T-2 toxin/DON induced differentially expressed genes in human chondrocytes and its relationship with Kashin-Beck disease / 中华地方病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To investigate the relationship between T-2 toxin, deoxynivalenol (DON) induced differentially expressed genes in human chondrocytes and Kashin-Beck disease (KBD), and to search for potential molecular markers of KBD.Methods:Gene microarray profiling was used to analyze the differentially expressed genes induced by T-2 toxin (0.01 μg/ml) and DON (1.0 μg/ml) in normal human chondrocytes, and the differences and similarities between them and the differentially expressed genes in KBD chondrocytes were compared. KEGG pathway enrichment analysis was performed on differentially expressed genes in each group. And the expression patterns of KBD susceptibility genes in T-2 toxin and DON induced human chondrocytes were further compared and analyzed.Results:Gene microarray profiling analysis showed that there were 882 (349 up-regulated genes, 533 down-regulated genes) and 2 118 differentially expressed genes (1 124 up-regulated genes, 994 down-regulated genes) in human chondrocytes induced by T-2 toxin and DON compared with normal control cells, respectively. Compared with differentially expressed genes in KBD chondrocytes, the genes with the same expression trend included B cell translocation gene 1 (BTG1), G protein signaling regulatory protein 5 (RGS5), fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4) and key protein senescence 1 (FBLN1), the same KEGG pathway including p53, extracellular matrix receptor interaction and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-protein kinase B (PI3K-Akt) signaling pathway. Both T-2 toxin and DON induced human chondrocytes to up-regulate the expression of KBD susceptibility gene growth differentiation factor 5 (GDF5) and down-regulate the expression of collagen type ⅨA1 (COL9A1).Conclusion:The BTG1, RGS5, FABP4, FBLN1, GDF5 and COL9A1 genes play an important role in the pathogenesis of KBD and can be used as potential molecular markers for the pathogenesis of KBD.