期刊
FASEB JOURNAL
卷 34, 期 12, 页码 16581-16600出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1096/fj.202001021R
关键词
chondroitin sulfate; intervertebral disc degeneration; nucleus pulposus; Yap
资金
- National Nature Science Foundation of China [82002335, 81972088, 82072471, 81672211, 81871802, 81772376, 81601928, 81702149, 31971109, 31471390]
- Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning [17140901500, 18ZR1438900, 20QA1409200, 20184Y0181]
- Shanghai Education Development Foundation
- Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Chen Guang Program [17CG36]
- Shanghai Rising Stars of Medical Talent Youth Development Program
Loss of chondroitin sulfate (CS) has been reported to play a key role during intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). However, the detailed mechanism of CS and its synthases have not been elucidated. Since CS is mainly synthesized by chondroitin synthases 3 (Chsy3), here, the Chsy3 knockout mice are generated by using CRISPR-Cas9 and semi-cloning technology to study its mechanism during IDD. We find that CS and Chsy3 expression are decreased during IDD both in human and mice nucleus pulposus (NP) tissue, and knockout of Chsy3 shows that spontaneous IDD phenotype resembles that of human samples in theChsy3(-/-)mice. Taking advantage of RNA-Seq data, we confirm increased catabolic and decreased anabolic changes inChsy3(-/-)NP cells. By using bioinformatic analysis and validation, we find that Hippo signaling pathway is significantly downregulated, and the activation of Yap1 is mainly affected inChsy3(-/-)NP cells. Furthermore, functional analyses have shown that Chsy3 could regulate NP cell degeneration by Actin tension mediated activation of Yap1, which is independent of Hippo/Lats signaling. In summary, our findings reveal a novel mechanism that depletion of CS-related Chsy3 can cause spontaneous intervertebral disc degeneration by mediating Yap activation through CS-related actin-tension in NP cells.
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