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Mitochondrial function was assessed using specific cell fluorescent probes and by mitochondrial gene arrays. Mitochondrial mutagenesis was quantified using a mitochondrial random mutation capture assay, and lipid peroxidation was quantified by enzyme\u2010linked immunosorbent assay (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ELISA<\/jats:styled-content>). The effect of tofacitinib on spontaneous release of proinflammatory mediators from <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RA<\/jats:styled-content> whole tissue synovial explants was quantified by <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ELISA<\/jats:styled-content>s\/<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MSD<\/jats:styled-content> multiplex assays, and metabolic markers were quantified by <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RT<\/jats:styled-content>\u2010<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PCR<\/jats:styled-content>. Finally, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RASF<\/jats:styled-content> invasion, matrix degradation, and synovial outgrowths were assessed by transwell invasion\/Matrigel outgrowth assays and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ELISA<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Tofacitinib significantly decreased mitochondrial membrane potential, mitochondrial mass, and reactive oxygen species production by <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RASF<\/jats:styled-content>s and differentially regulated key mitochondrial genes. Tofacitinib significantly increased oxidative phosphorylation, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">ATP<\/jats:styled-content> production, and the maximal respiratory capacity and the respiratory reserve in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RASF<\/jats:styled-content>s, an effect paralleled by a decrease in glycolysis and the genes for the key glycolytic enzymes hexokinase 2 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HK<\/jats:styled-content>2), glycogen synthase kinase 3\u03b1 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK<\/jats:styled-content>\u20103\u03b1), lactate dehydrogenase A, and hypoxia\u2010inducible factor 1\u03b1. Tofacitinib inhibited the effect of oncostatin M (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OSM<\/jats:styled-content>) on interleukin\u20106 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u20106) and monocyte chemotactic protein 1 and reversed the effects of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">OSM<\/jats:styled-content> on <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RASF<\/jats:styled-content> cellular metabolism. Using <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RA<\/jats:styled-content> whole tissue synovial explants, we found that tofacitinib inhibited the key metabolic genes for glucose transporter 1, 6\u2010phosphofructo\u20102\u2010kinase\/fructose\u20102,6\u2010biphosphatase 3, 3\u2032\u2010phosphoinositide\u2013dependent protein kinase 1, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HK<\/jats:styled-content>2, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK<\/jats:styled-content>\u20103\u03b1, the proinflammatory mediators <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u20106, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u20108, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">IL<\/jats:styled-content>\u20101\u03b2, intercellular adhesion molecule 1, vascular endothelial growth factor, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TIE<\/jats:styled-content>\u20102, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">RASF<\/jats:styled-content> outgrowth from 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