Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19030825
Keywords
dextromethorphan; osteoarthritis; chondrocyte; MMP-13; collagen-induced arthritis
Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology [MOST 105-2314-B-182A-136-MY2]
- National Health Research Institute
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan [CMRPG3E2162]
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder and primarily affects older people. The ideal anti-OA drug should have a modest anti-inflammatory effect and only limited or no toxicity for long-term use. Because the antitussive medication dextromethorphan (DXM) is protective in atherosclerosis and neurological diseases, two common disorders in aged people, we examined whether DXM can be protective in pro-inflammatory cytokine-stimulated chondrocytes and in a collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) animal model in this study. Chondrocytes were prepared from cartilage specimens taken from pigs or OA patients. Western blotting, quantitative PCR, and immunohistochemistry were adopted to measure the expression of collagen II (Col II) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP). DXM significantly restored tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)-mediated reduction of collagen II and decreased TNF-alpha-induced MMP-13 production. To inhibit the synthesis of MMP-13, DXM blocked TNF-alpha, downstream signaling, including I kappa B kinase (IKK)alpha/beta-I kappa B alpha-nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappa B) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-activator protein-1 (AP-1) activation. Besides this, DXM protected the CIA mice from severe inflammation and cartilage destruction. DXM seemed to protect cartilage from inflammation-mediated matrix degradation, which is an irreversible status in the disease progression of osteoarthritis. The results suggested that testing DXM as an osteoarthritis therapeutic should be a focus in further research.
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