Le rôle de la leptine dans le métabolisme anormal des ostéoblastes de patients atteints d’ostéoarthrose

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease which mainly affects the joints in the elderly. It becomes essential to better understand this disease because of the economic costs it brings, but mainly because of population aging. This disease is characterized by a deterioration of cartilage, bone sclerosis, inflammation of the synovial membrane and the presence of osteophytes. The knowledge of its etiology has remained incomplete because research on this disease focused mainly on the articular cartilage. However, the key role of subchondral bone in OA is now recognized. Obesity is a risk factor for OA, then we hypothesized that leptin, a key adipocytokine in obesity plays an important role in OA. Indeed, leptin alters the phenotype of osteoblasts (Ob) and human Ob has altered phenotype in OA patients, our objective was to determine the potential role of leptin in OA Ob. To do this, we prepared primary cultures of Ob from the sub-chondral plate of the tibial plateaus of OA patients and normal individuals (N). The expression of leptin and its receptor active (OB-Rb) were measured by RT-PCR in real time, and their production was measured by ELISA and western blot (WB). The proliferation of Ob OA was determined by BrdU incorporation. The phosphorylation of p42/44 MAPK was evaluated by WB. The phenotype of Ob was determined by measuring the activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and the secretion of osteocalcin (OC), in the presence or absence of leptin. Moreover, the effects of small interference RNAs (siRNAs) anti-leptin and anti OB-Rb on the phenotype of OA Ob were determined through their impact on the activity of the ALP and the secretion of OC. The dose-response effect of 1eptin on its own expression or the expressions of OB-Rb, the growth factor TGF-β1 were determined by RT-PCR in real time. Finally, signalisation of leptin in OA Ob was studied by evaluating the dose-response effect of this on the production of JAK2 and STAT3 protein phosphorylated by WB. The results showed that the OA Ob express and produce more leptin than N. Moreover, these Ob OA have an activity of the ALP and a secretion OC higher than those observed in N Ob. The addition of antibodies inactivating interaction leptin and OB-Rb or chemical inhibitors such as tyrphostin or piceatannol diminished the activity of the ALP and the secretion of OC in OA Ob against by the addition of exogenous leptin to Ob OA increased the activity of the ALP without influencing the secretion of OC. Leptin at doses of 1ng/ml to 10mg/mL stimulated the proliferation of OA Ob and the phosphorylation of p42/44 MAPK. Exogenous leptin decreased the expression of TGF-β1 while it stimulated the phosphorylation of JAK2 and STAT3 and expression of its own in dose-dependent manner. However, the expression of OB-Rb decreased in dose-dependent. Finally, the treatment of OA Ob with Si leptin or Si OB-Rb decreased activity of ALP, the secretion of OC, the leptin expression, expression of OB-Rb and the expression of TGF-β1 factor. All these data show that endogenous leptin Ob OA controls the growth factors and contributes to maintaining the abnormal phenotype of the subchondral bone OA. Moreover, this suggests that leptin is an important player in the regulation of bone remodelling

Keyphrases: Si RNA, Signalisation, Osteoarthritis, Arthritis, Leptin, Osteoblasts, Alkaline phosphatase, Osteoclacin, Si RNA, Subchondral bone, Cell proliferation, Signalisation