Study of hydrogen sulfide biosynthesis in synovial tissue from diabetes-associated osteoarthritis and its influence on macrophage phenotype and abundance.
Natalia Lendoiro-CinoArianna Rodríguez-CoelloAnna SaboridoElena F-BurgueraJennifer A Fernández-RodríguezRosa Meijide-FaíldeFrancisco J BlancoCarlos Vaamonde-GarcíaPublished in: Journal of physiology and biochemistry (2023)
Type 2 diabetes (DB) is an independent risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA). However, the mechanisms underlying the connection between both diseases remain unclear. Synovial macrophages from OA patients with DB present a marked pro-inflammatory phenotype. Since hydrogen sulphide (H 2 S) has been previously described to be involved in macrophage polarization, in this study we examined H 2 S biosynthesis in synovial tissue from OA patients with DB, observing a reduction of H 2 S-synthetizing enzymes in this subset of individuals. To elucidate these findings, we detected that differentiated TPH-1 cells to macrophages exposed to high levels of glucose presented a lower expression of H 2 S-synthetizing enzymes and an increased inflammatory response to LPS, showing upregulated expression of markers associated with M1 phenotype (i.e., CD11c, CD86, iNOS, and IL-6) and reduced levels of those related to M2 fate (CD206 and CD163). The co-treatment of the cells with a slow-releasing H 2 S donor, GYY-4137, attenuated the expression of M1 markers, but failed to modulate the levels of M2 indicators. GYY-4137 also reduced HIF-1α expression and upregulated the protein levels of HO-1, suggesting their involvement in the anti-inflammatory effects of H 2 S induction. In addition, we observed that intraarticular administration of H 2 S donor attenuated synovial abundance of CD68 + cells, mainly macrophages, in an in vivo model of OA. Taken together, the findings of this study seem to reinforce the key role of H 2 S in the M1-like polarization of synovial macrophages associated to OA and specifically its metabolic phenotype, opening new therapeutic perspectives in the management of this pathology.
Keyphrases
- type diabetes
- poor prognosis
- knee osteoarthritis
- induced apoptosis
- cell cycle arrest
- binding protein
- cardiovascular disease
- oxidative stress
- anti inflammatory
- rheumatoid arthritis
- blood pressure
- metabolic syndrome
- long non coding rna
- signaling pathway
- cell death
- adipose tissue
- endothelial cells
- microbial community
- blood glucose
- wastewater treatment
- cell proliferation
- antibiotic resistance genes
- pi k akt
- drug induced
- skeletal muscle