Fibroblast-like synoviocytes orchestrate daily rhythmic inflammation in arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that shows characteristic diurnal variation in symptom severity, where joint resident fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) act as important mediators of arthritis pathology. We investigate the role of FLS circadian clock function in directing rhyt...

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मुख्य लेखकों: Downton, P, Dickson, SH, Ray, DW, Bechtold, DA, Gibbs, JE
स्वरूप: Journal article
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: The Royal Society 2024
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author Downton, P
Dickson, SH
Ray, DW
Bechtold, DA
Gibbs, JE
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Dickson, SH
Ray, DW
Bechtold, DA
Gibbs, JE
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description Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that shows characteristic diurnal variation in symptom severity, where joint resident fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) act as important mediators of arthritis pathology. We investigate the role of FLS circadian clock function in directing rhythmic joint inflammation in a murine model of inflammatory arthritis. We demonstrate FLS time-of-day-dependent gene expression is attenuated in arthritic joints, except for a subset of disease-modifying genes. The deletion of essential clock gene Bmal1 in FLS reduced susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis but did not impact symptomatic severity in affected mice. Notably, FLS Bmal1 deletion resulted in loss of diurnal expression of disease-modulating genes across the joint, and elevated production of MMP3, a prognostic marker of joint damage in inflammatory arthritis. This work identifies the FLS circadian clock as an influential driver of daily oscillations in joint inflammation, and a potential regulator of destructive pathology in chronic inflammatory arthritis.
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spelling oxford-uuid:396502ed-2918-4da3-a05c-ca1cb77cc5fb2024-10-16T09:44:30ZFibroblast-like synoviocytes orchestrate daily rhythmic inflammation in arthritisJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:396502ed-2918-4da3-a05c-ca1cb77cc5fbEnglishJisc Publications RouterThe Royal Society2024Downton, PDickson, SHRay, DWBechtold, DAGibbs, JERheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory disease that shows characteristic diurnal variation in symptom severity, where joint resident fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) act as important mediators of arthritis pathology. We investigate the role of FLS circadian clock function in directing rhythmic joint inflammation in a murine model of inflammatory arthritis. We demonstrate FLS time-of-day-dependent gene expression is attenuated in arthritic joints, except for a subset of disease-modifying genes. The deletion of essential clock gene Bmal1 in FLS reduced susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis but did not impact symptomatic severity in affected mice. Notably, FLS Bmal1 deletion resulted in loss of diurnal expression of disease-modulating genes across the joint, and elevated production of MMP3, a prognostic marker of joint damage in inflammatory arthritis. This work identifies the FLS circadian clock as an influential driver of daily oscillations in joint inflammation, and a potential regulator of destructive pathology in chronic inflammatory arthritis.
spellingShingle Downton, P
Dickson, SH
Ray, DW
Bechtold, DA
Gibbs, JE
Fibroblast-like synoviocytes orchestrate daily rhythmic inflammation in arthritis
title Fibroblast-like synoviocytes orchestrate daily rhythmic inflammation in arthritis
title_full Fibroblast-like synoviocytes orchestrate daily rhythmic inflammation in arthritis
title_fullStr Fibroblast-like synoviocytes orchestrate daily rhythmic inflammation in arthritis
title_full_unstemmed Fibroblast-like synoviocytes orchestrate daily rhythmic inflammation in arthritis
title_short Fibroblast-like synoviocytes orchestrate daily rhythmic inflammation in arthritis
title_sort fibroblast like synoviocytes orchestrate daily rhythmic inflammation in arthritis
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