Oxidative stress-induced DNA damage in the synovial cells of the temporomandibular joint in the rat.
Synovial hyperplasia is a feature of degenerative temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disease. However, the mechanism by which hyperplasia progresses in the TMJ is unknown. Based on the hypothesis that the oxidative stress generated by mechanical loading causes degenerative changes in the TMJ synovium, we investigated the generation of the highly reactive species, peroxynitrite, and the occurrence of DNA damage in the synovium. After condylar hypermobility of rat TMJs, a marker of peroxynitrite, nitrotyrosine, was localized to the nuclei and cytoplasm of the synovial lining cells and fibroblasts in synovitis-induced TMJ. DNA single-strand breaks were found in the nuclei of the synovial cells only after enzyme treatment, whereas DNA double-strand breaks were not detected. These findings indicate that condylar hypermovement induces the proliferation of synovial cells, and suggest that oxidative stress leads to the progression of synovial hyperplasia via DNA damage of the synovial cells in TMJs after mechanical loading.
Department of Oral Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Oral Science, Kyushu University Graduate Schoolof Dental Science, Fukuoka, Japan. yamazata@dent-kyushu-u.ac.jp
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D000818:Animals; D004249:DNA Damage; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000503:physiopathology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D030421:Peroxynitrous Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013585:Synovitis / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
D030421:Peroxynitrous Acid; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C002744:3-nitrotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496318:Nos2 protein, rat