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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zhang, Haining
• Li, Zhenghui
• Gao, Huanshen
• Li, Dawei
• Leng, Ping
• Sun, Yi
• Li, Chenkai
• Liu, Shen
• Shen Liu

Titel

Mechanism of Abnormal Chondrocyte Proliferation Induced by Piezo1-siRNA Exposed to Mechanical Stretch

Ist Teil von

• BioMed research international, 2020, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-9

Ort / Verlag

Cairo, Egypt: Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective. To investigate the effect of small interfering RNA targeting mechanosensitive ion channel protein Piezo1 (Piezo1-siRNA) on abnormal chondrocyte proliferation exposed to mechanical stretch. Methods. Construct and screen effective Piezo1-siRNA sequences and explore an appropriate method to transfect lentiviral vector into chondrocytes exposed to mechanical stretch. Western blot and RT-PCR were used to detect the mRNA and protein expression of Piezo1, Kif18A, and β-tubulin, respectively. Flow cytometry was used to measure the changes in the chondrocyte cycle. The proliferation of chondrocyte was evaluated by cell counting kit-8. Results. According to the mRNA and protein expression of Piezo1, the effective siRNA sequence was successfully screened. Compared with the 0 h group, mechanical stretch upregulated the expression of Piezo1, Kif18A, and β-tubulin, resulting in chondrocyte cycle arrest and eventually inhibiting chondrocyte proliferation. Moreover, Piezo1-siRNA transfection effectively blocks this process and promotes the proliferation of chondrocyte. Conclusion. Piezo1-siRNA can reduce the inhibition of chondrocyte proliferation induced by mechanical stretch via downregulating the expression of Kif18A and inhibiting the depolymerization of microtubules. Piezo1-siRNA plays a protective role in chondrocytes, which provides a potential method for the treatment of OA under abnormal mechanical stimulation.