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Abstract Number: 1003

Proteomic Analysis of Connexin 43 Reveals Novel Interactors Related to Osteoarthritis

Raquel Gago-Fuentes1, Patricia Fernández-Puente2,3, Paula Carpintero-Fernández1, Jesus Mateos2,3, Maria Dolores Mayan1 and Francisco Javier Blanco2,3, 1Cartilage Biology Research Group, Rheumatology Division, INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, 2Rheumatology Division, ProteoRed/ISCIII, Proteomics Group, INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, 3Rheumatology Division, CIBER-BBN/ISCIII, INIBIC-Hospital Universitario A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain

Meeting: 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting

Keywords: cartilage, cell biology, Cell Signaling, osteoarthritis and proteomics

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Session Title: Biology and Pathology of Bone and Joint: Cartilage, Synovium and Osteoarthritis

Session Type: Abstract Submissions (ACR)

Background/Purpose: We have previously reported that articular chondrocytes in tissue contain long cytoplasmic arms that physically connect two distant cells. Cell-to-cell communication occurs through connexin channels termed Gap Junction (GJ) channels, which achieve direct cellular communication by allowing the intercellular exchange of ions, small RNAs, nutrients and second messengers. The Cx43 protein is overexpressed in several human diseases and inflammation processes and in articular cartilage from patients with osteoarthritis (OA). An increase in the level of Cx43 is known to alter gene expression, cell signalling, growth and cell proliferation. The interaction of proteins with the C-terminal tail of connexin 43 (Cx43) directly modulates GJ-dependent and -independent functions. Here, we describe the isolation of Cx43 complexes using mild extraction conditions and immunoaffinity purification.

Methods: Cx43 complexes were extracted from human primary articular chondrocytes isolated from healthy donors and patients with OA. The proteomic content of the native complexes was determined using LC-MS/MS, and protein associations with Cx43 were validated using western blot and immunolocalisation experiments.

Results: We identified >100 Cx43-associated proteins including previously uncharacterised proteins related to nucleolar functions, RNA transport and translation. We also identified several proteins involved in human diseases, cartilage structure and OA as novel functional Cx43 interactors, which emphasised the importance of Cx43 in the normal physiology and structural and functional integrity of chondrocytes and articular cartilage. Gene Ontology (GO) terms of the proteins identified in the OA samples showed an enrichment of Cx43-interactors related to cell adhesion, calmodulin binding, the nucleolus and the cytoskeleton in OA samples compared with healthy samples. However, the mitochondrial proteins SOD2 and ATP5J2 were identified only in samples from healthy donors.

Conclusion: The identification of Cx43 interactors will provide clues to the functions of Cx43 in human cells and its roles in the development of several diseases, including OA.


Disclosure:

R. Gago-Fuentes,
None;

P. Fernández-Puente,
None;

P. Carpintero-Fernández,
None;

J. Mateos,
None;

M. D. Mayan,
None;

F. J. Blanco,
None.

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