1. Cyanidin attenuates the apoptosis of rat nucleus pulposus cells and the degeneration of intervertebral disc via the JAK2/STAT3 signal pathway in vitro and in vivo.
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Xiaoliang Bai, Meichao Jiang, Jie Wang, Shuai Yang, Zhiwei Liu, Hongxin Zhang, and Xiaojuan Zhu
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NUCLEUS pulposus , *JAK-STAT pathway , *CYANIDIN , *CELL death , *CELLULAR signal transduction , *INTERVERTEBRAL disk , *APOPTOSIS - Abstract
Context: Cyanidin has been shown to have therapeutic potential in osteoarthritis. However, it is unclear whether cyanidin prevents the progression of intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD). Objective: This study evaluates the effects of cyanidin on IVDD in vitro and in vivo. Materials and methods: Nucleus pulposus cells (NPCs) isolated from lumbar IVD of 4-week-old male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were exposed to 20 ng/mL IL-1b, and then treated with different doses (0-120 mM) of cyanidin for 24 h. SD rats were classified into three groups (n=8) and treated as follows: control (normal saline), IVDD (vehicle), IVDDþcyanidin (50mg/kg). Cyanidin was administered intraperitoneally for 8 weeks. Results: The IC50 of cyanidin for NPCs was 94.78 mM, and cyanidin had no toxicity at concentrations up to 500 mg/kg in SD rats. Cyanidin inhibited the apoptosis of NPCs induced by IL-1b (12.73 ± 0.61% vs. 18.54 ± 0.60%), promoted collagen II (0.82-fold) and aggrecan (0.81-fold) expression, while reducing MMP-13 (1.02-fold) and ADAMTS-5 (1.40-fold) expression. Cyanidin increased the formation of autophagosomes in IL-1b-induced NPCs, and promoted LC3II/LC3I (0.83-fold) and beclin-1 (0.85-fold) expression, which could be reversed by chloroquine. Cyanidin inhibited the phosphorylation of JAK2 (0.47-fold) and STAT3 (0.53-fold) in IL-1b-induced NPCs. The effects of cyanidin could be enhanced by AG490. Furthermore, cyanidin mitigated disc degeneration in IVDD rats in vivo. Discussion and conclusions: Cyanidin improved the function of NPCs in IVDD by regulating the JAK2/STAT3 pathway, which may provide a novel alternative strategy for IVDD. The mechanism of cyanidin improving IVDD still needs further work for in-depth investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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