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Collagenase-3 (MMP-13) deficiency protects C57BL/6 mice from antibody-induced arthritis
- Introduction: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are important in tissue remodelling. Here we investigate the role of collagenase-3 (MMP-13) in antibody-induced arthritis. Methods: For this study we employed the K/BxN serum-induced arthritis model. Arthritis was induced in C57BL/6 wild type (WT) and MMP-13-deficient (MMP-13–/–) mice by intraperitoneal injection of 200 μl of K/BxN serum. Arthritis was assessed by measuring the ankle swelling. During the course of the experiments, mice were sacrificed every second day for histological examination of the ankle joints. Ankle sections were evaluated histologically for infiltration of inflammatory cells, pannus tissue formation and bone/cartilage destruction. Semi-quantitative PCR was used to determine MMP-13 expression levels in ankle joints of untreated and K/BxN serum-injected mice. Results: This study shows that MMP-13 is a regulator of inflammation. We observed increased expression of MMP-13 in ankle joints of WT mice during K/BxN serum-induced arthritis and both K/BxN serum-treated WT and MMP-13–/– mice developed progressive arthritis with a similar onset. However, MMP-13–/– mice showed significantly reduced disease over the whole arthritic period. Ankle joints of WT mice showed severe joint destruction with extensive inflammation and erosion of cartilage and bone. In contrast, MMP-13–/– mice displayed significantly decreased severity of arthritis (50% to 60%) as analyzed by clinical and histological scoring methods. Conclusions: MMP-13 deficiency acts to suppress the local inflammatory responses. Therefore, MMP-13 has a role in the pathogenesis of arthritis, suggesting MMP-13 is a potential therapeutic target.
Document Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
Author: | Anjana Singh, Narendiran Rajasekaran, Bettina Hartenstein, Sibylle Szabowski, Mieczyslaw Gajda, Peter Angel, Rolf Bräuer, Harald Illges |
Parent Title (English): | Arthritis Research & Therapy |
Volume: | 15 |
Issue: | 6 |
Article Number: | R222 |
Number of pages: | 7 |
ISSN: | 1478-6354 |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-10819 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/ar4423 |
PMID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24369907 |
Publisher: | BioMed Central |
Publishing Institution: | Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg |
Date of first publication: | 2013/12/27 |
Copyright: | © Singh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. |
Funding: | This work was supported by the AUTOROME European Community grant number LSHM-CT-2004-00526 to HI. |
Keyword: | Ankle Joint; Articular Cartilage; Cartilage Destruction; Joint Destruction; Wild Type Mouse |
Departments, institutes and facilities: | Fachbereich Angewandte Naturwissenschaften |
Institut für funktionale Gen-Analytik (IFGA) | |
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC): | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Entry in this database: | 2015/04/02 |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 3.0 |