Early evolving joint degeneration by cartilage trauma is primarily mechanically controlled
| Autor: | N.O. Kuchuk, S.C. Mastbergen, K. Wiegant, Daniel B.F. Saris, Laura B. Creemers, F.P.J.G. Lafeber, M. Beekhuizen, Roel J.H. Custers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
030222 orthopedics business.industry Cartilage Biomedical Engineering Inflammation Anatomy Degeneration (medical) Osteoarthritis medicine.disease_cause medicine.disease Weight-bearing Tissue Degeneration 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Rheumatology medicine Synovial fluid Orthopedics and Sports Medicine medicine.symptom business Joint (geology) |
| Zdroj: | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 24:S359 |
| ISSN: | 1063-4584 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.joca.2016.01.646 |
| Popis: | Background Mechanical and inflammatory processes add to osteoarthritis (OA). To what extent both processes contribute during the onset of OA after a cartilage trauma is unknown. This study evaluates whether local cartilage damage leads to focally confined or more generalized cartilage damage with synovial inflammation in the early development of joint tissue degeneration. Methods In nine goats, cartilage damage was surgically induced on the weight bearing area of exclusively the medial femoral condyle of the right knee joint. The other tibio-femoral compartments, lateral femoral condyle and lateral medial tibial plateau, were left untouched. The contralateral left knee joint of each animal served as an intra-animal control. Twenty weeks post-surgery changes in cartilage matrix integrity in each of the four compartments, medial and lateral synovial tissue inflammation, and synovial fluid IL-1β and TNFα were evaluated. Results In the experimental medial femoral plateau, significant macroscopic, histologic, and biochemical cartilage damage was observed versus the contralateral control compartments. Also the articulating cartilage of the experimental medial tibial plateau was significantly more damaged. Whereas, no differences were seen between the lateral compartments of experimental and contralateral control joints. Synovial tissue inflammation was mild and only macroscopically (not histologically) significantly increased in the experimental medial compartments. Synovial fluid IL-1β level was not different between experimental and contralateral control joints, and TNFα was overall beneath the detection limit. Conclusions Local cartilage damage is a trigger for development of OA, which in early onset seems primarily mechanically driven. Early treatment of traumatic cartilage damage should take this mechanical component into consideration. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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