Impaired Metabolic Flexibility in the Osteoarthritis Process: A Study on Transmitochondrial Cybrids
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11940/16212
PMID: 32230786
DOI: 10.3390/cells9040809
ISSN: 2073-4409
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Fecha de publicación
2020Título de revista
Cells
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Journal Article
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ARN | mitocondrias | metabolismo lipídico | glucosa | ácidos grasos | línea celular | humanos | haplotipos | superóxidos | osteoartritisMeSH
Mitochondria | Cell Line | Humans | Haplotypes | RNA | Lipid Metabolism | Superoxides | Osteoarthritis | Glucose | Fatty AcidsResumen
Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most frequent joint disease; however, the etiopathogenesis is still unclear. Chondrocytes rely primarily on glycolysis to meet cellular energy demand, but studies implicate impaired mitochondrial function in OA pathogenesis. The relationship between mitochondrial dysfunction and OA has been established. The aim of the study was to examine the differences in glucose and Fatty Acids (FA) metabolism, especially with regards to metabolic flexibility, in cybrids from healthy (N) or OA donors. Glucose and FA metabolism were studied using D-[(14)C(U)]glucose and [1-(14)C]oleic acid, respectively. There were no differences in glucose metabolism among the cybrids. Osteoarthritis cybrids had lower acid-soluble metabolites, reflecting incomplete FA beta-oxidation but higher incorporation of oleic acid into triacylglycerol. Co-incubation with glucose and oleic acid showed that N but not OA cybrids increased their glucose metabolism. When treating with the mitochondrial inhibitor etomoxir, N cybrids still maintained higher glucose oxidation. Furthermore, OA cybrids had higher oxidative stress response. Combined, this indicated that N cybrids had higher metabolic flexibility than OA cybrids. Healthy donors maintained the glycolytic phenotype, whereas OA donors showed a preference towards oleic acid metabolism. Interestingly, the results indicated that cybrids from OA patients had mitochondrial impairments and reduced metabolic flexibility compared to N cybrids.
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