Dysregulated fibrinolysis and plasmin activation promote the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis

Joint injury is associated with risk for development of osteoarthritis (OA). Increasing evidence suggests that activation of fibrinolysis is involved in OA pathogenesis. However, the role of the fibrinolytic pathway is not well understood. Here, we showed that the fibrinolytic pathway, which includes plasminogen/plasmin, tissue plasminogen activator, urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), and the uPA receptor (uPAR), was dysregulated in human OA joints. Pharmacological inhibition of plasmin attenuated OA progression after a destabilization of the medial meniscus in a mouse model whereas genetic deficiency of plasmin activator inhibitor, or injection of plasmin, exacerbated OA. We detected increased uptake of uPA/uPAR in mouse OA joints by microPET/CT imaging. In vitro studies identified that plasmin promotes OA development through multiple mechanisms, including the degradation of lubricin and cartilage proteoglycans and induction of inflammatory and degradative mediators. We showed that uPA and uPAR produced inflammatory and degradative mediators by activating the PI3K, 3'-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1, AKT, and ERK signaling cascades and activated matrix metalloproteinases to degrade proteoglycan. Together, we demonstrated that fibrinolysis contributes to the development of OA through multiple mechanisms and suggested that therapeutic targeting of the fibrinolysis pathway can prevent or slow development of OA.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

JCI insight - 9(2024), 8 vom: 19. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Shao, Guoqiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xiaoyi [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Heidi H [VerfasserIn]
Chin, Kate [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Mackenzie [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Audrey [VerfasserIn]
Bloom, Michelle S [VerfasserIn]
Love, Zelda Z [VerfasserIn]
Chu, Constance R [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Zhen [VerfasserIn]
Robinson, William H [VerfasserIn]

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9001-91-6
EC 3.4.21.7
EC 3.4.21.73
Fibrinolysin
Inflammation
Journal Article
Osteoarthritis
Plasminogen
Receptors, Urokinase Plasminogen Activator
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator

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Date Completed 23.04.2024

Date Revised 23.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1172/jci.insight.173603

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369918673