Differential Interactive Effects of Cartilage Traumatization and Blood Exposure In Vitro and In Vivo

Autor: Jörg Fiedler, Heiko Reichel, Anita Ignatius, Cathrin Hogrefe, Rolf E. Brenner, Jana Riegger, Lutz Dürselen, Helga Joos, Frank Leucht
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 43:2822-2832
ISSN: 1552-3365
0363-5465
DOI: 10.1177/0363546515602248
Popis: Background:Sport injuries of the knee often lead to posttraumatic arthritis. In addition to direct damage of the cartilage, trauma-associated intra-articular bleeding may cause hemarthrosis. Both blood exposure and trauma are known to induce cell death and inflammation and to enhance proteoglycan release in cartilage.Hypothesis:Blood exposure increases chondrocyte death as well as inflammatory and degenerative processes in traumatized cartilage.Study Design:Controlled laboratory study.Methods:Human macroscopically intact osteoarthritic (OA) cartilage explants were impacted by a drop-tower system (0.59 J) and cultivated with or without 10% blood. Interactive effects were studied concerning cell survival, gene expression, and the release of mediators over 24 hours and 96 hours. To evaluate the effects of trauma and hemarthrosis in vivo, a newly established blunt cartilage trauma model in the rabbit was used. Treatment of the knee joints of mature New Zealand White rabbits consisted of the following groups: control (C), arthrotomy (A), arthrotomy with cartilage trauma (AT; 1.0 J), and arthrotomy with cartilage trauma and blood injection (ATH). After 1 and 12 weeks, inflammatory mediators in the synovial fluid and histological changes of the cartilage were determined, and immunohistological staining was performed.Results:The in vitro studies revealed a significant additional or synergistic effect of blood exposure on trauma-induced chondrocyte death, interleukin (IL)–1β and prostaglandin-E2 (PGE2) release, and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)/pro-MMP level. Singular arthrotomy in vivo induced a temporary inflammation. Histologically, cartilage trauma caused significant OA changes that were not aggravated by an additional hemarthrosis. Trauma led to a persistent deposition of terminal complement complex (TCC), being enhanced by hemarthrosis. However, trauma-induced formation of osteophytes and arthrotomy-induced elevation of tumor necrosis factor–α release were reduced by hemarthrosis.Conclusion:While blood exposure clearly aggravated trauma-induced OA processes in the in vitro model, a singular blood injection revealed heterogeneous effects in vivo, enhancing TCC deposition but reducing trauma-induced osteophyte formation while the histological score of traumatized cartilage was not further impaired.Clinical Relevance:The results of this study indicate that a singular, limited bleeding event might not exacerbate early trauma-induced cartilage degeneration in joint injuries. An early removal of intra-articular blood may not prevent the final resulting cartilage damage.
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