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While glucocorticoids have been used for over 50 years to treat rheumatoid and osteoarthritis pain, the prescription of glucocorticoids remains controversial because of potentially harmful side effects at the molecular, cellular and tissue levels. One member of the glucocorticoid family, dexamethasone (DEX) has recently been demonstrated to rescue cartilage matrix loss and chondrocyte viability in animal studies and cartilage explant models of tissue injury and post-traumatic osteoarthritis, suggesting the possibility of DEX as a disease-modifying drug if used appropriately. However, the literature on the effects of DEX on cartilage reveals conflicting results on the drug's safety, depending on the dose and duration of DEX exposure as well as the model system used. Overall, DEX has been shown to protect against arthritis-related changes in cartilage structure and function, including matrix loss, inflammation and cartilage viability. These beneficial effects are not always observed in model systems using initially healthy cartilage or isolated chondrocytes, where many studies have reported significant increases in chondrocyte apoptosis. It is crucially important to understand under what conditions DEX may be beneficial or harmful to cartilage and other joint tissues and to determine potential for safe use of this glucocorticoid in the clinic as a disease-modifying drug.
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- R. Black
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA,Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA,Address for correspondence: Prof. Al Grodzinsky, MIT, Centre for Biomedical Engineering, 500 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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Doyon AR, Ferries IK, Li J. Glucocorticoid attenuates the anabolic effects of parathyroid hormone on fracture repair. Calcif Tissue Int 2010; 87:68-76. [PMID: 20445968 DOI: 10.1007/s00223-010-9370-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2010] [Accepted: 04/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Long-term use of glucocorticoid (GC) not only reduces bone mass and strength, which leads to a greater risk of fracture, but also hinders fracture repair. In this study, we produced open fractures in GC-treated mice and investigated the effects of human parathyroid hormone 1-34 (hPTH) on fracture repair. Swiss-Webster mice were randomly divided into five groups. Three groups of GC-treated mice were given prednisolone, which was slowly released from subcutaneously implanted pellets at the rate of 1.4 mg/kg/day. Placebo pellets were implanted into the animals in two placebo groups. Three weeks later, osteotomies at the midshaft femora were performed and intramedullary pins were inserted to stabilize the fracture site under general anesthesia. Following fracture surgery, three GC groups were treated subcutaneously with vehicle, PTH at a low dose (40 ug/kg/day), and PTH at a high dose (80 ug/kg/day), respectively. Two placebo groups were given vehicle and PTH at a dose of 40 ug/kg/day, respectively. Radiographs, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and mechanical testing (four-point bending) were used to evaluate fracture repair at 4 weeks after fracture surgery. Callus development, endochondral ossification, and recovery of mechanical strength at the fracture sites in GC animals treated with vehicle were significantly suppressed compared to placebo animals. Normally, PTH accelerates fracture repair. In GC-treated mice, PTH fails to improve endochondral ossification and mechanical properties compared to vehicle treatment, suggesting that the anabolic effect of PTH on fracture healing can be attenuated by GC administration in mice.
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- Anthony R Doyon
- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Inidanapolis, 723 West Michigan Street, SL 306, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Chrysis D, Zaman F, Chagin AS, Takigawa M, Sävendahl L. Dexamethasone induces apoptosis in proliferative chondrocytes through activation of caspases and suppression of the Akt-phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase signaling pathway. Endocrinology 2005; 146:1391-7. [PMID: 15576458 DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-1152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although glucocorticoids are known to induce apoptosis in chondrocytes, the mechanisms for this effect and the potential antiapoptotic role of IGF-I are unknown. To address this, we studied the effects of dexamethasone (Dexa) on apoptosis in the HCS-2/8 chondrocytic cell line. Dexa (25 microm) increased apoptosis (cell death ELISA) by 39% and 45% after 48 and 72 h, respectively (P < 0.01 and P < 0.05, respectively). IGF-I (100 ng/ml) decreased Dexa-induced apoptosis to levels similar to control cells. Apoptosis was associated with cleavage of poly-ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) and alpha-fodrin and activation of caspases-8, -9, and -3 (Western), an effect that was counteracted when chondrocytes were cocultured with Dexa + IGF-I. Inhibitors for caspases-8, -9, and -3 (50 microm each) equally suppressed Dexa-induced apoptosis (P < 0.01). Time-response experiments showed that caspase-8 was activated earlier (at 12 h) than caspase-9 (at 36 h). We studied the phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI3K) pathway to further investigate the mechanisms of Dexa-induced apoptosis. Dexa decreased Akt phosphorylation by 93% (P < 0.001) without affecting total Akt and increased the p85alpha subunit 4-fold. The Akt inhibitor SH-6 (10 microm) increased apoptosis by 54% (P < 0.001). When combining Dexa with SH-6, apoptosis was not further increased, showing that Dexa-induced apoptosis is mediated through inhibition of the PI3K pathway. Addition of IGF-I to SH-6- or Dexa + SH-6-treated cells decreased apoptosis by 21.2% (P < 0.001) and 20.6% (P < 0.001), respectively. We conclude that Dexa-induced apoptosis is caspase dependent with an early activation of caspase-8. IGF-I can rescue chondrocytes from Dexa-induced apoptosis partially through the activation of other pathways than the PI3K signaling pathway. Based on our in vitro data, we speculate that in vivo treatment with glucocorticoids may diminish longitudinal growth by increasing apoptosis of proliferative growth plate chondrocytes.
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- Dionisios Chrysis
- Department of Woman and Child Health, Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Astrid Lindgren Childrens Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17176 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Jaffré B, Watrin A, Loeuille D, Gillet P, Netter P, Laugier P, Saïed A. Effects of antiinflammatory drugs on arthritic cartilage: a high-frequency quantitative ultrasound study in rats. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2003; 48:1594-601. [PMID: 12794827 DOI: 10.1002/art.11023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the ability of 55-MHz quantitative ultrasound (US) to detect the in vivo effects of experimental arthritis, as well as those of two antiinflammatory drugs, naproxen (NPX) and dexamethasone (DEX), on cartilage and subchondral bone. METHODS Arthritis was induced in both knees of 108 rats by intraarticular injection of zymosan (ZYM). Two groups of arthritic rats (n = 36 per group) were treated daily with either NPX (10 mg/kg/day) or DEX (0.1 mg/kg/day). Using a 3-dimensional US microscope, patellae were explored in vitro on days 5, 14, and 21 after injections. US assessment included the analysis of quantitative indices of local modifications involving cartilage and bone: integrated reflection coefficient (IRC) from the cartilage surface and apparent integrated backscatter from the cartilage internal structure (cartilage matrix) (AIB(cartilage)) and the cartilage-bone interface (AIB(bone)). RESULTS ZYM induced articular surface fibrillation that resulted in a decrease in IRC at all times (P < 0.02) and in an increase in AIB(bone) on days 5 and 14 (P < 0.005). Fibrillation was not changed by NPX administration, while it disappeared following DEX treatment. Cartilage-bone interface alterations were prevented by DEX and partially compensated for by NPX. Cartilage matrix echogenicity decreased with time in all groups due to maturation (P < 0.05), except in DEX-treated rats. CONCLUSION Quantitative 55 MHz US allowed detection of early cartilage and bone lesions due to experimental arthritis, and also allowed detection of the effects of antiinflammatory drugs. NPX seemed to have an effect on subchondral bone lesions, but not on cartilage. DEX appeared to repair articular surface and bone, but prevented animal growth and cartilage maturation.
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- Britta Jaffré
- LIP, Unité Mixte de Recherches (UMR) 7623 CNRS-Université Paris VI, Paris, France
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van Leeuwen BL, Kamps WA, Jansen HW, Hoekstra HJ. The effect of chemotherapy on the growing skeleton. Cancer Treat Rev 2000; 26:363-76. [PMID: 11006137 DOI: 10.1053/ctrv.2000.0180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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With the increasing use of high dose (poly)chemotherapy schedules in the treatment of childhood cancer it is particularly important to know the adverse effects of these treatments. Growth is a complex mechanism affected not only by chemotherapy but also by the malignancy itself as well as nutritional status, the use of corticosteroids and (cranial) radiation. In vitro and animal studies are often the most useful in determining the effect of a single chemotherapeutic agent on the growing skeleton. In vitro studies have shown doxorubicin, actinomycin D and cisplatin to have a direct effect on growth plate chondrocytes that in animals results in decreased growth and final height. Clinical studies with multiagent chemotherapy have demonstrated that antimetabolites decrease bone growth and final height. Childhood cancer survivors are at risk of a reduced bone mineral density, mainly due to methotrexate, ifosfamide and corticosteroids. This reduced bone mineral density persists into adult life and may increase bone fracture risk at an older age.
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- B L van Leeuwen
- Department of Surgical Oncology, Groningen University Hospital, P.O. Box 30.001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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Mehls O, Tönshoff B, Kovàcs G, Mayer C, Schurek J, Oh J. Interaction between glucocorticoids and growth hormone. ACTA PAEDIATRICA (OSLO, NORWAY : 1992). SUPPLEMENT 1993; 388:77-82. [PMID: 8329835 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1993.tb12850.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- O Mehls
- University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Kovàcs G, Fine RN, Worgall S, Schaefer F, Hunziker EB, Skottner-Lindun A, Mehls O. Growth hormone prevents steroid-induced growth depression in health and uremia. Kidney Int 1991; 40:1032-40. [PMID: 1762304 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1991.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Treatment with supraphysiological doses of corticosteroids results in protein wasting and impairment of growth, whereas exogenous growth hormone (GH) causes anabolism and improvement of growth. We wanted to know whether the growth depressing effects of methylprednisolone (MP) are more expressed in an organism which is chronically diseased and whether these effects can be counterbalanced by concomitant treatment with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH). MP in doses from 1 to 9 mg/kg/day caused a dose dependent reduction of length gain, weight gain and weight gain/food intake ratio in 140 g healthy female Sprague-Dawley rats. Food intake was not affected by MP. This points to a change in food metabolism as a mechanism for growth impairment. In addition, treatment with MP inhibited endogenous GH secretion, documented by serum GH concentration profiles over seven hours, decreased IGF-1 serum concentration and disturbed growth cartilage plate architecture. Concomitant treatment with 2.5 to 20 IU/rhGH/kg/day prevented the negative effects of MP on growth in a dose dependent manner and normalized growth plate architecture. In uremic rats in which food efficiency and growth was already reduced, 6 mg MP/kg/day further decreased length gain and prevented weight gain completely by bringing the weight gain/food conversion ratio to the nadir. All effects of MP including reduction of muscle mass could be prevented by concomitant treatment with 10 IU rhGH/kg/day. The effects of MP and rhGH on food efficiency and growth in uremic animals were numerically nearly identical to those in pair fed ad libitum fed controls, but this may be more relevant in the diseased organism in which basal growth is already suppressed.
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- G Kovàcs
- Division Pediatric Nephrology, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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Brown RA, Rees JA, Mcfarland CD, Lewinson D, Ali SY. Microvascular invasion of rabbit growth plate cartilage and the influence of dexamethasone. BONE AND MINERAL 1990; 9:35-47. [PMID: 1692495 DOI: 10.1016/0169-6009(90)90098-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The normal morphological features of growth plate angiogenesis were examined in rabbits and compared with changes induced by dexamethasone. Penetration of growth plate cartilage was led by perivascular cells with some contribution by luminal capillary endothelial cells. There was a close relationship between the invasive perivascular cells and the luminal endothelial cells of the capillary tip. Growth plates from rabbits treated with dexamethasone underwent major changes in the pattern of capillary invasion. Most striking was the appearance of numerous narrow and tortuous channels which penetrated the cartilage, in some cases forming complete loops. These channels were filled with debris or red cells but did not contain capillaries. It is suggested that dexamethasone treatment leads to channel formation by disrupting the normal control of capillary invasion.
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- R A Brown
- Department of Experimental Pathology, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex, England
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Livne E, Weiss A, Silbermann M. Articular chondrocytes lose their proliferative activity with aging yet can be restimulated by PTH-(1-84), PGE1, and dexamethasone. J Bone Miner Res 1989; 4:539-48. [PMID: 2816503 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650040413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Mouse mandibular condyles develop spontaneous degenerative changes by 6 months of age, hence providing a good in vivo model for studies related to processes associated with the onset and progression of age-related osteoarthritis. Further, this joint provides an appropriate system to investigate the potential of articular cartilage to respond to hormones and local growth factors in old age. The present study examined (1) the age-related changes in [3H]thymidine incorporation by articular chondrocytes in the mouse mandibular condyle, and (2) the effect of systemic and local factors upon the tissue's ability to resume DNA synthesis. Condyles of female CW-1 mice ranging from 3 to 18 months of age were cultured in the presence of PTH-(1-84) (2 micrograms/ml), PGE1 (20 micrograms/ml), dexamethasone (10(-7) M), and MSA (5 micrograms/ml) and were concomitantly labeled with [3H]thymidine. Autoradiographs were analyzed quantitatively and revealed (1) a significant (p less than 0.01) age-related decrease (-80%) in the labeling index of the articular cartilage, and (2) the ability of old tissues to resume DNA synthesis following in vitro treatment with PTH-(1-84), PGE1, and dexamethasone. Concomitant quantitative incorporation studies further substantiated the autoradiographic findings. Hence, these factors possess a direct stimulatory effect upon senescent chondrocytes involved in an advanced stage of spontaneous osteoarthritis.
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- E Livne
- Rappaport Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
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