Down-regulation of chondrocyte aggrecan and type-II collagen gene expression correlates with increases in static compression magnitude and duration

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Ragan, Paula M.¹; Badger, Alison M.²; Cook, Michael²; Chin, Vicki I.¹; Gowen, Maxine²; Grodzinsky, Alan J.¹; Lark, Michael W.²

Down-regulation of chondrocyte aggrecan and type-II collagen gene expression correlates with increases in static compression magnitude and duration

J Orthop Res. November 1999;17(6):836-842

©1999 Orthopaedic Research Society

Affiliations

¹Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology, Continuum Electromechanics Group, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Center for Biomedical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

²Department of Bone and Cartilage Biology, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Abstract

The goal of this study was to examine the simultaneous effects of mechanical compression of chondrocytes on mRNA expression and macromolecular synthesis of aggrrecan and type-II collagen. Bovine cartilage explants were exposed to different magnitudes and durations of applied mechanical compression, and levels of aggrecan and type-IIa collagen mRNA normalized to glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase were measured and quantified by Northern blot analysis. Synthesis of aggrecan and type-II collagen protein was measured by radiolabel incorporation of [³⁵S]sulfate and [³H]proline into macromolecules. The results showed a dose-dependent decrease in mRNA levels for aggrecan and type-II collagen, with increasing compression relative to physiological cut thickness applied for 24 hours. Radiolabel incorporation into glycosaminoglycans and collagen also decreased with increasing compression in a dose-related manner similar to the changes seen in mRNA expression. The modulation of aggrecan and type-II collagen mRNA and protein synthesis were dependent on the duration of the compression. Aggrecan and type-II collagen mRNA expression increased during the initial 0.5 hours of static compression; however, 4-24 hours after compression was applied total mRNA levels had significantly decreased. The synthesis of aggrecan and collagen protein decreased more rapidly than did mRNA levels after the application of a step compression. Together, these results suggest that mechanical compression rapidly alters chondrocyte aggrecan and type-II collagen gene expression on application of load. However, our results indicate that the observed decreases in biosynthesis may not be related solely to changes in mRNA expression. The mechanisms by which mechanical forces affect different segments of the biosynthetic pathways remain to be determined.
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DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100170608

PubMed: 10632450

WoS: 000084603300007
History

Received: 1998-11-10

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