Walker J G, Ahern M J, Coleman M, Weedon H, Papangelis V, Beroukas D, Roberts-Thomson P J, Smith M D
Repatriation General, Hospital, Daws Road, Daw Park 5041, South Australia, Australia.
Ann Rheum Dis. 2006 Dec;65(12):1558-64. doi: 10.1136/ard.2005.050385. Epub 2006 Jun 7.
Modulation of Jak-STAT signalling may provide an effective therapeutic strategy in inflammatory arthritis (IA).
To examine the effect of successful disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) treatment on the expression of Jak-STAT in a cohort of patients with active rheumatoid arthritis.
Synovial tissue biopsy specimens from 16 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis, taken before and after initiation of DMARD treatment, were examined for the presence of janus kinase (Jak)3, signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)1, STAT4 and STAT6 expression using immunohistochemistry.
Successful treatment with DMARDs results in reduction in STAT1 expression in the lining, and STAT1 and STAT6 in the sublining of rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue. Although the overall expression of STAT4 and Jak3 was not significantly altered by DMARD treatment, there was a significant reduction in the expression of the STAT4 and Jak3 bright cells, thought to be an activated dendritic cell subpopulation.
Results show that Jak3, STAT1, STAT4 expression and STAT6 sublining expression decrease in response to successful treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with standard DMARDs. Therefore, altering the expression of these pathways may represent an alternative treatment option, either through promoting up-regulation of inhibitory pathways, or suppressing inflammatory paths.
调节Jak-STAT信号通路可能为炎性关节炎(IA)提供一种有效的治疗策略。
研究成功使用改善病情抗风湿药(DMARD)治疗对一组活动性类风湿关节炎患者Jak-STAT表达的影响。
采用免疫组织化学法检测16例活动性类风湿关节炎患者在DMARD治疗前后滑膜组织活检标本中janus激酶(Jak)3、信号转导及转录激活因子(STAT)1、STAT4和STAT6的表达情况。
DMARDs成功治疗可使类风湿关节炎滑膜组织衬里层的STAT1表达以及滑膜下层的STAT1和STAT6表达降低。尽管DMARD治疗未显著改变STAT4和Jak3的总体表达,但被认为是活化树突状细胞亚群的STAT4和Jak3高表达细胞的表达显著降低。
结果表明,标准DMARDs成功治疗类风湿关节炎后,Jak3、STAT1、STAT4表达及STAT6滑膜下层表达降低。因此,改变这些信号通路的表达可能代表一种替代治疗选择,可通过促进抑制性通路的上调或抑制炎性通路来实现。