| First Author | Park SY | Year | 2015 |
| Journal | Eur J Immunol | Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 | Pages | 1216-27 |
| PubMed ID | 25545169 | Mgi Jnum | J:228985 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5749924 | Doi | 10.1002/eji.201444908 |
| Citation | Park SY, et al. (2015) HMGB1 induces angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis via HIF-1alpha activation. Eur J Immunol 45(4):1216-27 |
| abstractText | High-mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB1), a nonhistone nuclear protein and a cytokine mediator, is implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Extracellular HMGB1 binds to its receptors and triggers downstream signal cascade leading to the perpetuation of synovitis and local tissue invasion. Here, we investigated a novel role of HMGB1 in regulating hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha to mediate angiogenesis in RA synovium. HIF-1alpha mRNA levels and activities in synovial fibroblasts from RA patients were enhanced by HMGB1. Pharmacological inhibition of TLR4 and NF-kappaB activation blocked the HMGB1-dependent upregulation of HIF-1alpha mRNA expression and its activity, suggesting the involvement of transcriptional regulation. HMGB1 stimulated expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and inhibition of HIF-1alpha attenuated HMGB1-induced VEGF. Conditioned media derived from HMGB1-stimulated synovial fibroblasts enhanced tube formation in human microvascular endothelial cells by upregulating HIF-1alpha. In the joint tissues of mice with collagen-induced arthritis, treatment with anti-HMGB1 neutralizing antibody prevented blood vessel formation in association with decreased expression of HIF-1alpha. These observations support the idea that increased HMGB1 induces an extension of inflamed synovium by accelerating angiogenesis in RA through enhancement of HIF-1alpha activation. Therefore, inhibition of HMGB1 could prove beneficial for the treatment of angiogenesis in RA. |
