Prostaglandin E2 stimulates insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4 expression and synthesis in cultured human articular chondrocytes: possible mediation by Ca(++)-calmodulin regulated processes.
Insulin-like growth factor-1, IGF-1, is believed to be an important anabolic modulator of cartilage metabolism whose action is mediated by high affinity cell surface receptors and bioactivity and bioavailability regulated, in part, by IGF-1 binding proteins (IGFBPs). Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) stimulates collagen and proteoglycan synthesis in cartilage via an autocrine feedback loop involving IGF-1. We determined whether the eicosanoid could regulate IGFBP-4, a major form expressed by chondrocytes and, as such, act as a modifier of IGF-1 action at another level. Using human articular chondrocytes in high-density primary culture, Western and Western ligand blotting to measure secreted IGFBP-4 protein, and Northern analysis to monitor IGFBP-4 mRNA levels, we demonstrated that PGE2 provoked a 2.7 +/- 0.3- and 3.8 +/- 0.5- (n = 3) fold increase in IGFBP-4 mRNA and protein, respectively. This effect was reversed by the Ca(++) channel blocker, verapamil, and the Ca(++)/calmodulin inhibitor, W-7. The Ca(++)ionophore, ionomycin, mimicked the effects of PGE2. The phorbol ester, PMA, which activated phospholipid-dependent protein kinase C (PKC) in chondrocytes, had no effect on IGFBP-4 production. Cyclic AMP mimetics and PKA activators, IBMX, and Sp-cAMP, inhibited the expression of the binding protein as did the PGE2 secretagogue, interleukin-1 beta (IL-beta). The inhibitory effect of the latter cytokine was mediated by a erbstatin/genistein (tyrosine) sensitive kinase. Dexamethasone, an inhibitor of cyclooxygenase (COX-2) expression and PGE2 synthesis, down-regulated control, constitutive levels of IGFBP-4 mRNA and protein, eliminating the previously demonstrated possibility of cross-talk between glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and PGE2-receptor signalling pathways. The results suggest that extracellular signals control IGFBP-4 production by a number of different transducing networks with changes in Ca(++) and calmodulin activity exerting a strong positive influence, possibly maintaining the constitutivity of IGFBP-4 synthesis under basal conditions. PGE2 activation of the IGF-1/IGFBP axis may play a pivotal role in the metabolism of cartilage and possibly connective tissues in general. Eicosanoid biosynthesis may be a rate-limiting step in cartilage repair processes.
Di Battista
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Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, (Qc), Canada. dibattig@ere.umontreal.ca
Doré
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Morin
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Pelletier
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Martel-Pelletier
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D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism
D002147:Calmodulin; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003907:Dexamethasone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D015232:Dinoprostone; D002118:Calcium