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European Spine Journal

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01.08.2011 | Original Article

Cyclic stretch-induced apoptosis in rat annulus fibrosus cells is mediated in part by endoplasmic reticulum stress through nitric oxide production

verfasst von: Yue-Hui Zhang, Chang-Qing Zhao, Lei-Sheng Jiang, Li-Yang Dai

Erschienen in: European Spine Journal | Ausgabe 8/2011

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Abstract

Various mechanical stresses in vivo induce disc cell apoptosis and intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration, but the underlying molecular mechanism is not fully known. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in cyclic stretch-induced apoptosis of rat annulus fibrosus (AF) cells. Flexercell Tension Plus system was used to apply cyclic stretch to rat annulus fibrosus cells at a frequency of 0.5 Hz with 20% elongation for 12, 24, 36, or 48 h. Apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry, and nuclei morphologic changes were visualized by Hoechst 33258 staining and caspase-8, 9 activity assays. The expression of the markers of endoplasmic reticulum stress including CHOP, GRP78, and caspase-12 were determined by RT-PCR and Western blot. Mitochondrial membrane potential change was observed by JC-1 staining in situ. In addition, the levels of the nitric oxide (NO) were determined with the Griess reaction and fluorescence staining. The results indicated that cyclic stretch at a frequency of 0.5 Hz with 20% elongation-induced apoptosis in rat AF cells. Prolonged exposure of the unphysiologically cyclic stretch to AF cells caused NO overproduction, up-regulation of endoplasmic reticulum stress markers including CHOP, GRP78, and caspase-12, depolarization of mitochondria and activation of caspase-9. However, cyclic stretch at this level had no effect on caspase-8 activity. In addition, specific inhibitor of caspase-12 (Z-ATAD-FMK) and caspase-9 (Z-LEHD-FMK) partly suppressed cyclic stretch-induced AF cell apoptosis and the anti-apoptotic effects of the caspase inhibitors were additive. Our data suggest that endoplasmic reticulum stress, likely mediated by NO, contributes to the AF cell apoptosis induced by cyclic stretch in addition to the mitochondrial pathway. These findings could be helpful to understand the mechanism of disc cell apoptosis, the root cause of IVD degeneration.

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Titel: Cyclic stretch-induced apoptosis in rat annulus fibrosus cells is mediated in part by endoplasmic reticulum stress through nitric oxide production
verfasst von: Yue-Hui Zhang
Chang-Qing Zhao
Lei-Sheng Jiang
Li-Yang Dai
Publikationsdatum: 01.08.2011
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: European Spine Journal / Ausgabe 8/2011
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-011-1718-5

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