Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8956008 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2018 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) has been demonstrated that it plays a significant role in cell death receptor signal transduction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of TRAF2 and its possible role in FJOA. We observed an up-regulation of TRAF2 in FJOA by immunohistochemistry and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) compared to normal tissues. In vitro, we used TNF-α to stimulate Human SW1353 chondrosarcoma cells to establish the chondrocytes injury model. Western blot analysis revealed significant expression of TRAF2 and cleaved caspase-3/8 in SW1353â¯cells. Co-localization of TRAF2/cleaved caspase-3/8 was detected in the cells injury model by double-labeling immunofluorescent staining. We demonstrated a possible anti-apoptotic effect of TRAF2 in chondrocyte apoptosis in FJOA by knockdown of its expression with siRNA. Moreover, TRAF2 knockdown was demonstrated to enhance TNF-α-induced apoptosis by flow cytometry assay. In conclusion, our results show that the up-regulation of TRAF2 may play an important role in the inhibition of chondrocyte apoptosis of FJOA.
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Authors
Jiawei Jiang, Jinlong Zhang, Chunshuai Wu, Xiaofeng Guo, Chu Chen, Guofeng Bao, Yuyu Sun, Jiajia Chen, Pengfei Xue, Guanhua Xu, Zhiming Cui,