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J Vis Exp ; (161)2020 07 08.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32716395

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Autophagy is a central mechanism to regulate homeostasis. Alterations of autophagy contribute to aging-related diseases. Phenotypic methods to identify regulators of autophagy could be used for the identification of novel therapeutics. This article describes a cell-based imaging screening workflow developed to monitor autophagic flux using LC3 as a reporter of autophagic flux (mCherry-EGFP-LC3B) in human chondrocytes. Data acquisition is performed using an automated High Content Imaging Screening System microscope. An algorithm-based automated image analysis protocol was developed and validated to identify molecules activating autophagic flux. Critical steps, explanatory notes, and improvements over current autophagy monitoring protocols are reported. Physiologically relevant phenotypic screening approaches to target hallmarks of aging can facilitate more effective drug discovery strategies for age-related musculoskeletal diseases.


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Autophagy/physiology , Biological Assay/methods , Chondrocytes/pathology , Flow Cytometry/methods , Osteoarthritis/pathology , Cell Line, Transformed , Chondrocytes/drug effects , Drug Discovery/methods , HEK293 Cells , Humans , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/pharmacology , Microtubule-Associated Proteins/therapeutic use , Osteoarthritis/drug therapy , Osteoarthritis/physiopathology
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EBioMedicine ; 45: 588-605, 2019 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31285188

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BACKGROUND: Ageing-related failure of homeostasis mechanisms contributes to articular cartilage degeneration and osteoarthritis (OA), for which disease-modifying treatments are not available. Our objective was to identify molecules to prevent OA by regulating chondrocyte senescence and autophagy. METHODS: Human chondrocytes with IL-6 induced senescence and autophagy suppression and SA-ß-gal as a reporter of senescence and LC3 as reporter of autophagic flux were used to screen the Prestwick Chemical Library of approved drugs. Preclinical cellular, tissue and blood from OA and blood from OA and ageing models were used to test the efficacy and relevance of activating PPARα related to cartilage degeneration. FINDINGS: Senotherapeutic molecules with pro-autophagic activity were identified. Fenofibrate (FN), a PPARα agonist used for dyslipidaemias in humans, reduced the number of senescent cells via apoptosis, increased autophagic flux, and protected against cartilage degradation. FN reduced both senescence and inflammation and increased autophagy in both ageing human and OA chondrocytes whereas PPARα knockdown conferred the opposite effect. Moreover, PPARα expression was reduced through both ageing and OA in mice and also in blood and cartilage from knees of OA patients. Remarkably, in a retrospective study, fibrate treatment improved OA clinical conditions in human patients from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) Cohort. INTERPRETATION: These results demonstrate that FDA-approved fibrate drugs targeting lipid metabolism protect against cartilage degeneration seen with ageing and OA. Thus, these drugs could have immediate clinically utility for age-related cartilage degeneration and OA treatment. FUND: This study was supported by Instituto de Salud Carlos III- Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Spain, Plan Estatal 2013-2016 and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), "Una manera de hacer Europa", PI14/01324 and PI17/02059, by Innopharma Pharmacogenomics platform applied to the validation of targets and discovery of drugs candidates to preclinical phases, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, by grants of the National Instiutes of Health to PDR (P01 AG043376 and U19 AG056278). We thank FOREUM Foundation for Research in Rheumatology for their support.


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Aging/drug effects , Cartilage Diseases/drug therapy , Fenofibrate/pharmacology , Osteoarthritis/drug therapy , PPAR alpha/genetics , Aging/genetics , Animals , Apoptosis , Autophagy/drug effects , Cartilage Diseases/genetics , Cartilage Diseases/pathology , Cartilage, Articular/drug effects , Cartilage, Articular/metabolism , Cartilage, Articular/pathology , Cells, Cultured , Cellular Senescence/drug effects , Chondrocytes/drug effects , Humans , Interleukin-6/genetics , Lipid Metabolism/drug effects , Mice , Osteoarthritis/genetics , Osteoarthritis/pathology , PPAR alpha/agonists
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