Vasoinhibin is Generated and Promotes Inflammation in Mild Antigen-induced Arthritis

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Beitragende

  • Georgina Ortiz - , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autor:in)
  • Maria G. Ledesma-Colunga - , Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autor:in)
  • Zhijian Wu - , National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Autor:in)
  • Jose F. García-Rodrigo - , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autor:in)
  • Norma Adan - , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autor:in)
  • Oscar F. Martinez-Diaz - , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autor:in)
  • Ericka A. De Los Ríos - , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autor:in)
  • Fernando López-Barrera - , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autor:in)
  • Gonzalo Martínez De La Escalera - , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autor:in)
  • Carmen Clapp - , Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Autor:in)

Abstract

Inflammatory arthritis defines a family of diseases influenced by reproductive hormones. Vasoinhibin, a fragment of the hormone prolactin (PRL), has antiangiogenic and proinflammatory properties. We recently showed that vasoinhibin reduces joint inflammation and bone loss in severe antigen-induced arthritis (AIA) by an indirect mechanism involving the inhibition of pannus vascularization. This unexpected finding led us to hypothesize that a severe level of inflammation in AIA obscured the direct proinflammatory action of vasoinhibin while allowing the indirect anti-inflammatory effect via its antiangiogenic properties. In agreement with this hypothesis, here we show that the intra-articular injection of an adeno-associated virus type-2 vector encoding vasoinhibin reduced joint inflammation in a severe AIA condition, but elevated joint inflammation in a mild AIA model. The proinflammatory effect, unmasked in mild AIA, resulted in joint swelling, enhanced leukocyte infiltration, and upregulation of expression of genes encoding proinflammatory mediators (Il1b, Il6, Inos, Mmp3), adhesion molecule (Icam1), and chemokines (Cxcl1, Cxcl2, Cxcl3, Ccl2). Furthermore, vasoinhibin induced the expression of proinflammatory mediators and chemokines in cultured synovial fibroblasts through nuclear factor-κB. Finally, matrix metalloproteases and cathepsin D, upregulated in the arthritic joint, cleaved PRL to vasoinhibin, and vasoinhibin levels increased in the circulation of mice subjected to AIA. We suggest that vasoinhibin is generated during inflammatory arthritis and acts on synovial fibroblasts and endothelial cells to initially promote and later inhibit inflammation, respectively. These opposite effects may work together to help keep joint inflammation under balance.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummerbqac036
FachzeitschriftEndocrinology
Jahrgang163
Ausgabenummer5
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Mai 2022
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 35305012
ORCID /0000-0002-2061-8663/work/142246370

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Schlagwörter

  • angiogenesis, arthritis, inflammation, prolactin, vasoinhibin