R Largo, M A Alvarez-Soria, I Díez-Ortego, E Calvo, O Sánchez-Pernaute, J Egido, G Herrero-Beaumont
Inflammation Research Unit, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Autonoma University, Madrid, Spain.
Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society 2003 AprGlucosamine sulfate (GS) is a commonly used drug for the treatment of osteoarthritis. The mechanism of the action of this drug does, however, remain to be elucidated. In human osteoarthritic chondrocytes (HOC) stimulated with a proinflammatory cytokine, we studied whether GS could modify the NFkappaB activity and the expression of COX-2, a NFkappaB-dependent gene. Using HOC in culture stimulated with interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta), the effects of GS on NFkappaB activation, nuclear translocation of NFkappaB/Rel family members, COX-1 and COX-2 expressions and syntheses and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) concentration were studied. GS significantly inhibited NFkappaB activity in a dose-dependent manner, as well as the nuclear translocation of p50 and p65 proteins. Furthermore, GS-preincubated IL-1beta-stimulated HOC showed an increase in IkappaBalpha in the cell cytoplasm in comparison with HOC incubated with IL-1beta alone. GS also inhibited the gene expression and the protein synthesis of COX-2 induced by IL-1beta, while no effect on COX-1 synthesis was seen. GS also inhibited the release of PGE2 to conditioned media of HOC stimulated with IL-1beta. GS inhibits the synthesis of proinflammatory mediators in HOC stimulated with IL-1beta through a NFkappaB-dependent mechanism. Our study further supports the role of GS as a symptom- and structure-modifying drug in the treatment of OA.
R Largo, M A Alvarez-Soria, I Díez-Ortego, E Calvo, O Sánchez-Pernaute, J Egido, G Herrero-Beaumont. Glucosamine inhibits IL-1beta-induced NFkappaB activation in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes. Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society. 2003 Apr;11(4):290-8
PMID: 12681956
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