Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Selenophosphate synthetase 1 deficiency exacerbates osteoarthritis by dysregulating redox homeostasis

  • Donghyun Kang,
  • Jeeyeon Lee,
  • Jisu Jung,
  • Bradley A. Carlson,
  • Moon Jong Chang,
  • Chong Bum Chang,
  • Seung-Baik Kang,
  • Byung Cheon Lee,
  • Vadim N. Gladyshev,
  • Dolph L. Hatfield,
  • Byeong Jae Lee,
  • Jin-Hong Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28385-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Osteoarthritis is caused by the gradual accumulation of oxidative stress in cartilage. Here, the authors show that dysregulation of the selenium metabolic pathway underlies a shift in redox homeostasis in chondrocytes, leading to chronic osteoarthritic changes in joints.