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BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY-BIOCHIMIE ET BIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE
Volume 90, Issue 5, Pages 667-674Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING, NRC RESEARCH PRESS
DOI: 10.1139/O2012-024
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repetitive mechanical stretching; HPTFs; TGF beta 1; collagen synthesis; apoptosis
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The cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of tendinopathy are not clear, but inflammatory mediators produced by tendon fibroblasts in response to repetitive mechanical loading may be an important factor for this illness. In this study, we explored the effect of cyclic mechanical stretching on collagen synthesis and apoptosis of human patellar tendon fibroblasts (HPTFs). The role of a candidate inflammatory mediator, transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF beta 1), which we identified in a cytokine antibody array, in collagen synthesis and apoptosis during repetitive mechanical stretching was also investigated. Our results showed that there was a significant increase in collagen type I synthesis at 4% and 8% stretch. Significantly, enhancement of apoptosis may account for the observed decrease in fibroblast numbers after 8% stretching. Furthermore, the exogenous addition of an anti-TGF beta 1 antibody or gene silencing by si-TGF beta 1 eliminated the increase in collagen type I production and activities of caspases during apoptosis under cyclic uniaxial stretching conditions. These results suggest that TGF beta 1 may take part in the increase of cellular production of collagen type I and apoptosis during the development of tendinopathy. Furthermore, caspase 8 mediates activation of caspase 3 and poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) cleavage during TGF beta 1-induced apoptosis in stretching HPTFs.
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