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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Comparison of the inhibitory effects of two types (90 kDa and 190 kDa) of hyaluronic acid on the expression of fibrinolytic factors in human synovial fibroblasts

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Pages 160-166 | Received 17 Aug 2001, Accepted 13 Dec 2001, Published online: 02 Jan 2014
 

Abstract

 Hyaluronic acid (HA) has been shown to be clinically effective, and is currently used for the treatment of arthropathy. We previously reported that HA of molecular weight 90 kDa (90-HA) inhibits the fibrinolytic factors in human synovial fibroblasts. In the present study, we investigated the effect of high molecular weight (190 kDa) HA (190-HA) compared with 90-HA on the pericellular fibrinolytic system of human synovial fibroblasts in osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Human synovial fibroblasts were obtained from synovial tissues of OA and RA, and were cultured in the presence and absence of 90-HA and 190-HA. Antigens of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) and PA inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) were measured by ELISA, and the u-PA activity of the cell surface fraction was evaluated by electrophoretic enzymography. The binding assay of u-PA and the immunocytochemical analysis of u-PA were performed to detect u-PA receptor (u-PAR). HA inhibited the secretion of both u-PA and PAI-1 antigens from the synovial fibroblasts of OA to their conditioned medium, and the degree of inhibition was more effective in OA than in RA. The u-RA binding assay to these cells showed that both 90-HA and 190-HA slightly decreased the maximal number of binding sites (Bmax) in OA. However, in RA, stimulation with 90-HA and 190-HA decreased Bmax by a half and a quarter, respectively. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that u-PAR was constitutively expressed in both synovial fibroblasts, but if these cells were treated with HA, the decrease in the staining of u-PAR was more pronounced in RA than in OA. Furthermore, the degree was more effective with 190-HA than with 90-HA. HA inhibited the pericellular fibrinolytic activity mediated by the u-PA/u-PAR system in synovial fibroblasts of OA and RA, and 190-HA inhibited it more effectively than 90-HA.

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