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Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common inflammatory disease associated with pain and cartilage destruction. Interleukin (IL)-1β is widely used to induce inflammatory response in OA models. This study aimed to explore the role of Danshensu (DSS) in IL-1β-induced inflammatory responses in OA.

IL-1β was used to induce chondrocyte inflammation. Cell viability was evaluated by Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay. IL-6, COX-2, TNF-α, and iNOS mRNA levels were detected by qRT-PCR. MMP3, MMP13, ADAMTS4, ADAMTS5, Aggrecan, Collagen, p-IκBα, and p-p65 protein levels were detected by Western blot. An OA mouse model was established by surgical destabilization of the medial meniscus (DMM), and the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) score was evaluated by H&E staining.

DSS did not affect the levels of inflammatory indicators including IL-6, COX-2, TNF-α, iNOS, PEG2, and NO but suppressed COX-2 and iNOS protein expression in IL-1β treated chondrocytes. In addition, DSS downregulated IL-1β-enhanced expression of MMP3, MMP13, ADAMTS4, and ADAMTS5 and upregulated aggrecan and collagen expression. Moreover, DSS significantly inhibited IL-1β-induced phosphorylation of p-IκBα and p-p65 in a dose-dependent manner in chondrocytes, suggesting it plays a role in the NF-κB signaling pathway. Furthermore, DSS significantly reduced DMM-induced cartilage OARSI score in mice, further demonstrating its protective role in OA progression in vivo.

Our study revealed the protective role of DSS in OA, suggesting that DSS might act as a potential treatment for OA.

Our study revealed the protective role of DSS in OA, suggesting that DSS might act as a potential treatment for OA.One of the main players in the cell-specific replication timing pattern is Rap1 interacting factor-1 (Rif1). Rif1 protein consists of N-terminal and C-terminal domains and an intrinsically disordered region in between. It has been suggested that both N- and C-termini of Rif1 are capable of binding to DNA with particularly high affinity to cruciform DNA structures. In the present study, we expressed, solubilized, and purified the maltose-binding protein-tagged murine Rif1 C-terminal domain (MBP-muRif1-CTD). Biological activity of the purified protein was assessed by the electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR). Our results show that the MBP-muRif1-CTD binds G-quadruplex (G4) structure with high affinity (KD 19.0 ± 0.8 nM), as was previously suggested. 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