Implications of trauma and subsequent articulation on the release of Proteoglycan‐4 and tissue response in adult human ankle cartilage

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of trauma and subsequent articulation on adult human ankle cartilage subjected to an injurious impact. Trauma was initiated through impaction on talar cartilage explants. Articulation and loading were applied in a joint bioreactor ove...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of orthopaedic research 2017-03, Vol.35 (3), p.667-676
Hauptverfasser: Shekhawat, Vivek K., Schmid, Thomas M., Pennekamp, Peter H., Pacione, Carol A., Chubinskaya, Susan, Wimmer, Markus A.
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of trauma and subsequent articulation on adult human ankle cartilage subjected to an injurious impact. Trauma was initiated through impaction on talar cartilage explants. Articulation and loading were applied in a joint bioreactor over 5 consecutive days. The early (24 h) effects of impaction included a reduced chondrocytes viability (51% vs. 81% for non‐impacted; p = 0.03), increased levels of apoptosis (43% vs. 27%; p = 0.03), and an increase in the histopathology score (4.4 vs. 1.7; p = 0.02) as compared to non‐impacted cartilage explants. One of the key findings was that damage also stimulated the PRG4 release (2.2 vs. 1.5 μg/ml). Subsequent articulation for 5 days did not lead to further changes in tissue histopathology and cell viability, neither for injured nor non‐injured samples. However, articulation led to an increased apoptosis in the injured samples (p = 0.03 for the interaction term). Articulation also caused a significant increase of PG/GAG release into the culture medium (p = 0.04) for both injured and non‐injured samples; however, the synthesis of PG was not affected by articulation (p = 0.45) though the PG synthesis was higher in injured samples (p 
ISSN:0736-0266
1554-527X
DOI:10.1002/jor.23397