Hypoxia Inhibits Osteogenesis and Promotes Adipogenesis of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes via Upregulation of Leptin in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hypoxia is associated with the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) are able to differentiate into osteoblasts and adipocytes. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of hypoxia in the osteogenesis or adipogenesis of RA-FLSs. Bioinformatics analys...
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| description | Hypoxia is associated with the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) are able to differentiate into osteoblasts and adipocytes. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of hypoxia in the osteogenesis or adipogenesis of RA-FLSs. Bioinformatics analysis was performed to profile gene expression in the datasets of GSE21959, GSE32006, and GSE55875, and flow cytometry was performed for FLS characterization, while Alizarin Redand Oil Red O staining for osteogenic or adipogenic differentiation of FLSs, respectively. RNA interference leptin knockdown was used to determine the role of leptin in the osteogenesis and adipogenesis of RA-FLSs, and the expression of osteogenic and adipogenic markers was quantified by RT-qPCR and Western blotting. FLSs exhibited a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-like phenotype and we observed a limited self-renewal capacity in RA-FLSs compared to that in MSCs, but it was still greater than osteoarthritis (OA)-FLSs. Hypoxia did not change the RA-FLS MSC-like phenotype but inhibited the osteogenic differentiation and promoted the adipogenic differentiation of RA-FLSs. From the bioinformatics analysis ofGSE21959, GSE32006, and GSE55875 datasets, we found leptin, the only perturbed hypoxia-mediated upregulated gene across the three profiled datasets. Leptin knockdown in RA-FLSs reversed the hypoxia-mediated reduction of osteogenesis and hypoxia-mediated enhancement of adipogenesis by elevated expression of osteogenic markers and reduced expression of adipogenic markers, respectively. Therefore, hypoxia-leptin regulation of the osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation of RA-FLSs advances our understanding of RA pathogenesis, meanwhile also provides opportunities for future therapeutic intervention of RA. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-13a02cd1ffc04f949f6d9d3950dc55622025-08-20T02:01:40ZengWileyJournal of Immunology Research2314-71562022-01-01202210.1155/2022/1431399Hypoxia Inhibits Osteogenesis and Promotes Adipogenesis of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes via Upregulation of Leptin in Patients with Rheumatoid ArthritisMenglei Ding0Yu Cheng1Zhen Xu2Ying Lu3Jing Li4Liu Lu5Ming Zong6Lieying Fan7Department of Clinical LaboratoryDepartment of Clinical LaboratoryDepartment of Clinical LaboratoryDepartment of Clinical LaboratoryDepartment of Clinical LaboratoryDepartment of Clinical LaboratoryDepartment of Clinical LaboratoryDepartment of Clinical LaboratoryHypoxia is associated with the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs) are able to differentiate into osteoblasts and adipocytes. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of hypoxia in the osteogenesis or adipogenesis of RA-FLSs. Bioinformatics analysis was performed to profile gene expression in the datasets of GSE21959, GSE32006, and GSE55875, and flow cytometry was performed for FLS characterization, while Alizarin Redand Oil Red O staining for osteogenic or adipogenic differentiation of FLSs, respectively. RNA interference leptin knockdown was used to determine the role of leptin in the osteogenesis and adipogenesis of RA-FLSs, and the expression of osteogenic and adipogenic markers was quantified by RT-qPCR and Western blotting. FLSs exhibited a mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-like phenotype and we observed a limited self-renewal capacity in RA-FLSs compared to that in MSCs, but it was still greater than osteoarthritis (OA)-FLSs. Hypoxia did not change the RA-FLS MSC-like phenotype but inhibited the osteogenic differentiation and promoted the adipogenic differentiation of RA-FLSs. From the bioinformatics analysis ofGSE21959, GSE32006, and GSE55875 datasets, we found leptin, the only perturbed hypoxia-mediated upregulated gene across the three profiled datasets. Leptin knockdown in RA-FLSs reversed the hypoxia-mediated reduction of osteogenesis and hypoxia-mediated enhancement of adipogenesis by elevated expression of osteogenic markers and reduced expression of adipogenic markers, respectively. Therefore, hypoxia-leptin regulation of the osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation of RA-FLSs advances our understanding of RA pathogenesis, meanwhile also provides opportunities for future therapeutic intervention of RA.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1431399 |
| spellingShingle | Menglei Ding Yu Cheng Zhen Xu Ying Lu Jing Li Liu Lu Ming Zong Lieying Fan Hypoxia Inhibits Osteogenesis and Promotes Adipogenesis of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes via Upregulation of Leptin in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Journal of Immunology Research |
| title | Hypoxia Inhibits Osteogenesis and Promotes Adipogenesis of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes via Upregulation of Leptin in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_full | Hypoxia Inhibits Osteogenesis and Promotes Adipogenesis of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes via Upregulation of Leptin in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_fullStr | Hypoxia Inhibits Osteogenesis and Promotes Adipogenesis of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes via Upregulation of Leptin in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hypoxia Inhibits Osteogenesis and Promotes Adipogenesis of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes via Upregulation of Leptin in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_short | Hypoxia Inhibits Osteogenesis and Promotes Adipogenesis of Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes via Upregulation of Leptin in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis |
| title_sort | hypoxia inhibits osteogenesis and promotes adipogenesis of fibroblast like synoviocytes via upregulation of leptin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1431399 |
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