Project description:Knee osteoarthritis (KOA), as a degenerative multifactorial disease, affects the quality of life and mental health of patients, and also brings a huge socioeconomic burden. Treating synovitis have shown promise as anti-inflammatory therapeutics in mitigating OA symptoms and disease progression. Here, by analysing synovial single-cell sequencing (scRNA-seq) data from KOA, we found that synovial fibroblasts (FLS) in OA synovium showed a distinct pro-inflammatory phenotype. We collected synovial tissue from patients with clinical OA as well as from healthy donors, and histological examination was consistent with findings in scRNA-seq. Inspired by recent cross-tissue fibroblast lineage studies, we identified by sequencing that healthy FLS in synovial tissues share transcriptome-level similarities with dermal fibroblasts (DFb). Subsequently, we revealed the local as well as systemic distribution of intra-articular injected DFbs by constructing/extracting two types of rat fibroblasts (luciferase DFbs as well as GFP DFbs). The results demonstrate that DFbs can be locally retained in the synovium for up to three weeks following targeted engrafting on it. And intra-articular injection does not result in DFbs migration to vital organs or the occurrence of histological changes in these organs. A rat model of KOA was constructed by anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) in order to study the therapeutic effect of DFbs on KOA. After injection, the rats showed improvement in painful gait. In addition, histological as well as imaging results showed reduced synovitis and improvement in articular cartilage. Finally we verified the protective effect of DFbs on cytokine-stimulated chondrocytes in a co-culture system.
2026-06-24 | GSE304724 | GEO
Project description:Metabolomic Response to Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Project description:Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are used extensively as therapeutic agents, despite their well-documented gastrointestinal (GI) toxicity. Presently, the mechanisms responsible for NSAID-associated GI damage are incompletely understood. In this study, we used Microarray analysis to generate a novel hypothesis about cellular mechanisms that underlie the GI toxicity of NSAIDs. Monolayers of intestinal epithelial; cells (IEC-6) were treated with NSAIDs that either exhibit indomethacin, NS-398) or lack (SC-560) inhibitory effects on intestinal epithelial cell migration. Bioinformatic analysis of array data suggested that NSAIDs with adverse GI effects either decrease the gene expression of the calpains or increase the gene expression of the calpain engodenous; inhibitor, calpastatin. Calpains have been shown previously to modulate the migration of a variety of cells in different physiological contexts. Our experimental results suggest that the altered expression of calpain genes may contribute to the adverse effects of NSAIDs on intestinal; epithelial restitution. Microarray analysis has generated the novel hypothesis that the GI toxicity of NSAIDs may be attributed in part to drug-induced changes in the expression and activity of calpains. Experiment Overall Design: Monolayers of intestinal epithelial cells (IEC-6) were treated with NSAIDs that either exhibit (indomethacin, NS-398) or lack (SC-560) inhibitory effects on intestinal epithelial cell migration. Samples were then pooled to obtain sufficient material for gene array analysis. The pooled samples were used to hybridize 4 gene array chips for each biological sample.
Project description:Knee osteoarthritis (KOA), as a degenerative multifactorial disease, affects the quality of life and mental health of patients, and also brings a huge socioeconomic burden. Treating synovitis have shown promise as anti-inflammatory therapeutics in mitigating OA symptoms and disease progression. Here, by analysing synovial single-cell sequencing (scRNA-seq) data from KOA, we found that synovial fibroblasts (FLS) in OA synovium showed a distinct pro-inflammatory phenotype. We collected synovial tissue from patients with clinical OA as well as from healthy donors, and histological examination was consistent with findings in scRNA-seq. Inspired by recent cross-tissue fibroblast lineage studies, we identified by sequencing that healthy FLS in synovial tissues share transcriptome-level similarities with dermal fibroblasts (DFb). Subsequently, we revealed the local as well as systemic distribution of intra-articular injected DFbs by constructing/extracting two types of rat fibroblasts (luciferase DFbs as well as GFP DFbs). The results demonstrate that DFbs can be locally retained in the synovium for up to three weeks following targeted engrafting on it. And intra-articular injection does not result in DFbs migration to vital organs or the occurrence of histological changes in these organs. A rat model of KOA was constructed by anterior cruciate ligament transection (ACLT) in order to study the therapeutic effect of DFbs on KOA. After injection, the rats showed improvement in painful gait. In addition, histological as well as imaging results showed reduced synovitis and improvement in articular cartilage. Finally we verified the protective effect of DFbs on cytokine-stimulated chondrocytes in a co-culture system.
Project description:Gene expression patterns following unilateral traumatic brain injury reveals a local pro-inflammatory and remote anti-inflammatory response
Project description:Phenylbutazone (PBZ), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug widely administered for pain and inflammation in equine practice, has been strongly linked to gastric mucosal injury resulting in Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS).
Project description:Indomethacin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. It is widely used in clinical practice. In scientific intervention studies, it is applied as a methodology to inflict reversible damage to gastrointestinal epithelium. The exact pathogenesis is not well understood. The present study aimed to obtain a better understanding of indomathacin-induced pathogenesis by determining its effects on gene expression in duodenal mucosa in healthy subjects. Tissue samples from the horizontal part of the duodenum were obtained by standard flexible gastroduodenoscopy, and Affymetrix microarrays were used to determine genome-wide gene expression profiles.