Cartilage-specific <i>Sirt6</i> deficiency represses IGF-1 and enhances osteoarthritis severity in mice.


Collins, John A, Kim, C James, Coleman, Ashley, Little, Abreah, Perez, Matheus M, Clarke, Emily J, Diekman, Brian, Peffers, Mandy J ORCID: 0000-0001-6979-0440, Chubinskaya, Susanna, Tomlinson, Ryan E et al (show 2 more authors) (2023) Cartilage-specific <i>Sirt6</i> deficiency represses IGF-1 and enhances osteoarthritis severity in mice. Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 82 (11). ard-2023-224385-ard-2023-224385.

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Abstract

<h4>Objectives</h4>Prior studies noted that chondrocyte SIRT6 activity is repressed in older chondrocytes rendering cells susceptible to catabolic signalling events implicated in osteoarthritis (OA). This study aimed to define the effect of <i>Sirt6</i> deficiency on the development of post-traumatic and age-associated OA in mice.<h4>Methods</h4>Male cartilage-specific <i>Sirt6</i>-deficient mice and <i>Sirt6</i> intact controls underwent destabilisation of the medial meniscus (DMM) or sham surgery at 16 weeks of age and OA severity was analysed at 6 and 10 weeks postsurgery. Age-associated OA was assessed in mice aged 12 and 18 months of age. OA severity was analysed by micro-CT, histomorphometry and scoring of articular cartilage structure, toluidine blue staining and osteophyte formation. SIRT6-regulated pathways were analysed in human chondrocytes by RNA-sequencing, qRT-PCR and immunoblotting.<h4>Results</h4><i>Sirt6-</i>deficient mice displayed enhanced DMM-induced OA severity and accelerated age-associated OA when compared with controls, characterised by increased cartilage damage, osteophyte formation and subchondral bone sclerosis. In chondrocytes, RNA-sequencing revealed that <i>SIRT6</i> depletion significantly repressed cartilage extracellular matrix (eg, <i>COL2A1</i>) and anabolic growth factor (eg, insulin-like growth factor-1 (<i>IGF-1</i>)) gene expression. Gain-of-function and loss-of-function studies in chondrocytes demonstrated that SIRT6 depletion attenuated, whereas adenoviral overexpression or MDL-800-induced <i>SIRT6</i> activation promoted IGF-1 signalling by increasing Akt<sup>ser473</sup> phosphorylation.<h4>Conclusions</h4>SIRT6 deficiency increases post-traumatic and age-associated OA severity in vivo. SIRT6 profoundly regulated the pro-anabolic and pro-survival IGF-1/Akt signalling pathway and suggests that preserving the SIRT6/IGF-1/Akt axis may be necessary to protect cartilage from injury-associated or age-associated OA. Targeted therapies aimed at increasing SIRT6 function could represent a novel strategy to slow or stop OA.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: osteoarthritis, chondrocytes, arthritis, experimental, knee, biological therapy
Divisions: Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Life Courses and Medical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 21 Aug 2023 07:40
Last Modified: 13 Oct 2023 10:54
DOI: 10.1136/ard-2023-224385
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3172244
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