Interleukin‑1β‑mediated suppression of microRNA‑27a‑3p activity in human cartilage via MAPK and NF‑κB pathways: A potential mechanism of osteoarthritis pathogenesis

  • Authors:
    • Xing Li
    • Peiheng He
    • Ziqing Li
    • Haixing Wang
    • Minghao Liu
    • Yinbo Xiao
    • Dongliang Xu
    • Yan Kang
    • Hua Wang
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  • Published online on: May 4, 2018     https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.8970
  • Pages: 541-549
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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of microRNA (miR)‑27a‑3p in osteoarthritis (OA). Reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blotting were performed to determine the expression of miR‑27a‑3p and aggrecanase‑2 (ADAMTS5) in cartilage tissues from patients with OA and healthy controls, and also in interleukin (IL)‑1β‑treated primary human chondrocytes. Primary human chondrocytes were transfected with miR‑27a‑3p. A luciferase reporter assay was used to validate the direct contact between miR‑27a‑3p and its putative binding site in the 3'‑untranslated region ADAMTS5 mRNA. Furthermore, the effects of IL‑1β‑induced activation of mitogen‑activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor (NF)‑κB on miR‑27a‑3p were evaluated using specific inhibitors. The results revealed that the level of miR‑27a‑3p was reduced in OA cartilage tissues compared with those of normal controls. In addition, decreased miR‑27a‑3p and increased ADAMTS5 expression was observed in a time‑ and dose‑dependent manner in chondrocytes treated with IL‑1β. Furthermore, overexpression of miR‑27a‑3p suppressed the expression of ADAMTS5 in human chondrocytes induced by IL‑1β. miR‑27a‑3p overexpression also decreased the luciferase activity of the wild‑type ADAMTS5 reporter plasmid. Mutation of the miR‑27a‑3p binding site in the 3'‑untranslated region of ADAMTS5 mRNA abolished the miR‑27a‑3p‑mediated repression of reporter activity. Furthermore, the use of specific inhibitors demonstrated that IL‑1β may regulate miR‑27a‑3p expression via NF‑κB and MAPK signaling pathways in chondrocytes. The present study concluded that miR‑27a‑3p was downregulated in human OA and was suppressed by IL‑1β, and functions as a crucial regulator of ADAMTS5 in OA chondrocytes. In addition, IL‑1β‑mediated suppression of miR‑27a‑3p activity may occur via the MAPK and NF‑κB pathways. The present study may provide a novel strategy for clinical treatment of OA caused by upregulation of miR‑27a‑3p.

Introduction

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a multifactorial disease that is characterized by biochemical and morphological alterations resulting from unbalanced cartilage anabolism and catabolism, and is a primary cause of pain and disability in the elderly population (1,2). Although the understanding of the exact mechanism of OA pathogenesis remains incomplete, the inflammatory response is considered to be implicated in the development and progression of OA (3). Interleukin (IL)-1β, which controls the degradation of articular cartilage matrix, is among the mediators involved in the disturbance of metabolic processes in OA pathophysiology (4). The catabolic effects of IL-1β are primarily mediated through the activation of various signaling pathways, including mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and nuclear factor (NF)-κB (4). Previous studies have demonstrated that aggrecanase-2 (ADAMTS5) is a major factor involved in OA (5), and inhibition of ADAMTS5 has been reported to prevent cartilage degradation in an animal OA model (6). Thus, ADAMTS5 regulation may be regarded as a rational strategy for therapeutic intervention in OA (7).

MicroRNAs (miRNAs/miRs) are a class of regulative non-coding RNA with a length of 18–23 nucleotides that function in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. miRNAs serve critical roles in multiple biological processes in human diseases (1). Previous studies have reported differential miRNAs expression patterns among OA, normal plasma (8), synovial fluid (9) and cartilage (10). A previous study demonstrated that miRNAs participated in the ‘tug-of-war’ between tissue homeostasis and OA pathogenesis (11). Further studies have demonstrated that dysregulation of miR-27a was involved in cardiovascular risk (12), neuronal autophagy in brain injury (13) and prostate cancer progression (14). In addition, treatment with anti-miR-27a significantly increased the expression of matrix metallopeptidase (MMP)-13 in human osteoarthritic chondrocytes (15). Certain miRNAs have been confirmed to serve an important role in OA pathogenesis and disease progression through the regulation of ADAMTS5 expression (16,17). However, whether miR-27a-3p regulates the expression of ADAMTS5 in primary normal chondrocytes and its role during the progression of OA remains to be determined.

The present study focused on the role of miR-27a-3p in OA development and the associated underlying mechanisms.

Materials and methods

Human cartilage collection

The consent and study plan was approved by the Ethics Committee on Human Experimentation at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China; IRB: 2011011) and complied with the Declaration of Helsinki 2000. All participants provided written informed consent. Femoral condyles or tibial plateaus were selected as specimens. Human OA cartilage was obtained from knee joints at the time of total knee replacement operation (n=5, aged 59–72 years). OA was diagnosed according to the American College of Rheumatology (18). Normal cartilage samples were taken from patients (n=5, aged 11–28 years), who suffered from various types of bone/soft tissue cancer affecting the thigh/ilium and had amputation of the thigh. Patient information is presented in Table I.

Table I.

Characteristics of patients included in the present study.

Table I.

Characteristics of patients included in the present study.

No.SexAgeDiagnosisOperationMaterial positionClassification
  1M16Right thigh osteosarcomaAmputationRight KneeNormal cartilage
  2M23Left iliac Ewing sarcomaAmputationLeft KneeNormal cartilage
  3F22Malignant soft tissue tumor of the left thighAmputationLeft KneeNormal cartilage
  4M28Right thigh osteosarcomaAmputationRight KneeNormal cartilage
  5F11Left thigh Ewing sarcomaAmputationLeft KneeNormal cartilage
  6M59Osteoarthritis in both kneesTKARight KneeOA cartilage
  7F65Left knee osteoarthritisTKALeft KneeOA cartilage
  8F65Osteoarthritis in both kneesTKARight KneeOA cartilage
  9M72Left knee osteoarthritisTKALeft KneeOA cartilage
10F65Osteoarthritis in both kneesTKALeft KneeOA cartilage

[i] M, male; F, female; OA, osteoarthritis; TKA, total knee arthroplasty.

Primary chondrocyte isolation and cell culture

Articular cartilage tissues obtained from normal articular cartilage were broken up into small pieces (<1 mm3) and digested sequentially in pronase (Roche Diagnostics, Basel, Switzerland) at 37°C for 90 min and collagenase P (Roche Diagnostics) for 12 h at 37°C on a stirring plate. Isolated primary human articular chondrocytes were seeded into flasks containing Dulbecco's Modified Eagle's medium/F12 (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Waltham, MA, USA) supplemented with 5% fetal bovine serum, 1% penicillin and 1% streptomycin at 37°C and 5% CO2. The medium was replaced every three days. First-passage chondrocytes were used for subsequent experiments.

Computational prediction of miR-27a-3p target gene

The miRNA target prediction software miRanda (http://www.microrna.org) and the TargetScan Database (http://www.targetscan.org/) were employed to predict miR-27a-3p binding sites in human 3′UTRs as described in a previous study (19), and only those identified by two software were selected for further study.

Treatment with IL-1β and transfection

When the cells reached 80% confluence, 1×106 cells were seeded into 6-well plates for recombinant human IL-1β (PeproTech, Inc., Rocky Hill, NJ, USA) treatment and stimulated with 0, 1, 5 or 10 ng/ml IL-1β for 0, 3, 4, 5, 8 or 24 h (0–5 h for RNA extraction and 0–24 h for protein extraction). For miR-27a-3p overexpression experiments, 2×104 primary human chondrocytes were transfected with 50 nM miR-27a-3p mimic (5′-UUCACAGUGGCUAAGUUCCGC-3′; Guangzhou RiboBio, Co., Ltd., Guangzhou, China) using Lipofectamine® 2000 (Gibco; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.), according to the manufacturer's protocol. miR-Control (cat. no. miR01101; Guangzhou RiboBio, Co., Ltd.) with 50 nM was used as a control. After 24 h transfection, the cells were treated with IL-1β (5 ng/ml) at 37°C for 5 and 24 h to collect the mRNA and protein, respectively. For the involvement of NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways investigation, 1×106 primary human chondrocytes were treated with pathway-specific inhibitors. The NF-κB inhibitor, SN50 (5 µM) and various MAPK inhibitors, including SB203580 (1 µM), PD98059 (10 µM) and SP600125 (10 µM) (p38, MEK-1/2 and c-Jun N-terminal kinase inhibitors, respectively), were used to treat cells for 2 h prior to the exposure of IL-1β, which was followed by treatment with IL-1β (5 ng/ml; 5 h for RNA extraction and 24 h for protein extraction) at 37°C. The cells were then harvested for subsequent experiments.

Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR)

Total RNA was extracted from cartilage tissues and chondrocytes using TRIzol (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). cDNA was generated using the PrimeScript® miRNA cDNA Synthesis kit (Takara Biotechnology, Inc.). To analyze miR-27a-3p expression, qPCR was performed using SYBR Premix Ex Taq II (Takara Bio, Inc., Otsu, Japan) on a CFX96 Real-Time PCR detection system (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA, USA). miR-27a-3p expression was normalized to U6 expression (20). For GAPDH and ADAMTS5, total RNA was reverse transcribed using the miRNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen Sciences, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD, USA) and qPCR was performed using the SYBR green system (Takara Bio, Inc.) (21). GAPDH was used as a reference. Relative expression levels were quantified by the 2−ΔΔCq method (22). Each experiment was repeated three times and each assay was performed in triplicate. All primers were designed by Sangon Biotech Co., Ltd., (Shanghai, China). Gene-specific primer pairs were as follows: ADAMTS5 forward, 5′-AATGCACTTCAGCCACCATCA-3′ and reverse, 5′-TCGTAGGTCTGTCCTGGGAGTTC-3′; GAPDH forward, 5′-GCACCGTCAAGGCTGAGAAC-3′ and reverse, 5′-TGGTGAAGACGCCAGTGGA-3′. The primer sequence for RT-PCR miR-27a-3p forward, 5′-TTCACAGTGGCTAAGTTCCGC-3′, miRNA-specific primer was provided by Mir-X miRNA qRT-PCR SYBR kits; U6 forward, 5′-GCTTCGGCAGCACATATACTAAAAT-3′ and reverse, 5′-CGCTTCACGAATTTGCGTGTCAT-3′.

Western blot analysis

Western blot experiments were performed according to standard methods. Total protein was isolated from primary human chondrocytes or cartilage tissues. Cells were placed on ice immediately following treatments washed with ice-cold PBS and harvested in Mammalian Protein Extraction Reagent buffer (Pierce; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.). All of the wash buffers and Mammalian Protein Extraction Reagent buffer included a 1X protease inhibitor mixture (Roche Diagnostics), NaF (5 mM) and Na3VO4 (200 µM). The concentration of the protein was detected by the bicinchoninic acid method. Subsequently, 50 mg total cell proteins from each sample was resolved by 10% SDS-PAGE and transferred by electroblotting to polyvinylidene difluoride membranes (EMD Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). The membranes were blocked with 5% nonfat dry milk in 0.1% TBS-Tween-20 (TBST) at 37°C for 1 h and subsequently incubated overnight at 4°C in 5% nonfat dry milk in TBST with a primary antibody against ADAMTS5 (1:1,000 dilution; cat. no. ab135656; Abcam, Cambridge, UK). A primary antibody against GAPDH (1:2,000 dilution, cat. no. 5174S; Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.) was also used. After washing, the membranes were incubated with anti-rabbit antibody (1:3,000; cat. no. 111-035-003; Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories, Inc., West Grove, PA, USA) conjugated to horseradish peroxidase at 37°C for 1 h and proteins were detected using Enhanced Chemiluminescence Plus reagent (Invitrogen; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.) and an ImageQuant LAS 4000 Mini detection system (GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Little Chalfont, UK). Densitometric analysis was performed using ImageJ software version 1.39 (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA).

Dual luciferase assays

DNA sequences of the ADAMTS5 3′untranslated region (3′UTR) were amplified by PCR (98°C 10 sec; 55°C 5 sec or 15 sec; 72°C 1 min/kb; 30 cycles), and used the Prime STAR HS DNA Polymerase (Takara Bio, Inc.). The amplified DNA sequences were cloned into the pMIR-REPORT Luciferase (Obio Technology Corp., Ltd., Shanghai, China) and the restriction enzymes used were Mlu and Hind III (NEB), and co-transfected using Lipofectamine 2000 (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., with the control or hsa-miR-27a-3p into 293 cells (purchased from American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, VA, USA). The DNA sequence of ‘ADAMTS5 3′UTR’ was amplified on the genomic DNA. The primers that were used for amplification are H4597-4-1 and H4597-4-2, the sequence for H4597-4-1 is 5′-ATAGGCCGGCATAGACGCGTCAACTTAACTGGCTAGTACATTG-3′, and H4597-4-2 is 5′-AAAGATCCTTTATTAAGCTTTACTTTAACCTAGTTTACAATTTATATTTATTATG-3′. The sequencing primers for ADAMTS5 3′UTR Vector are Luc-C-F, M13F and H4597-F1, with Luc-C-F: GAGGAGTTGTGTTTGTGGAC, M13F: TGTAAAACGACGGCCAGT, and H4597-F1: GTGAGGAAAACTGTGATTTGTAGG.

For the dual luciferase assay, 1.2×104 293 cells in a 96-well plate were transfected with 50 nM miR-27a-3p or miR-NC (Guangzhou RiboBio Co., Ltd.). The cells were then co-transfected with 2 mg/ml of vector with the wild-type or mutant 3′UTR of ADAMTS5 gene. Cell lysates were harvested 48 h after transfection and luciferase activity was determined using the Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay System (Promega Corporation, Madison, WI, USA). Firefly luciferase values were normalized to the Renilla signal, and the ratio of the Firefly/Renilla values was determined. All experiments were performed in triplicate.

Statistical analysis

Continuous data are presented as the mean ± standard deviation. One-way analysis of variance or Student's t-tests were used to identify significant differences among or between groups. P<0.05 was considered to indicate a statistically significant difference. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software version 19.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA). All experiments were performed at least three times.

Results

Expression levels of miR-27a-3p and ADAMTS5 in normal and OA cartilage

To investigate the potential effect of miR-27a-3p in the progression of OA, the present study determined the expression of miR-27a-3p in normal and OA articular cartilage. The results demonstrated that miR-27a-3p expression was significantly decreased in OA cartilage compared with normal cartilage (Fig. 1A), while the mRNA and protein expression levels of ADAMTS5 were significantly upregulated in OA cartilage compared with normal cartilage (Fig. 1B-D).

IL-1β suppresses miR-27a-3p expression and induces ADAMTS5 expression in primary human chondrocytes

Subsequently, the present study determined the expression of miR-27a-3p and ADAMTS5 in IL-1β-stimulated human chondrocytes. Decreased miR-27a-3p (Fig. 2A and B) and increased ADAMTS5 mRNA and protein (Fig. 2C-F) expression was observed in a time- and dose-dependent manner in chondrocytes treated with IL-1β. These results indicated that there may be a negative association between miR-27a-3p and the expression of ADAMTS5 in the development of OA.

miR-27a-3p inhibits ADAMTS5 expression in human chondrocytes

RT-qPCR was performed to confirm the successful overexpression of miR-27a-3p in human chondrocytes (Fig. 3A). RT-qPCR and western blot analysis demonstrated that overexpression of miR-27a-3p suppressed the mRNA and protein expression of ADAMTS5 in human chondrocytes, compared with miR-Control-transfected cells (Fig. 3B-D). Furthermore, miR-27a-3p overexpression downregulated IL-1β-induced increases in the mRNA and protein expression of ADAMTS5 in human chondrocytes (Fig. 3B-D). These results indicated that the expression of ADAMTS5 may be downregulated by miR-27a-3p in human chondrocytes.

miR-27a-3p targets the 3′UTR of ADAMTS5 mRNA

To further clarify the molecular mechanisms that underlie the regulation of ADAMTS5 expression by miR-27a-3p, the sequence in the 3′UTR of ADAMTS5 gene was analyzed. Bioinformatics prediction such as miRanda (http://www.microrna.org) and the TargetScan Database (http://www.targetscan.org/) demonstrated that ADAMTS5 may be a potential miR-27a-3p target gene (Fig. 4A). 293 cells were co-transfected with miR-27a-3p mimics or miR-Control and wild-type or mutant ADAMTS5 plasmids. A double-luciferase reporter gene system demonstrated that the miR-27a-3p mimics had no significant effect on the luciferase activity of the mutant ADAMTS5 plasmid, but significantly decreased the luciferase activity of the wild-type reporter plasmid compared with those co-transfected with miR-Control (P<0.05; Fig. 4B). These results indicated that ADAMTS5 may be a direct target of miR-27a-3p.

IL-1β regulates miR-27a-3p expression via NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways in chondrocytes

A previous study confirmed that IL-1β induced the activation of NF-κB and MAPK in human chondrocytes (23), and IL-1β has also been reported to modulate the transcription of MMPs and tissue inhibitor of metallopeptidases via NF-κB and MAPK (24). To determine whether the NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways may regulate IL-1β-dependent expression of miR-27a-3p and ADAMTS5, primary human chondrocytes were treated with pathway-specific inhibitors. Compared with IL-1β treatment alone, the expression of miR-27a-3p was enhanced by pretreatment with NF-κB and MAPK inhibitors (Fig. 5A) and ADAMTS5 expression was suppressed at both the mRNA and protein levels (Fig. 5B-D). These results indicated that the effect of IL-1β on miR-27a-3p and ADAMTS5 expression in human chondrocytes may be associated with the activation of the NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways.

Discussion

Disruptions in extracellular matrix (ECM) homeostasis are key events in the pathogenesis of OA (25) and ADAMTS5 has a key role in ECM homeostasis due to its capacity to degrade a wide range of ECM components (26). The current study demonstrated that the expression of miR-27a-3p was significantly lower in OA cartilage compared with normal cartilage, while the overexpression of miR-27a-3p in human chondrocytes inhibited ADAMTS5 expression. In addition, the expression levels of ADAMTS5 and miR-27a-3p were demonstrated to be mediated by IL-1β, which may be associated with the activation of the NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways. Mutation of the miR-27a-3p binding site in the 3′-UTR of ADAMTS5 mRNA abolished miR-27a-3p-mediated repression of reporter activity. Overall, the results of the present study indicated that miR-27a-3p may serve a role in regulating the expression of ADAMTS5 in OA.

Aggrecan depletion in arthritic cartilage has been considered to be the primary pathological feature of OA (27). During OA development, ADAMTS5 activity is regulated at the transcriptional level and via post-translational modifications and the proprotein may be processed by various convertases or proteases, including furin, proprotein convertase 7 and syndecan 4 (28,29). Previous studies have investigated the pathogenesis of OA using ADAMTS4/5 knockout mice, the results of which revealed that inhibition of ADAMTS5, but not ADAMTS4, relieved aggrecan degradation and cartilage destruction, which indicated that ADAMTS5 served a role in OA cartilage aggrecan degradation in mice (5,6). Consistent with previously published data (30), the present study demonstrated that ADAMTS5 was upregulated in human OA cartilage compared with normal cartilage.

The catabolic and anabolic effects of miRNAs on OA cartilage has received attention (31). miRNAs have also been reported to be involved in the pathogenesis of ADAMTS5-associated OA. miRNA-140-knock-out mice developed OA-like features, which were attributed to the elevated expression of ADAMTS5 (29). In addition, IL-1β suppressed the expression of miRNA-140 in chondrocytes in vitro (32) and Miyaki et al (29) reported that miR-140 downregulated ADAMTS5 expression in IL-1β-induced OA chondrocytes. Furthermore, Hu et al (33) reported that miR-302, nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group F member 2 and octamer-binding transcription factor 4 may be involved in a novel mechanism for understanding and inducing pluripotency in somatic cells, and that NR2F2 may be directly targeted by miR-302. Liang et al (34) demonstrated that miR-302 was downregulated in irradiated breast cancer cells and is a potential sensitizer to radiotherapy. However, the role of miR-27a-3p in OA and whether miR-27a-3p regulates ADAMTS5 remains unknown. In the present study, miR-27a-3p was downregulated in OA cartilage compared with normal cartilage. The overexpression of miR-27a-3p inhibited the expression of ADAMTS5 in human chondrocytes. These observations, along with the results of the luciferase reporter assay, indicated that miR-27a-3p may interact with the 3′UTR of ADAMTS5 mRNA and downregulate its expression at the post-transcriptional level. These results indicated that miR-27a-3p may serve important roles in the pathogenesis and development of OA.

Cartilage matrix degradation may be stimulated and enhanced by cytokines, such as IL-1β or tumor necrosis factor-α, which promote aggrecan degradation through the regulation of MMPs and aggrecanases (35). IL-1β may stimulate ADAMTS5 expression, which leads to cartilage extracellular matrix degradation. A previous study demonstrated a critical role of miR-30a in regulating IL-1β-meditated OA pathogenesis and provided novel insight into the mechanisms of cytokine modulation of ADAMTS5 expression (30). In the present study, IL-1β treatment repressed miR-27a-3p expression in chondrocytes. It was also demonstrated that IL-1β-induced suppression of miR-27a-3p was reversed by NF-κB and MAPK inhibitors. A similar induction of ADAMTS5 in OA by NF-κB and MAPK activation was previously reported (36). These results indicate that miR-27a-3p may serve an important role in the degeneration of cartilage and may be regulated by NF-κB and MAPK catabolic pathways in chondrocytes.

The current study has several limitations. Only 5 unpaired samples were used, and studies with a higher number of samples with similar age should be performed to confirm these results. Although it is difficult to collect more normal cartilage in a short time because of the limited number of patients undergoing the right type of surgery to obtain these tissues and who are willing to enroll in the study, therefore greater numbers will be collected to enhance validity in the future. Another limitation is that the current study only focused on the regulation of ADAMTS5 by miR-27a-3p; the regulation of aggrecan degradation by miR-27a-3p will be investigated in future studies. In addition, the present study primarily consisted of in vitro experiments, and in vivo experiments should be performed in future studies.

In conclusion, this study demonstrated that miR-27a-3p was downregulated in human OA and was suppressed by IL-1β, acting as a crucial regulator of ADAMTS5, in OA chondrocytes. The data may provide insight into the roles of miR-27a-3p in OA pathogenesis as a therapeutic target for OA.

Acknowledgements

Not applicable.

Funding

The present study was supported by the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (grant no. 2016A030313259), the Startup Foundation for Doctors of the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (grant no. 2015A030310451), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 81401840) and Sun Yat-sen University Starting Funds for Young Teachers (grant no. 16ykpy31).

Availability of data and materials

All data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.

Authors' contributions

PH and HW conceived and designed the study. XL, YK, ZL and HXW performed the experiments. HW, ZL and HXW wrote the paper. YX, ML and DX analyzed the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee on Human Experimentation at the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University (Guangzhou, China; IRB: 2011011). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.

Consent for publication

Not applicable.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Glossary

Abbreviations

Abbreviations:

OA

osteoarthritis

ADAMTS5

aggrecanase-2

ECM

extracellular matrix

MAPK

mitogen-activated protein kinase

miRNA

microRNA

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Li X, He P, Li Z, Wang H, Liu M, Xiao Y, Xu D, Kang Y and Wang H: Interleukin‑1β‑mediated suppression of microRNA‑27a‑3p activity in human cartilage via MAPK and NF‑κB pathways: A potential mechanism of osteoarthritis pathogenesis. Mol Med Rep 18: 541-549, 2018.
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Li, X., He, P., Li, Z., Wang, H., Liu, M., Xiao, Y. ... Wang, H. (2018). Interleukin‑1β‑mediated suppression of microRNA‑27a‑3p activity in human cartilage via MAPK and NF‑κB pathways: A potential mechanism of osteoarthritis pathogenesis. Molecular Medicine Reports, 18, 541-549. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.8970
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Li, X., He, P., Li, Z., Wang, H., Liu, M., Xiao, Y., Xu, D., Kang, Y., Wang, H."Interleukin‑1β‑mediated suppression of microRNA‑27a‑3p activity in human cartilage via MAPK and NF‑κB pathways: A potential mechanism of osteoarthritis pathogenesis". Molecular Medicine Reports 18.1 (2018): 541-549.
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Li, X., He, P., Li, Z., Wang, H., Liu, M., Xiao, Y., Xu, D., Kang, Y., Wang, H."Interleukin‑1β‑mediated suppression of microRNA‑27a‑3p activity in human cartilage via MAPK and NF‑κB pathways: A potential mechanism of osteoarthritis pathogenesis". Molecular Medicine Reports 18, no. 1 (2018): 541-549. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.8970