Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

LDHA-mediated ROS generation in chondrocytes is a potential therapeutic target for osteoarthritis

  • Manoj Arra,
  • Gaurav Swarnkar,
  • Ke Ke,
  • Jesse E. Otero,
  • Jun Ying,
  • Xin Duan,
  • Takashi Maruyama,
  • Muhammad Farooq Rai,
  • Regis J. O’Keefe,
  • Gabriel Mbalaviele,
  • Jie Shen,
  • Yousef Abu-Amer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17242-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Chondrocytes have altered cellular metabolism in the context of osteoarthritis, but whether and how these changes are associated with inflammation is a controversial area. Here the authors show that inflammatory NF-κB signalling drives a glycolytic shift in chondrocytes and the production of ROS, which drives cartilage catabolism.