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Retrotransposable L1 elements expressed in rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue: Association with genomic DNA hypomethylation and influence on gene expression
First published: 26 March 2001
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Abstract
Objective
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by a progressive destruction of joints by invasive synovial fibroblasts (SF). We searched for retroviral sequences in RA synovial fluid pellets, identified a sequence similar to that of open reading frame 2 (ORF2)/L1 retrotransposable elements, explored the expression of L1 in RA synovial tissues and cultured RA SF, and investigated the link to genomic DNA hypomethylation and the influence of functional L1 on gene expression.
Methods
RA synovial fluid pellets were screened by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) using degenerated pol primers. The sequences were identified by GenBank search. Riboprobes to ORF2/L1 and galectin‐3 and antibodies to the ORF1/L1‐related p40 protein were used for in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry of synovial tissues and cultured RA SF. Real‐time quantitative RT‐PCR was used for detecting ORF1 messenger RNA (mRNA). Since DNA hypomethylation occurs in inflammatory diseases, we incubated cells with the methylation inhibitor 5‐aza‐2′‐deoxycytidine (5‐azaC) and compared RA SF and osteoarthritis (OA) SF. L1‐negative RA SF were transfected with the functional L1.2 construct, and differential gene expression was analyzed by subtractive hybridization combined with nested PCR.
Results
RNA sequences similar to those of ORF2/L1 retrotransposable elements, THE1 transposon, human endogenous retrovirus (ERV)–E, human ERV‐HC2, and gibbon ape leukemia virus pol genes were isolated from different RA synovial fluid pellets. In RA synovial tissues, ORF2/L1 transcripts were detected in the sublining layer and at sites of cartilage and bone destruction. Galectin‐3 mRNA and L1‐related ORF1/p40 protein showed similar expression patterns. In contrast, OA synovial tissues in situ and cultures in vitro were negative. Real‐time quantitative RT‐PCR confirmed the presence of ORF1 mRNA in cultured RA SF (30–300‐fold the amount in normal SF), demonstrating the existence of a nondegenerated and functional L1 element. In vitro, the majority of RA SF expressed ORF2/L1 mRNA. After incubation of SF with 5‐azaC, L1 mRNA appeared in a time‐ and dose‐dependent manner. Compared with OA SF, RA SF were more sensitive to 5‐azaC. After transfection of RA SF with a functional L1.2 element, human stress‐activated protein kinase 2 delta (SAPK2δ [or SAPK4]), met protooncogene, and galectin‐3 binding protein genes were differentially expressed. The transcription of the SAPK2δ gene, favored also by DNA hypomethylation in vitro, was confirmed in RA synovial tissues.
Conclusion
Taken together, these data suggest that L1 elements and SAPK2δ pathways play a role in the activation of RA SF.
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