Hypoxia‑induced autophagy is inhibited by PADI4 knockdown, which promotes apoptosis of fibroblast‑like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis

Fan,Tingting; Zhang,Changsong; Zong,Ming; Fan,Lieying

doi:10.3892/mmr.2018.8501

Hypoxia‑induced autophagy is inhibited by PADI4 knockdown, which promotes apoptosis of fibroblast‑like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis

Authors:
- Tingting Fan
- Changsong Zhang
- Ming Zong
- Lieying Fan
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Affiliations: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University Medical School, Shanghai 200120, P.R. China, Clinical Oncology Laboratories, Changzhou Tumor Hospital, Medical College of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213032, P.R. China
Published online on: January 26, 2018 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2018.8501
Pages: 5116-5124
Copyright: © Fan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

Impaired apoptosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)‑fibroblast‑like synoviocytes (FLS) is pivotal in the process of RA. Peptidyl arginine deiminase type IV (PADI4) is associated with autoantibody regulation via histone citrullination in RA. The present study aimed to investigate the role of PADI4 in the apoptosis of RA‑FLS. FLS were isolated from patients with RA and a rat model. The effects of PADI4 on RA‑FLS were investigated in vitro and in vivo. Hypoxia‑induced autophagy was induced by 1% O2 and was detected by immunohistochemical and immunofluorescence analysis; in addition, apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry. RA‑FLS obtained from RA rat model exhibited significant proliferation under severe hypoxia conditions. Hypoxia also significantly induced autophagy and elevated the expression of PADI4. Subsequently, short hairpin RNA‑mediated PADI4 knockdown was demonstrated to significantly inhibit hypoxia‑induced autophagy and promote apoptosis in RA‑FLS. The results of these in vitro and in vivo studies suggested that PADI4 may be closely associated with hypoxia‑induced autophagy, and the inhibition of hypoxia‑induced autophagy by PADI4 knockdown may contribute to an increase in the apoptosis of RA‑FLS.

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