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Hindawi, BioMed Research International, (2015), p. 1-9, 2015

DOI: 10.1155/2015/681456

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Osteoarticular Expression of Musashi-1 in an Experimental Model of Arthritis

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Abstract

Background. Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA), a murine experimental disease model induced by immunization with type II collagen (CII), is used to evaluate novel therapeutic strategies for rheumatoid arthritis. Adult stem cell marker Musashi-1 (Msi1) plays an important role in regulating the maintenance and differentiation of stem/precursor cells. The objectives of this investigation were to perform a morphological study of the experimental CIA model, evaluate the effect of TNFα-blocker (etanercept) treatment, and determine the immunohistochemical expression of Msi1 protein.Methods. CIA was induced in 50 male DBA1/J mice for analyses of tissue and serum cytokine; clinical and morphological lesions in limbs; and immunohistochemical expression of Msi1.Results. Clinically, TNFα-blocker treatment attenuated CIA on day 32 after immunization (P<0.001). Msi1 protein expression was significantly higher in joints damaged by CIA than in those with no lesions (P<0.0001) and was related to the severity of the lesions (Spearman’s rho = 0.775,P=0.0001).Conclusions. Treatment with etanercept attenuates osteoarticular lesions in the murine CIA model. Osteoarticular expression of Msi1 protein is increased in joints with CIA-induced lesion and absent in nonlesioned joints, suggesting that this protein is expressed when the lesion is produced in order to favor tissue repair.