Hippo Signaling Modulates the Inflammatory Response of Chondrocytes to Mechanical Compressive Loading.

ABSTRACT: Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a degenerative disease resulting from mechanical overload, where direct physical impacts on chondrocytes play a crucial role in disease development by inducing inflammation and extracellular matrix degradation. However, the signaling cascades that sense these physical impacts and induce the pathogenic transcriptional programs of KOA remain to be defined, which hinders the identification of novel therapeutic approaches. Recent studies have implicated a crucial role of Hippo signaling in osteoarthritis. Since Hippo signaling senses mechanical cues, we aimed to determine its role in chondrocyte responses to mechanical overload. Here we show that mechanical loading induces the expression of inflammatory and matrix-degrading genes by activating the nuclear factor-ka

SUBMITTER: Cai X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10473729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature