RIPK1 suppresses apoptosis mediated by TNF and caspase-3 in intervertebral discs

Background Low back pain has become a serious social and economic burden and the leading cause of disability worldwide. Among a variety of pathophysiological triggers, intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration plays a primary underlying role in causing such pain. Specifically, multiple independent endplate changes have been implicated in the initiation and progression of IVD degeneration. Methods In this study, we built a signaling network comprising both well-characterized IVD pathology-associated proteins as well as some potentially correlated proteins that have been associated with one or more of the currently known pathology-associated proteins. We then screened for the potential IVD degeneration-associated proteins using patients’ normal and degenerative endplate specimens. Short hairpin RNAs for receptor interacting serine/threonine kinase 1 (RIPK1) were constructed to examine the effects of RIPK1 knockdown in primary chondrocyte cells and in animal models of caudal vertebra intervertebral disc degeneration in vivo. Results RIPK1 was identified as a potential IVD degeneration-associated protein based on IVD pathology-associated signaling networks and the patients’ degenerated endplate specimens. Construction of the short hairpin RNAs was successful, with short-term RIPK1 knockdown triggering inflammation in the primary chondrocytes, while long-term knockdown triggered apoptosis through cleavage of the caspase 3 pathway, down-regulated NF-κB and mitogen-activating protein kinase (MAPK)s cascades, and decreased cell survival and inflammation. Animal models of caudal vertebra intervertebral disc degeneration further demonstrated that apoptosis was induced by up-regulation of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) accompanied by down-regulation of NF-κB and MAPKs cascades that are dependent on caspase and RIPK1. Conclusions These results provide proof-of-concept for developing novel therapies to combat IVD degeneration through interfering with RIPK1-mediated apoptosis signaling pathways especially in patients with RIPK1 abnormality..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

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Journal of translational medicine - 17(2019), 1 vom: 27. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qiu, Xubin [VerfasserIn]
Zhuang, Ming [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Ziwen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhiwei [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Dong [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Chenlei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jinbo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Apoptosis
Degeneration
Intervertebral disc
RIPK1

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© The Author(s) 2019

doi:

10.1186/s12967-019-1886-3

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SPR02897168X