scholarly journals The unfolded protein response mediated by PERK is casually related to the pathogenesis of intervertebral disc degeneration

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 1334-1345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Fujii ◽  
Nobuyuki Fujita ◽  
Satoshi Suzuki ◽  
Takashi Tsuji ◽  
Takashi Takaki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Disc Degeneration ◽  
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
The Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Protein Response

scholarly journals The Role of Unfolded Protein Response in Human Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: Perk and IRE1-α as Two Potential Therapeutic Targets

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Tianyong Wen ◽  
Peng Xue ◽  
Jinwei Ying ◽  
Shi Cheng ◽  
Yue Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intervertebral Disc ◽  
Er Stress ◽  
Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Disc Degeneration ◽  
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Nucleus Pulposus Cells ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
Protein Response

Inflammation plays a key role in intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). The association between inflammation and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been observed in many diseases. However, whether ER stress plays an important role in IDD remains unclear. Therefore, this study is aimed at investigating the expression of ER stress in IDD and at exploring the underlying mechanisms of IDD, ER stress, and inflammation. The expression of ER stress was activated in nucleus pulposus cells from patients who had IDD (D-NPCs) compared with patients without IDD (N-NPCs); and both the proliferation and synthesis capacity were decreased by inducer tunicamycin (Tm) and proinflammatory cytokines. Pretreatment of NPCs with 4-phenyl butyric acid (4-PBA) prevented the inflammatory cytokine-induced upregulation of unfolded protein response- (UPR-) related proteins and recovered cell synthetic ability. Furthermore, proinflammatory cytokine treatment significantly upregulated the expression of inositol-requiring protein 1 (IRE1-α) and protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase (PERK), but not activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6). Finally, knockdown of IRE1-α and PERK also restored the biological activity of NPCs. Our findings identified that IRE1-α and PERK might be the potential targets for IDD treatment, which may help illustrate the underlying mechanism of ER stress in IDD.

Oestrogen-driven changes in the bovine uterus are associated with activation of the unfolded protein response

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed A Alfattah ◽  
Paul Anthony McGettigan ◽  
John Arthur Browne ◽  
Khalid M Alkhodair ◽  
Katarzyna Pluta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Unfolded Protein ◽  
The Unfolded Protein Response ◽  
Protein Response
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