Abstract
Background: Ageing-related failure of homeostasis mechanisms contributes to articular cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis (OA), for which disease-modifying treatments are not available. Our objective was to identify molecules to prevent OA by regulating chondrocyte senescence and autophagy. Methods: Human chondrocytes with IL-6 induced senescence and autophagy suppression and SA-β-gal as a reporter of senescence and LC3 as reporter of autophagic flux were used to screen the Prestwick Chemical Library of approved drugs. Preclinical cellular, tissue and blood from OA and blood from OA and ageing models were used to test the efficacy and relevance of activating PPARα related to cartilage degeneration. Findings: Senotherapeutic molecules with pro-autophagic activity were identified. Fenofibrate (FN), a PPARα agonist used for dyslipidaemias in humans, reduced the number of senescent cells via apoptosis, increased autophagic flux, and protected against cartilage degradation. FN reduced both senescence and inflammation and increased autophagy in both ageing human and OA chondrocytes whereas PPARα knockdown conferred the opposite effect. Moreover, PPARα expression was reduced through both ageing and OA in mice and also in blood and cartilage from knees of OA patients. Remarkably, in a retrospective study, fibrate treatment improved OA clinical conditions in human patients from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) Cohort. Interpretation: These results demonstrate that FDA-approved fibrate drugs targeting lipid metabolism protect against cartilage degeneration seen with ageing and OA. Thus, these drugs could have immediate clinically utility for age-related cartilage degeneration and OA treatment. Fund: This study was supported by Instituto de Salud Carlos III- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Spain, Plan Estatal 2013–2016 and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), “Una manera de hacer Europa”, PI14/01324 and PI17/02059, by Innopharma Pharmacogenomics platform applied to the validation of targets and discovery of drugs candidates to preclinical phases, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, by grants of the National Instiutes of Health to PDR (P01 AG043376 and U19 AG056278). We thank FOREUM Foundation for Research in Rheumatology for their support.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 588-605 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | EBioMedicine |
Volume | 45 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by Instituto de Salud Carlos III - Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades , Spain, Plan Estatal 2013-2016 and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), “ Una manera de hacer Europa ”, PI14/01324 and PI17/02059 , by Innopharma Pharmacogenomics platform applied to the validation of targets and discovery of drugs candidates to preclinical phases, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad , by grants of the National Institutes of Health to PDR ( P01 AG043376 and U19 AG056278 ). We thank the FOREUM Foundation for Research in Rheumatology for their support. UNR was supported by Programa Operativo FSE Galicia 2014–2020, Xunta de Galicia , Spain, BC was supported by Miguel Servet Type II Program - CPII16/00045-A , Instituto de Salud Carlos III , Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades , Spain. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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We thank the staff of the Orthopedic Department of the Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coru?a for providing the cartilage samples. Furthermore, we thank Tamara Hermida and Merissa Olmer for technical assistance and Richard Roberts for editing the revised manuscript in British English. The OAI is a public-private partnership comprising five contracts (N01-AR-2-2258; N01-AR-2-2259; N01-AR-2-2260; N01-AR-2-2261; N01-AR-2-2262) funded by the National Institutes of Health, a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services, and conducted by the OAI Study Investigators. Private funding partners include Merck Research Laboratories, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer, Inc. Private sector funding for the OAI is managed by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. This manuscript was prepared using an OAI public use data set and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the OAI investigators, the NIH or the private funding partners. This study was supported by Instituto de Salud Carlos III- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci?n y Universidades, Spain, Plan Estatal 2013-2016 and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), ?Una manera de hacer Europa?, PI14/01324 and PI17/02059, by Innopharma Pharmacogenomics platform applied to the validation of targets and discovery of drugs candidates to preclinical phases, Ministerio de Econom?a y Competitividad, by grants of the National Institutes of Health to PDR (P01 AG043376 and U19 AG056278). We thank the FOREUM Foundation for Research in Rheumatology for their support. UNR was supported by Programa Operativo FSE Galicia 2014?2020, Xunta de Galicia, Spain, BC was supported by Miguel Servet Type II Program-CPII16/00045-A, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovaci?n y Universidades, Spain. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The authors have declared no potential conflicts of interest. All authors approved the final version to be published. Concept and design: Dom?nguez, Caram?s. Performed the experiments: Nogueira-Recalde, Lorenzo-G?mez, Grassi, Dom?nguez, Caram?s. Data analysis and interpretation: Nogueira-Recalde, Dom?nguez, Caram?s. Writing and review of Manuscript: Nogueira-Recalde, Blanco, Loza, Shirinsky, Lotz, Robbins, Dom?nguez and Caram?s.
Funding Information:
The OAI is a public-private partnership comprising five contracts (N01-AR-2-2258; N01-AR-2-2259; N01-AR-2-2260; N01-AR-2-2261; N01-AR-2-2262) funded by the National Institutes of Health, a branch of the Department of Health and Human Services, and conducted by the OAI Study Investigators. Private funding partners include Merck Research Laboratories, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer, Inc. Private sector funding for the OAI is managed by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health. This manuscript was prepared using an OAI public use data set and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the OAI investigators, the NIH or the private funding partners.
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Keywords
- Ageing
- Autophagy
- Osteoarthritis
- Screening
- Senescence
- Therapeutics