Katie J Sikes1,2, Jun Li3, Shu-Guang Gao3,4, Quan Shen3,4, John D Sandy3, Anna Plaas3, Vincent M Wang2,5. 1. a Department of Orthopedic Surgery , Rush University Medical Center , Chicago , IL , USA. 2. b Department of Bioengineering , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , IL , USA. 3. c Department of Internal Medicine (Rheumatology) , Rush University Medical Center , Chicago , IL , USA. 4. d Department of Orthopaedics , Xiangya Hospital, Central South University , Changsha , Hunan , China. 5. e Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics , Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA , USA.
Abstract
Purpose/Aim of the study: Healthy tendons are maintained in homeostasis through controlled usage of glucose for energy and redox equilibrium. Tendon cell stress imposed by overuse injury or vascular insufficiency is accompanied by activation of wound healing pathways which facilitate an adaptive response and the restoration of homeostasis. To understand this response at the gene expression level we have studied the in vivo effects of injected TGF-β1 in a murine model of tendinopathy, as well as treatment of murine tendon explants with either TGF-β1 or hypoxia in vitro. METHODS AND RESULTS: We provide evidence (from expression patterns and immunohistochemistry) that both in vivo and in vitro, the stress response in tendon cells may be metabolically controlled in part by glycolytic reprogramming. A major feature of the response to TGF-β1 or hypoxia is activation of the Warburg pathway which generates lactate from glucose under normoxia and thereby inhibits mitochondrial energy production. CONCLUSIONS: We discuss the likely outcome of this major metabolic shift in terms of the potential benefits and damage to tendon and suggest how incorporation of this metabolic response into our understanding of initiation and progression of tendinopathies may offer new opportunities for diagnosis and the monitoring of therapies.
Purpose/Aim of the study: Healthy tendons are maintained in homeostasis through controlled usage of glucose for energy and redox equilibrium. Tendon cell stress imposed by overuse injury or vascular insufficiency is accompanied by activation of wound healing pathways which facilitate an adaptive response and the restoration of homeostasis. To understand this response at the gene expression level we have studied the in vivo effects of injected TGF-β1 in a murine model of tendinopathy, as well as treatment of murine tendon explants with either TGF-β1 or hypoxia in vitro. METHODS AND RESULTS: We provide evidence (from expression patterns and immunohistochemistry) that both in vivo and in vitro, the stress response in tendon cells may be metabolically controlled in part by glycolytic reprogramming. A major feature of the response to TGF-β1 or hypoxia is activation of the Warburg pathway which generates lactate from glucose under normoxia and thereby inhibits mitochondrial energy production. CONCLUSIONS: We discuss the likely outcome of this major metabolic shift in terms of the potential benefits and damage to tendon and suggest how incorporation of this metabolic response into our understanding of initiation and progression of tendinopathies may offer new opportunities for diagnosis and the monitoring of therapies.
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