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ArticleCartilage2021

Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1α Is a Regulator of Autophagy in Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes.

Junren Lu, Yi Peng, Jiapeng Zou, Jiayi Wang, Shunyi Lu, Tengfei Fu, Libo Jiang, Chi Zhang, Jian Zhang

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Article in Cartilage, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Advances in the study of mitophagy in osteoarthritis.Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Junren LuDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Yi PengDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Jiapeng ZouDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Jiayi WangDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Shunyi LuDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Tengfei FuDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Libo JiangDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Chi ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Jian ZhangDepartment of Orthopedics, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9394-0859
Zhongshan Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the relationship between hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) and the autophagic response in osteoarthritic chondrocytes (OA), under inflammatory insult as represented by

methodsHuman chondrocyte cell line C28/I2 was cultured in both normoxic and hypoxic conditions and treated with interleukin-1β (IL1β) to emulate OA inflammatory insult

resultsChondrocyte basal autophagy levels were higher in a HIF-1α elevated environment and was more resistant to IL1β-induced inflammatory insult. Increase in autophagic proteins showed better chondrocyte repair, which resulted a lower level of reactive oxygen species production, and lesser damage to chondrocyte integrity. Silencing HIF-1α activates cellular PINK1/Parkin and BNIP3 mitophagic proteins, which leads to the activation of Caspase/Cleaved Caspase 3 apoptotic cascade.

conclusionOur results show that chondrocyte autophagy is dependent on HIF-1α expression, showing the importance of HIF-1α in hypoxic chondrocyte function in OA. Dysregulation of HIF-1α expression results in the activation of mitophagy-mediated apoptosis.

Indexed as

Cartilage, ArticularChondrocytesAutophagyCell HypoxiaHumansHypoxiaautophagychondrocytehypoxia inducible factor-1αmitophagyosteoarthritis

Identifiers

PMID34459260
PMCPMC8804738
OpenAlexW3198454294

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