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. 2014 Jun 27;588(14):2344-52.
doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.05.033. Epub 2014 May 27.

Effect of microRNA-145 on IL-1β-induced cartilage degradation in human chondrocytes

Bo Yang  1 , Xia Kang  2 , Yan Xing  1 , Ce Dou  3 , Fei Kang  3 , Jianmei Li  3 , Yi Quan  2 , Shiwu Dong  4
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Effect of microRNA-145 on IL-1β-induced cartilage degradation in human chondrocytes

Bo Yang et al. FEBS Lett. .
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Abstract

MicroRNA-145 has been shown to regulate chondrocyte homeostasis. It seems that miR-145 is implicated in cartilage dysfunction in Osteoarthritis (OA). However, the functional role of miR-145 in interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β)-induced extracellular matrix (ECM) degradation of OA cartilage has never been clarified. Here, we show that miR-145 expression increased in OA chondrocytes and in response to IL-1β stimulation. We confirm that mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3 (Smad3), a key factor in maintaining chondrocyte homeostasis, is directly regulated by miR-145. Modulation of miR-145 affects the expression of Smad3 causing a change of its downstream target gene expression as well as IL-1β-induced ECM degradation in OA chondrocytes. This indicates that miR-145 contributes to impaired ECM in OA cartilage probably in part via targeting Smad3.

Keywords: Extracellular matrix; Interleukin-1 beta; MicroRNA; MicroRNA-145; Osteoarthritis.

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