Butein Activates Autophagy Through AMPK/TSC2/ULK1/mTOR Pathway to Inhibit IL-6 Expression in IL-1beta Stimulated Human Chondrocytes.

Title

Butein Activates Autophagy Through AMPK/TSC2/ULK1/mTOR Pathway to Inhibit IL-6 Expression in IL-1beta Stimulated Human Chondrocytes.

Creator

Ansari Mohammad Y; Ahmad Nashrah; Haqqi Tariq M

Publisher

Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology

Date

2018
2018

Description

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Butein (2',3,4,4'-Tetrahydroxychalcone), a polyphenol produced by several plants including Butea monoserpma, has been reported to exert potent anti-inflammatory activity but the mechanism remains unknown. In the present work we investigated the mechanism of Butein-mediated suppression of IL-6 expression in normal and human osteoarthritis (OA) chondrocytes under pathological conditions. METHODS: Expression level of interleukin-6 (IL-6) protein in OA cartilage was analyzed by immunohistochemistry using a validated antibody. Chondrocytes derived from normal or OA cartilage by enzymatic digestion were pretreated with Butein followed by stimulation with interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and the levels of IL-6 mRNA were quantified by TaqMan assay and the protein levels were measured by Western immunoblotting. Autophagy activation was determined by Western blotting and confocal microscopy. Autophagy was inhibited by siRNA mediated knockdown of ATG5. RESULTS: Expression of IL-6 protein was high in the OA cartilage compared to smooth cartilage from the same patient. OA chondrocytes and cartilage explants stimulated with IL-1beta showed high level expression of IL-6 mRNA and protein. Butein increased the phosphorylation of AMPKalphaThr-172, TSC2Ser-1387 and ULK1Ser-317 and inhibited the phosphorylation of mTORSer-2448 and its downstream target p70S6K and increased autophagy flux that correlated with the suppression of the IL-1beta mediated expression of IL-6 in normal and OA chondrocytes. In OA chondrocytes with siRNA-mediated knockdown of ATG5 expression, treatment with Butein failed to activate autophagy and abrogated the suppression of IL-1beta induced IL-6 expression. CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrate for the first time that Butein activate autophagy in OA chondrocytes via AMPK/TSC2/ULK1/mTOR pathway. Additionally, activation of autophagy was essential to block the IL-1beta-induced expression of IL-6 in OA chondrocytes. These data support further studies to evaluate the use of Butein or compounds derived from it for the management of OA.

Subject

AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism; AMPK; Articular/cytology/pathology; Autophagy; Autophagy-Related Protein 5/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism; Autophagy-Related Protein-1 Homolog/metabolism; Autophagy/*drug effects; Butein; Cartilage; Cell Survival/drug effects; Cells; Chalcones/*pharmacology; Chondrocytes/cytology/drug effects/metabolism; Cultured; Humans; Inflammation; Interleukin-1beta/*pharmacology; Interleukin-6/genetics/*metabolism; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism; mTOR; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis/metabolism/pathology; Phosphorylation/drug effects; Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism; RNA; RNA Interference; Signal Transduction/*drug effects; Small Interfering/metabolism; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism; TSC2; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Protein; Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism; ULK1

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Rights

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Pages

932–946

Issue

3

Volume

49

Citation

Ansari Mohammad Y; Ahmad Nashrah; Haqqi Tariq M, “Butein Activates Autophagy Through AMPK/TSC2/ULK1/mTOR Pathway to Inhibit IL-6 Expression in IL-1beta Stimulated Human Chondrocytes.,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed March 19, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/4733.