OBJECTIVES: Cytokines play a key pathogenic role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several cytokines signal through the JAK-STAT pathway, which is negatively regulated by the suppressors of cytokine signalling (SOCS) proteins. Since SOCS protein levels can profoundly modulate cellular responses to cytokines, we have investigated their expression in chronic RA. METHODS: The levels of SOCS1-3 and CIS1 mRNA in peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) mononuclear cells (MCs), purified T cells and monocytes from RA patients and healthy volunteers were studied using quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). SOCS mRNA and protein expression in synovial tissues were examined by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: The levels of SOCS1 and SOCS3 were significantly increased in PBMCs from RA patients when compared with healthy volunteers. These differences were mainly due to up-regulation of SOCS1 in PB T cells and of SOCS3 in PB monocytes. In addition, SOCS2 was up-regulated in PB T cells. Interestingly, SF T cells expressed lower and SF macrophages higher levels of SOCS molecules than their PB counterparts. Similarly, while a significant portion of macrophages in synovial tissues expressed SOCS1 and SOCS3 proteins, the majority of T cells remained SOCS negative. Finally, SOCS1 was up-regulated in the synovial membranes from patients with RA when compared with osteoarthritis. CONCLUSIONS: SOCS expression levels are profoundly altered in RA, and the profile of SOCS expression is dependent on both the cell type as well as the cellular compartment.
OBJECTIVES: Cytokines play a key pathogenic role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several cytokines signal through the JAK-STAT pathway, which is negatively regulated by the suppressors of cytokine signalling (SOCS) proteins. Since SOCS protein levels can profoundly modulate cellular responses to cytokines, we have investigated their expression in chronic RA. METHODS: The levels of SOCS1-3 and CIS1 mRNA in peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) mononuclear cells (MCs), purified T cells and monocytes from RApatients and healthy volunteers were studied using quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). SOCS mRNA and protein expression in synovial tissues were examined by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS: The levels of SOCS1 and SOCS3 were significantly increased in PBMCs from RApatients when compared with healthy volunteers. These differences were mainly due to up-regulation of SOCS1 in PB T cells and of SOCS3 in PB monocytes. In addition, SOCS2 was up-regulated in PB T cells. Interestingly, SF T cells expressed lower and SF macrophages higher levels of SOCS molecules than their PB counterparts. Similarly, while a significant portion of macrophages in synovial tissues expressed SOCS1 and SOCS3 proteins, the majority of T cells remained SOCS negative. Finally, SOCS1 was up-regulated in the synovial membranes from patients with RA when compared with osteoarthritis. CONCLUSIONS:SOCS expression levels are profoundly altered in RA, and the profile of SOCS expression is dependent on both the cell type as well as the cellular compartment.
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