Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To study the protective effect of tanshinone ⅡA on IL-1β induced inflammatory chondrocytes and the effect on PI3K/AKT/NF-κB pathway.
METHODS Chondrocytes were isolated from 10 SD rats and divided into five groups: normal group, tanshinone ⅡA(6.25, 12.5, 25 and 50 μmol·L
–1), after co-cultured with tanshinone ⅡA for 24 h, CCK8 assay was used to detect the proliferation effect on normal chondrocytes.At the same time, chondrocytes were divided into another 6 groups: normal group, IL-1β(10 ng·mL
-1) group, and IL-1β+tanshinone ⅡA(6.25, 12.5, 25, 50 μmol·L
–1) groups, IL-1β and tanshinone ⅡA were co-cultured for 24 h, and CCK8 assay was used to detect the cell proliferation.TNF-α, IL-6, PGE2 and NO levels in chondrocytes were detected by ELISA.The mRNA and protein expressions of iNOS, COX-2, collagen II, aggrecan, MMP-13, ADAMTS-5 were detected by qRT-PCR and Western blotting, and expression level of PI3K/AKT/NF-κB pathway protein was detected.
RESULTS For normal chondrocytes, tanshinone ⅡA(12.5, 25, 50 μmol·L
-1) co-incubation for 24 h could increase cell proliferation.For IL-1β induced inflammatory chondrocytes, compared with IL-1β group, tanshinone ⅡA(25, 50 μmol·L
–1) could increase cell proliferation(
P<0.01).In IL-1β+tanshinone ⅡA(12.5 μmol·L
-1) group the contents of IL-6, PGE2, NO, the mRNA expression of COX-2, ADAMTS-5, the expression of ADAMTS-5 protein were decreased significantly(
P<0.05 or
P<0.01); the expression of aggrecan protein was increased(
P<0.05).In IL-1β+tanshinone ⅡA(25, 50 μmol·L
-1) group the contents of TNF-α, IL-6, PGE2, NO, the mRNA and proteins expression of iNOS, COX-2, MMP-13, ADAMTS-5, the proteins expression of p-PI3K, p-AKT and p-P65 were decreased significantly(
P<0.05 or
P<0.01); the proteins expression of collagen-II and aggrecan were increased significantly(
P<0.05 or
P<0.01).
CONCLUSION Tanshinone ⅡA can effectively protect chondrocytes from inflammation induced by IL-1β, and play a protective role in osteoarthritis by promoting chondrocyte proliferation, inhibiting inflammatory response and inhibiting PI3K/AKT/NF-κB pathway.