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Farnebo S, Wiig M, Holm B, Ghafouri B. Differentially Expressed Proteins in Intra Synovial Compared to Extra Synovial Flexor Tendon Grafts in a Rabbit Tendon Transplantation Model. Biomedicines 2020; 8:biomedicines8100408. [PMID: 33053838 PMCID: PMC7650534 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8100408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Uncomplicated healing of grafts for tendon reconstruction remains an unsolved problem in hand surgery. Results are limited by adhesion formation and decreased strength properties, especially within the tight fibro-osseous sheath of the digits. This is especially problematic when an extra synovial tendon graft is used to replace an intra synovial flexor tendon. Compositional differences are likely to play an important role in these processes. The aim of this study was, therefore, to compare protein expression in pair-matched intra synovial tendon grafts with extra synovial tendon grafts, using a rabbit tendon injury model. We hypothesized that there would be significant differences in proteins critical for response to tensile loading and adhesion formation between the two groups. Using mass spectrometry and multivariate statistical data analysis, we found tissue-specific differences in 22 proteins, where 7 explained 93% (R2) of the variation, with a prediction of 81% (Q2). Among the highest discriminating proteins were Galectin, Histone H2A, and Periostin, which were found in a substantially larger amount in the extra synovial tendons compared to the intra synovial tendons. These findings may contribute to improved understanding of the differences in outcome seen after tendon reconstruction using tendon grafts with intra synovial and extra synovial grafts.
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- Simon Farnebo
- Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Burns, Linköping University, SE 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
- Correspondence: (S.F.); (B.G.)
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- Department of Surgical Science, Hand Surgery, Uppsala University, and Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden; (M.W.); (B.H.)
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- Department of Surgical Science, Hand Surgery, Uppsala University, and Uppsala University Hospital, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden; (M.W.); (B.H.)
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- Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, SE 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
- Correspondence: (S.F.); (B.G.)
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Håkansson J, Mahlapuu M, Ekström L, Olmarker K, Wiig M. Effect of lactoferrin peptide (PXL01) on rabbit digit mobility after flexor tendon repair. J Hand Surg Am 2012; 37:2519-25. [PMID: 23174064 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2012] [Revised: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE Restoration of digital function after flexor tendon injuries remains a clinical challenge. Complications such as adhesion formation and tendon rupture can lead to limited hand function. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of the lactoferrin-derived peptide, PXL01, formulated in sodium hyaluronate (SH), with SH alone on joint mobility as an indirect measure of postsurgical adhesion prevention and healing strength of the tendon and to elucidate the most optimal concentration of PXL01. METHODS Using a rabbit flexor tendon repair model, in which the deep flexor tendon was fully transected and repaired, PXL01 in SH or SH alone was administered between the repaired tendon and the tendon sheath before closure of the surgical wound. Three concentrations of PXL01 in SH (5, 20, or 40 mg/mL) were compared to determine the lowest effective concentration. The repaired tendons were evaluated 7 weeks after surgery by measuring the proximal interphalangeal joint mobility by full range of flexion assessment and the tendon repair strength. RESULTS Treatment with PXL01 formulated in SH resulted in improved mobility of the proximal interphalangeal joint with an average of 10°, corresponding to improvement of approximately 25% to 60% of the flexion of nonoperated toes at the different measuring points compared with SH alone. The difference was statistically significant in 5 out of 6 measuring points (0.5, 1, 2, 3, and 4 N; P < .05). The dose-response study indicated that the lowest effective concentration of PXL01 was 20 mg/mL. There was no difference in healing strength of the tendon between the groups as assessed by load-to-failure breaking strength. CONCLUSIONS PXL01 in SH significantly improved the mobility compared with the carrier SH alone, without any negative effect on healing strength, and PXL01 at 20 mg/mL was the lowest effective concentration. CLINICAL RELEVANCE The result provides a valuable basis for a clinical trial to assess efficacy and safety of PXL01 in clinical hand surgery.
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- Joakim Håkansson
- Department of Hand Surgery, and Institution of Surgical Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Branford OA, Lee DA, Rolfe KJ, Grobbelaar AO. The attachment of intrinsic and extrinsic, mobilized and immobilized adhesion cells to collagen and fibronectin. J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2012; 37:564-72. [PMID: 22095400 DOI: 10.1177/1753193411428994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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This study investigated the attachment of intrinsic and extrinsic, mobilized and immobilized adhesion cells to the extracellular matrix. Five New Zealand White rabbit forepaws were dissected to isolate the flexor tendon core, tendon surface and synovial sheath, which were explanted separately. A further 10 animals were subjected to flexor tendon injuries, randomized to either mobilization or immobilization, and adhesions were explanted at 2 weeks. Cell groups were tested for attachment to collagen type-I or fibronectin and morphometric analysis was made. The attachment of intrinsic tendon cells and adhesion cells from mobilized tendons to both matrix proteins was statistically significantly greater than that of extrinsic tendon cells and adhesion cells from immobilized tendons. Adhesion cells from mobilized tendons were statistically significantly more elongated, which may correlate with the deposition of a more organized matrix. Because the synovial sheath cells were least attached to matrix proteins, selective treatments that reduce cell attachment may be used to exclude them, without inhibiting intrinsic tendon healing.
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- O A Branford
- RAFT, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex, UK.
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Keller TC, Hogan MV, Kesturu G, James R, Balian G, Chhabra AB. Growth/differentiation factor-5 modulates the synthesis and expression of extracellular matrix and cell-adhesion-related molecules of rat Achilles tendon fibroblasts. Connect Tissue Res 2011; 52:353-64. [PMID: 21250863 DOI: 10.3109/03008207.2010.534208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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This study was designed to examine the cellular and molecular response of tendon fibroblasts to growth/differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5). Rat Achilles tendon fibroblasts (ATFs) were treated in culture with varying concentrations of GDF-5 (0-1000 ng/ml) over varying periods of time (0-12 days). Cell proliferation, evaluated through use of a standard MTT colorimetric assay, confirmed that GDF-5 stimulates ATF proliferation in a concentration- and time-dependent fashion. Temporal and concentration analysis revealed that GDF-5 increases total DNA, glycosaminoglycan (GAG), and hydroxyproline (HYP) content. Ratios of HYP/DNA and GAG/DNA increased with increasing concentrations of GDF-5 (0-1000 ng/ml). Expression of the following 12 extracellular matrix (ECM) and cell-adhesion-related genes was assessed using real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR): collagen I (col I), collagen III (col III), matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-3 and -13, aggrecan, tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase (TIMP)-2, syndecan-4, N-cadherin, tenascin-C, biglycan, versican, and decorin. RT-PCR data revealed an increase in the expression of col I, col III, MMP-3, MMP-13, TIMP-2, syndecan-4, N-cadherin, tenascin-C, and aggrecan genes by day 6. A statistically significant decrease in TIMP-2 and MMP-13 was observed on day 12. Decorin expression was depressed at all time points in cells treated with GDF-5. There was no significant change in biglycan expression in ATFs supplemented with GDF-5. These findings suggest that GDF-5 induces cellular proliferation and ECM synthesis as well as expression of ECM and cell-adhesion-related genes in ATFs. This study further defines the influence of GDF-5 on rat ATFs through its action on the expression of genes that are associated with tendon ECM.
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- Thomas C Keller
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Berglund ME, Hildebrand KA, Zhang M, Hart DA, Wiig ME. Neuropeptide, mast cell, and myofibroblast expression after rabbit deep flexor tendon repair. J Hand Surg Am 2010; 35:1842-9. [PMID: 20888142 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Revised: 06/10/2010] [Accepted: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE Increased numbers of myofibroblasts, mast cells, and neuropeptide-containing nerve fibers have been found in a number of fibrotic processes in connective tissues. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the occurrence of factors implicated in a hypothesized profibrotic neuropeptide-mast cell-myofibroblast pathway in deep flexor tendon healing. METHODS In a rabbit model of flexor tendon injury, with repair of the sharply transected deep flexor tendon using a modified Kessler and a running circumferential peripheral suture, segments of flexor tendons and sheaths were analyzed. The time points chosen-3, 6, 21, and 42 days after tendon repair-represent different stages in tendon healing. The messenger RNA levels of transforming growth factor-β1 and α-smooth muscle actin were measured with conventional reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, and the numbers of myofibroblasts, mast cells, and neuropeptide-containing nerve fibers were determined with immunohistochemistry. RESULTS The messenger RNA levels for transforming growth factor-β1 and the myofibroblast marker α-smooth muscle actin were significantly increased in deep flexor tendons after injury and repair, at all studied time points, but remained unchanged or even down-regulated in the sheaths. Myofibroblasts, mast cells, and neuropeptide-containing nerve fibers all increased significantly in the healing tendons, exhibiting similar patterns of change in percentages of total cell number over time, reaching levels resembling that of the tendon sheaths with 33% to 50% of the total cell population. CONCLUSIONS After injury to the deep flexor tendon in a rabbit model, the proportion of myofibroblasts, mast cells, and neuropeptide-containing nerve fibers increases significantly. These findings support the hypothesis that the profibrotic neuropeptide-mast cell-myofibroblast pathway is activated in deep flexor tendon healing.
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- Maria E Berglund
- Department of Hand Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Ing 70, bv, Uppsala 751 85, Sweden.
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Takahashi M, Ward SR, Marchuk LL, Frank CB, Lieber RL. Asynchronous muscle and tendon adaptation after surgical tensioning procedures. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2010; 92:664-74. [PMID: 20194325 PMCID: PMC2827824 DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.i.00694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Donor muscles are often highly stretched in tendon transfer surgery. Despite literature reports that showed adaptation of the serial sarcomere number to moderate stretch, little is known regarding adaptation to stretch outside of the physiological range (commonly seen in clinical tendon transfer). This study was performed to evaluate muscle-tendon-unit adaptation to tendon transfer surgery in an animal model. METHODS Thirty-seven male New Zealand White rabbits were used for muscle analysis, and twenty-five of those rabbits were also used for biological analysis of the tendons after the experiment. The extensor digitorum muscle of the second toe was transferred at a specific sarcomere length of 3.7 microm, chosen to be near the end of the descending limb of the rabbit sarcomere length-tension curve. Animals were killed at five time points, at which complete muscle architectural analysis as well as measurements of tendon dimension, tendon water content, and tendon cytokine transcript levels were performed. RESULTS As expected, a rapid increase in the serial sarcomere number (mean and standard error of the mean, 4658 +/- 154 in the transferred muscle compared with 3609 +/- 80 in the control muscle) was found one week after the surgery. From this time point until eight weeks, this increased serial sarcomere number paradoxically decreased, while the sarcomere length remained constant. Eventually, at eight weeks, it reached the same value (3749 +/- 83) as that in the control muscle (3767 +/- 61). Tendon adaptation was delayed relative to muscle adaptation, but it was no less dramatic. Tendon length increased by 1.43 +/- 0.74 mm over the eight-week time period, corresponding to a strain of 15.55% +/- 4.08%. CONCLUSIONS To our knowledge, this is the first report of biphasic adaptation of the serial sarcomere number followed by tendon adaptation, and it indicates that muscle adapts more quickly than tendon does. Taken together, these results illustrate a complex and unique interaction between muscles and tendons that occurs during adaptation to stretching during tendon transfer.
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- Mitsuhiko Takahashi
- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery (M.T. and R.L.L.), Radiology (S.R.W.), and Bioengineering (R.L.L.), University of California and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161. E-mail address for R.L. Lieber:
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- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery (M.T. and R.L.L.), Radiology (S.R.W.), and Bioengineering (R.L.L.), University of California and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161. E-mail address for R.L. Lieber:
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- McCaig Center for Joint Injury and Arthritis Research, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- McCaig Center for Joint Injury and Arthritis Research, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery (M.T. and R.L.L.), Radiology (S.R.W.), and Bioengineering (R.L.L.), University of California and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161. E-mail address for R.L. Lieber:
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Gagliano N, Pelillo F, Chiriva-Internati M, Picciolini O, Costa F, Schutt RC, Gioia M, Portinaro N. Expression profiling of genes involved in collagen turnover in tendons from cerebral palsy patients. Connect Tissue Res 2009; 50:203-8. [PMID: 19444761 DOI: 10.1080/03008200802613630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a nonprogressive central nervous system lesion clinically characterized by impairment of voluntary movement related to spasticity, time of activation, and strength of skeletal muscle. Altered muscular control may act on tendon structure and influence extracellular matrix homeostasis, in particular, collagen. The effect of spasticity on collagen turnover in CP patients' tendons has not been described previously. We studied collagen turnover related genes in the gracilis and semitendinosus tendons of diplegic (n = 6) and quadriplegic (n = 15) patients, compared to normal subjects (n = 7). In particular, using real time RT-PCR, we analyzed the mRNA levels of the major extracellular matrix (ECM) components collagen type I (COL-I, alpha 2 chain COL1A2), the matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) and the tissue inhibitor of MMP (TIMP-1), the enzyme responsible for collagen maturation lysyl hydroxylase 2b (LH2b), of the matricellular protein involved ECM remodelling (secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine, SPARC), and the transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), a multipotent cytokine involved in collagen turnover. Our results show that gene expression profiles are quite different in CP samples compared to normal ones. In fact, spasticity induces relevant modifications of tendons at the molecular level, which modify their phenotypes to respond to the higher mechanical loading and increased functional demands. Interestingly, hypertonic quadriplegic subjects displayed the highest mRNA levels of COL1A2, LH2b, TGF-beta1, and SPARC, suggesting that their tendons undergo higher mechanical loading stimulation.
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- Nicoletta Gagliano
- Department of Human Morphology, Extracellular Matrix Laboratory, University of Milan School of Medicine, Milan, Italy.
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Smith MM, Sakurai G, Smith SM, Young AA, Melrose J, Stewart CM, Appleyard RC, Peterson JL, Gillies RM, Dart AJ, Sonnabend DH, Little CB. Modulation of aggrecan and ADAMTS expression in ovine tendinopathy induced by altered strain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 58:1055-66. [DOI: 10.1002/art.23388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Berglund M, Hart DA, Wiig M. The inflammatory response and hyaluronan synthases in the rabbit flexor tendon and tendon sheath following injury. J Hand Surg Eur Vol 2007; 32:581-7. [PMID: 17950228 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhse.2007.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2006] [Revised: 05/16/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Using a rabbit model of flexor tendon injury, mRNA levels for a subset of relevant molecules involved in inflammatory and fibrotic processes were assessed by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction 3, 6, 12 and 24 days after injury. Increased levels of COX-2, IL-1beta, MMP-13 and TIMP-1 mRNA were detected in both tendon and tendon sheath following injury, with each molecule exhibiting tissue and time-dependent changes. MMP-13 and TIMP-1 mRNA levels were markedly upregulated in both tissues, whereas COX-2 and IL-1beta predominantly increased in tendon. Both hyaluronan synthase (HAS) 2 and 3 exhibited increases in mRNA levels in tendon tissue after injury, HAS 2 being more pronounced. These findings support the concept that healing in the flexor tendon and the sheath involve different molecular events and that each tissue may require unique modifications if healing is to be enhanced and adhesions reduced.
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- M Berglund
- Department of Hand Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Gagliano N, Pelillo F, Grizzi F, Picciolini O, Gioia M, Portinaro N. Gene expression profile of extracellular matrix of tendons in cerebral palsy. Dev Med Child Neurol 2007; 49:557-8. [PMID: 17593131 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00557.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- N Gagliano
- Department of Human Morphology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Salo P, Bray R, Seerattan R, Reno C, McDougall J, Hart DA. Neuropeptides regulate expression of matrix molecule, growth factor and inflammatory mediator mRNA in explants of normal and healing medial collateral ligament. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 142:1-6. [PMID: 17292490 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2007.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2006] [Revised: 11/25/2006] [Accepted: 01/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Denervation degrades normal ligament properties and impairs ligament healing. This suggests that secreted neuromediators, such as neuropeptides, could be modulating cell metabolism in ligament and scar tissue. To test this hypothesis we investigated the effect of exogenous substance P (SP), neuropeptide Y (NPY) or calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) on the mRNA levels for proteins associated with inflammation, angiogenesis, and matrix production in tissue-cultured specimens of normal and injured medial collateral ligament. SP and NPY induced increased mRNA levels for several inflammatory mediators in the 2-week post-injury specimens. All three neuropeptides induced decreases in mRNA levels for healing-associated growth factors and matrix molecules, including basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and collagen types I and III. The results indicate that neuropeptides strongly influence the metabolic activity of cells in healing ligament, particularly at early time points after injury.
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- Paul Salo
- Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Duan D, Yang S, Shao Z, Wang H, Xiong X. Protective effect of niacinamide on interleukin-1β-induced annulus fibrosus type II collagen degeneration in vitro. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 27:68-71. [PMID: 17393114 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-007-0120-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The protective effect of niacinamide on interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta)-induced annulus fibrosus (AF) type II collagen degeneration in vitro and the mechanism were investigated. Chiba's intervertebral disc (IVD) culture models in rabbits were established and 48 IVDs from 12 adult Japanese white rabbits were randomly divided into 4 groups: normal control group, niacinamide-treated group, type II collagen degneration group (IL-1beta) and treatment group (niacinamide+IL-1beta). After culture for one week, AFs were collected for inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cysteine containing aspartate specific protease-3 (Caspase-3) and type II collagen immunohistochemical examination, and type II collagen reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The results showed that rate of iNOS positive staining AF cells in the 4 groups was 17.6%, 10.9%, 73.9% and 19.3% respectively. The positive rate in treatment group was significantly lower than in the type II collagen degeneration group (P<0.01). Rate of Caspase-3 positive staining AF cells in the 4 groups was 3.4%, 4.2%, 17.6% and 10.3% respectively. The positive rate in treatment group was lower than in the type II collagen degeneration group (P<0.01). Type II collagen staining demonstrated that lamellar structure and continuity of collagen in treatment group was better reversed than in the degeneration group. RT-PCR revealed that the expression of type II collagen in treatment group was significantly stronger than that in type II collagen degeneration group (P<0.01). It was concluded that niacinamide could effectively inhibit IL-1beta stimulated increase of iNOS and Caspase-3 in AF, and alleviate IL-1beta-caused destruction and synthesis inhibition of type II collagen. Niacinamide is of potential for clinical treatment of IVD degeneration.
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- Deyu Duan
- Department of Orthopaedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
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Berglund M, Reno C, Hart DA, Wiig M. Patterns of mRNA expression for matrix molecules and growth factors in flexor tendon injury: differences in the regulation between tendon and tendon sheath. J Hand Surg Am 2006; 31:1279-87. [PMID: 17027787 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2005] [Revised: 05/31/2006] [Accepted: 06/01/2006] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE Injuries to tendons, particularly flexor tendons, can lead to loss of function after healing due to adhesion formation and other complications. The aim of this study was to increase our understanding of the healing process in tendons and tendon sheaths to develop methods to affect the healing process and improve the outcome of tendon repair in the future. METHODS In a rabbit model of flexor tendon injury, tissues were harvested 3, 6, 12, and 24 days after surgery (n = 6 for each group). After RNA extraction, messenger RNA (mRNA) levels for relevant genes in tendon and tendon sheaths were measured using the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Messenger RNA levels for a subset of relevant molecules at different time points after injury were compared with those of uninjured controls for tendons and tendon sheaths. RESULTS Initially after injury, there was a shift in collagen expression with a marked increase in type III mRNA levels in both the tendon and tendon sheath, whereas those for collagen I increased only in the sheath at later time points. Aggrecan and versican mRNA levels were increased in both tissues, but temporal aspects of the changes were different. The mRNA levels for biglycan and lumican were all upregulated throughout the healing interval examined, whereas those for decorin were significantly decreased throughout in the tendon more so than the sheath. The mRNA levels for basic fibroblastic growth factor and transforming growth factor beta were elevated after injury in the tendon but not in the sheath. In contrast, mRNA levels for connective tissue growth factor were unaltered or decreased in both tissues throughout the interval assessed. CONCLUSIONS Healing after injury to the rabbit flexor tendon and tendon sheath follow a reproducible pattern of gene expression; however, the pattern in the tendon is very different from that in the sheath. These findings indicate that interventions developed to improve healing of these tissues will have to address these differences, because they will likely affect the outcomes.
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- Maria Berglund
- Department of Hand Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Xiong X, Yang S, Shao Z, Liu X, Zhan Z, Duan D. Up-regulation of niacinamide in intervertebral disc aggrecanin vitro. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 26:89-92. [PMID: 16718929 DOI: 10.1007/bf02828047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The regulatory effects of niacinamide (Nia) on intervertebral disc (IVD) aggrecan in vitro was investigated. Chiba's 10 ng/mL interleukin-1 (IL-1)-induced rabbit IVD degeneration model in vitro was established. 0.5, 0.25 and 0.05 mg/mL Nia was added to normal and degenerated IVDs for intervention. On the first and second week after intervention, safranin O-fast green staining intensity and glycosaminoglycan (GS) content were measured. The expression of aggrecan core protein was detected by RT-PCR. The results showed: (1) After treatment with 0.5 mg/mL Nia for one week, the GS content in nucleus pulposus (NP) was increased by 44.8% as compared with control group (P < 0 01); The GS content in IL-1 induction groups was increased with the increase of Nia concentrations: After treatment with 0.5 mg/mL for one week, the GS content in NP was increased by 68.3% as compared with control group (P < 0.01). After two weeks, GS content in NP and fibrous rings was still higher than in control group at the same period (P < 0.01) and untreated group (P < 0.01). (2) Safranin O-fast green staining revealed that with the increase of Nia concentrations, staining density in NP and fibrous rings was increased and histological structure damage to IVDs by IL-1beta was alleviated. (3) RT-PCR showed that the expression of core protein gene in IL-1beta-induced degenerated IVDS was increased with the increase of Nia concentrations. It was concluded that under conditions in vitro, Nia could up-regulate the expression of aggrecan in IVDs and protect IVDs from IL-1beta-induced degeneration at least partially, which offers a potential choice for IVD degeneration clinical therapy.
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- Xiaoqian Xiong
- Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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