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Programmed cell death 5 factor enhances triptolide-induced fibroblast-like synoviocyte apoptosis of rheumatoid
Jun Jiang1, Ning Wang, Zhenpeng Guan
1Arthritis Clinical & Research Center, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Objective:
To study the effect of programmed cell death 5 (PDCD5) on apoptosis of rheumatoid arthritis fibroblast-like synoviocyte (RAFLS) induced by triptolide.
Method:
Cultured synovial cells in vitro from RA patients were transfected with Ad-PDCD5. In protein level, expression of PDCD5 protein in Ad-PDCD5 transfected RAFLS was detected by Western blot. RAFLS transfected with Ad-PDCD5 were cultured in presence or absence of triptolide and RAFLs apoptosis was determined by flow cytometry.
Result:
Transfection of RAFLS with increasing concentration of Ad-PDCD5 (50-300 MOI) resulted in dose-dependent increase of PDCD5 production. Apoptotic cells percentage of no transfection group, Ad-null group and Ad-PDCD5 group were, respectively, (22.41 +/- 3.87)%, (28.77 +/- 12.97)%, and (48.87 +/- 12.69)%. Alternatively, transfection without triptolide stimuli had no effect. The data showed that gene transfection of PDCD5 alone without triptolide was not sufficient to activate RAFLS apoptosis; PDCD5 acted as an enhancer rather than inductor of apoptosis.
Conclusion:
Overexpression of PDCD5 could enhance apoptosis of RA FLS induced by triptolide; PDCD5 may be a potential therapeutic target to RA.
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