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Tenascin, an adhesion molecule that is expressed during cartilage development [ 45], was induced by IL-1β in SW1353 cells (Table 2, panel C).
For instance, IL-1-degraded cartilage tissues and cell suspensions are frequently employed as model systems to study cartilage metabolism under osteoarthritis-like conditions [ 1 2 3 4 ] and to assess the efficacy of various drug therapies [ 5 6 7 8 9 ] . IL-1 signals cells via cell surface receptors to upregulate proteases, matrix metalloproteinases and aggrecanase, while downregulating matrix metalloproteinase inhibition and proteoglycan synthesis [ 10 11 ] . The ultimate effect of these metabolic changes include damage to the ECM, loss of ECM components (especially proteoglycan), and alteration of the normal balance of catabolic and anabolic processes that regulate cartilage ECM composition.
BMPs are involved in morphogenesis and embryogenesis, influencing bone, cartilage, and skeletal formation [ 29, 30, 31, 32].
Female BALB/c mice (wild-type or gene deficient) were injected intraperitoneally on days 0, 21, and 42 with 100 μg of human cartilage PG measured as protein, in adjuvant, as described elsewhere [ 1, 2, 5].
In patients with inflammatory arthritis the gelatinases are expressed in the synovial membrane, and have been implicated in synovial tissue invasion into adjacent cartilage and bone.