Differential effect of molecular size HA in mouse chondrocytes stimulated with PMA

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 1790; no. 10; pp. 1353 - 1367
• Main Authors: Campo, Giuseppe M., Avenoso, Angela, Campo, Salvatore, D'Ascola, Angela, Traina, Paola, Calatroni, Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.10.2009
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies - pharmacology; Blotting, Western; CD44; Cells, Cultured; Chondrocytes; Chondrocytes - cytology; Chondrocytes - drug effects; Chondrocytes - metabolism; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Hyaluronan; Hyaluronan Receptors - genetics; Hyaluronan Receptors - immunology; Hyaluronan Receptors - metabolism; Hyaluronic Acid - chemistry; Hyaluronic Acid - pharmacology; Inflammation; Interleukin-1beta - genetics; Interleukin-1beta - metabolism; Interleukins; Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 - genetics; Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 - metabolism; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Models, Biological; Molecular Weight; NF-kappa B - metabolism; Nitric Oxide - metabolism; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II - genetics; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II - metabolism; PMA; Protein Kinase C-delta - genetics; Protein Kinase C-delta - metabolism; Protein Kinase C-epsilon - genetics; Protein Kinase C-epsilon - metabolism; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate - pharmacology; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - genetics; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - metabolism; Hyaluronan; Inflammation; Interleukins; PMA; CD44; Chondrocytes
• ISSN: 0304-4165; 0006-3002; 1872-8006
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2009.07.003

Hyaluronan (HA) fragments elicit the expression of inflammatory mediators through a mechanism involving the CD44 receptor. This study investigated the effects of HA at different molecular weights on PMA-induced inflammation in mouse chondrocytes. mRNA and related protein levels were measured for CD44, PKCδ, PKCɛ, TNF-α, IL-1β, MMP-13, and iNOS in chondrocytes, untreated or PMA treated, with and without the addition of HA. The level of NF-kB activation was also assayed. CD44, PKCδ, and PKCɛ mRNA expression resulted higher than controls in chondrocytes treated with PMA. PMA also induced NF-kB up-regulation and increased TNF-α, IL-1β, MMP-13, and iNOS expression. HA treatment produced different effects: low MW HA up-regulated CD44 expression, increased PKCδ and PKCɛ levels, and enhanced inflammation in untreated chondrocytes; while in PMA-treated cells it increased CD44, PKCδ, PKCɛ, NF-kB, TNF-α, IL-1β, MMP-13, and iNOS expression and enhanced the effects of PMA; medium MW HA did not exert action; high MW HA had no effect on untreated chondrocytes; however, it reduced PKCδ, PKCɛ, NF-kB activation and inflammation in PMA-stimulated cells. Specific CD44 blocking antibody was utilised to confirm CD44 as the target of HA modulation. These data suggest that HA via CD44 may modulate inflammation via its different molecular mass.