and enzymes activities are increased in the extracellular matrix of osteoarthritic articular cartilage (Johnson et al 2001;Summey et al 2002), the setting in which CPPD crystals are most common. Although the mechanism through with they promote CPPD crystal formation is unclear, transglutaminases anchor their substrates to matrix and likely alter the composition, structure, and function of affected matrices (Lorand et al 2003).…”

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Osteopontin promotes pathologic mineralization in articular cartilage

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Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) crystals are commonly found in osteoarthritic joint tissues, where they predict severe disease. Unlike other types of calcium phosphate crystals, CPPD crystals form almost exclusively in the pericellular matrix of damaged articular cartilage, suggesting a key role for the extracellular matrix milieu in their development. Osteopontin is a matricellular protein found in increased quantities in the pericellular matrix of osteoarthritic cartilage. Osteopontin modulates the formation of calcium-containing crystals in many settings. We show here that osteopontin stimulates ATP-induced CPPD crystal formation by chondrocytes in vitro. This effect is augmented by osteopontin's incorporation into extracellular matrix by transglutaminase enzymes, is only modestly affected by its phosphorylation state, and is inhibited by integrin blockers. Surprisingly, osteopontin stimulates transglutaminase activity in cultured chondrocytes in a dose responsive manner. As elevated levels of transglutaminase activity promote extracellular matrix changes that permit CPPD crystal formation, this is one possible mechanism of action. We demonstrate the presence of osteopontin in the pericellular matrix of chondrocytes adjacent to CPPD deposits and near active transglutaminases. Thus, osteopontin may play an important role in facilitating CPPD crystal formation in articular cartilage. KeywordsOsteopontin; Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate; Transglutaminase; Osteoarthritis Pathologic matrix mineralization is a common occurrence in joints affected by late stage osteoarthritis. Of synovial fluids sampled at the time of knee replacement, for example, 60% contain pathologic calcium-containing crystals (Derfus et al. 2002). Both calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) and hydroxyapatite-like basic calcium phosphate (BCP) crystals occur in osteoarthritic joints. Although the role that calcium-containing crystals play in osteoarthritis is not fully understood, there is ample evidence to suggest that these crystals are active participants in joint damage. In vitro, calcium-containing crystals induce the release of catabolic cytokines and proteases from synovial cells and chondrocytes (Cheung 2001). Clinically, their presence predicts increased severity of joint damage and more rapid progression of joint destruction (Ledingham et al. 1993;Nalbant et al. 2003).Corresponding Author: Ann K. Rosenthal, MD Rheumatology Section/ cc-111W Zablocki VA Medical Center 5000 W. National Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53295-1000 TEL: 414-384-2000ann.rosenthal@med.va.gov. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply ...

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Osteopontin promotes pathologic mineralization in articular cartilage

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“…Significantly, Hartley guinea pigs also spontaneously develop pathologic meniscal cartilage calcification by 6 months of age (30), akin to the development of chondrocalcinosis in human aging and OA cartilage (31,32). Thus, our secondary objectives included testing for potential adaptive changes to chondrocyte ATP depletion that promote chondrocalcinosis, including an increase in ATP-scavenging nucleotide pyrophosphatase/ phosphodiesterase (NPP) activity that generates inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) and promotes calcification in aging and OA cartilage (31,32).…”

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Mediation of spontaneous knee osteoarthritis by progressive chondrocyte ATP depletion in Hartley guinea pigs

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Svensson

Etten

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Arthritis & Rheumatism

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Objective. Because articular chondrocytes reside in a hypoxic milieu, anaerobic glycolysis is central in generating ATP to support chondrocyte matrix synthesis and viability, with mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation possibly providing physiologic reserve ATP generation. Nitric oxide (NO) potently suppresses mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Because enhanced cartilage NO generation occurs in osteoarthritis (OA), we systematically tested for mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of OA.Methods. We assessed chondrocytes for ATP depletion and for in situ changes in mitochondrial ultrastructure prior to and during the evolution of spontaneous knee OA in male Hartley guinea pigs, a model in which chondrocalcinosis also supervenes.Results. Spontaneous NO release from knee cartilage samples in organ culture doubled between ages 2 months and 8 months as knee OA developed. Concomitantly, chondrocyte intracellular ATP levels declined by ϳ50%, despite a lack of mitochondrial ultrastructure abnormalities in knee chondrocytes. As ATP depletion progressed with aging in knee chondrocytes, an increased ratio of lactate to pyruvate was observed, consistent with an adaptive augmentation of glycolysis to mitochondrial dysfunction. Furthermore, we observed progressive elevation of chondrocyte ATP-scavenging nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase (NPP) activity and extracellular levels of the NPP enzymatic end product inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), which stimulate chondrocalcinosis.Conclusion. Profound chondrocyte ATP depletion develops in association with heightened NO generation in guinea pig knee OA. Increased NPP activity and concordant increases in extracellular PPi, which are strongly associated with human aging-associated degenerative arthropathy and directly stimulate chondrocalcinosis, may be primarily driven by chondrocyte ATP depletion. Our findings implicate a decreased mitochondrial bioenergetic reserve as a pathogenic factor in both degenerative arthropathy and chondrocalcinosis in aging.

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“…In addition, tTG is also associated with the immediate defense against injury or infections, as well as with the pathogenesis of several chronic inflammatory diseases, including RA and multiple sclerosis [19]. It is well established that tTG promotes wound healing [20,21] and regulates the extracellular matrix formation and mineralization [22,23]. Recently, the presence of increased levels of anti-tTG IgG and IgA Ab in the blood and synovial fluid of patients with RA has been reported [24][25][26].…”

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Tissue transglutaminase enhances collagen type II‐induced arthritis and modifies the immunodominant T‐cell epitope CII260‐270

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Lindh

Engström³

et al. 2009

Eur J Immunol

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The calcium-dependent enzyme tissue transglutaminase (tTG) is associated with diverse biological functions, such as induction of apoptosis, modeling of the extracellular matrix, receptor-mediated endocytosis, cell growth and differentiation, cell adhesion and signal transduction. Also, it may deamidate glutamine residues to glutamic acid and catalyze cross-linking of proteins. In this study, we have investigated the impact of tTG for posttranslational modifications and cross-linking of the immunodominant T-cell epitope CII260-270 and their effects on the collagen-induced arthritis, an animal model for rheumatoid arthritis. By using mass spectrometry analysis and hybridoma assays, we have demonstrated that tTG could perform both types of modifications (deamidation and cross-link formation) on the immunodominant T-cell epitope CII259-273. Replacement of the glutamine at position 267 with glutamic acid leads to a decreased binding affinity to MHC II. T cells recognized both non-modfied (Q 267 ) and modified (E 267 ) CII259-273-peptides. We also show that administration of tTG leads to increased incidence, severity and histopathological manifestations of collagen-induced arthritis in mice. Moreover, we conclude that both processes, deamidation and cross-linking, are involved in the tTG-catalyzed reactions, and in vivo administration of tTG enhances arthritis severity and joint destruction in mice.Key words: Collagen-induced arthritis . CII-peptide . Posttranslational modifications .T cells . Tissue transglutaminase IntroductionPosttranslational modifications of proteins are being recognized as increasingly important for the initiation and pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. Such modifications could lead to breaking of the immunological tolerance to self proteins by creation of new epitopes within the target antigen. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease involving an inflammatory attack on peripheral cartilaginous joints characterized by leukocyte infiltration, secretion of inflammatory cytokines and auto-Ab, and subsequent cartilage destruction, irreversible bone erosion and joint deformation. Major candidate autoantigens in RA that are locally expressed in the joint are type II collagen (CII), fibrin, and proteoglycans. CII is of particular interest, since T-and B-cell autoimmune responses to this protein leads to collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) in mice [1], rats [2] and primates [3,4], which shares many phenotypic features with RA. The shared immunodominant T-cell epitope in CIA and RA has been identified as . Amino acids of this immunodominant core can be posttranslationally modified either by enzymatic processes or spontaneously. It is well established that during aging, inflammation, trauma or other pathologic processes, the frequency of posttranslational modifications, such as glycosylation, glycation, citrullination, oxidation, deamidation/transamidation or 2412phosphorylation, is increased [10,11]. The role of glycosylated immunodominant CII260-270-peptide for development of autoimmune arthri...

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Interleukin-1 Induces Pro-Mineralizing Activity of Cartilage Tissue Transglutaminase and Factor XIIIa

Cited by 126 publications

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Osteopontin promotes pathologic mineralization in articular cartilage

Osteopontin promotes pathologic mineralization in articular cartilage

Mediation of spontaneous knee osteoarthritis by progressive chondrocyte ATP depletion in Hartley guinea pigs

Tissue transglutaminase enhances collagen type II‐induced arthritis and modifies the immunodominant T‐cell epitope CII260‐270

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