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Cates WT, Denbeigh JM, Salvagno RT, Kakar S, van Wijnen AJ, Eaton C. Inflammatory Markers Involved in the Pathogenesis of Dupuytren's Contracture. Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr 2024; 34:1-35. [PMID: 38912961 DOI: 10.1615/critreveukaryotgeneexpr.2024052889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Dupuytren's disease is a common fibroproliferative disease that can result in debilitating hand deformities. Partial correction and return of deformity are common with surgical or clinical treatments at present. While current treatments are limited to local procedures for relatively late effects of the disease, the pathophysiology of this connective tissue disorder is associated with both local and systemic processes (e.g., fibrosis, inflammation). Hence, a better understanding of the systemic circulation of Dupuytren related cytokines and growth factors may provide important insights into disease progression. In addition, systemic biomarker analysis could yield new concepts for treatments of Dupuytren that attenuate circulatory factors (e.g., anti-inflammatory agents, neutralizing antibodies). Progress in the development of any disease modifying biologic treatment for Dupuytren has been hampered by the lack of clinically useful biomarkers. The characterization of nonsurgical Dupuytren biomarkers will permit disease staging from diagnostic and prognostic perspectives, as well as allows evaluation of biologic responses to treatment. Identification of such markers may transcend their use in Dupuytren treatment, because fibrotic biological processes fundamental to Dupuytren are relevant to fibrosis in many other connective tissues and organs with collagen-based tissue compartments. There is a wide range of potential Dupuytren biomarker categories that could be informative, including disease determinants linked to genetics, collagen metabolism, as well as immunity and inflammation (e.g., cytokines, chemokines). This narrative review provides a broad overview of previous studies and emphasizes the importance of inflammatory mediators as candidate circulating biomarkers for monitoring Dupuytren's disease.
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- William T Cates
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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The Role of Stem Cells in Dupuytren's Disease: A Review. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN 2018; 6:e1777. [PMID: 29922559 PMCID: PMC5999435 DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000001777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The pathogenesis of Dupuytren’s disease (DD) remains unclear although there is increasing evidence supporting the role of stem cells in this and other fibrotic conditions. This review examines the role of DD tissue-associated embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), and circulating fibrocytes and circulating MSCs, in the biology of DD. It is exciting to infer that dysfunction of an upstream ESC-like population within the affected tissue leads to the downstream development and proliferation of aberrant myofibroblasts through a putative MSC intermediate. This ESC-like population may be a potential novel therapeutic target through modulation of the renin-angiotensin system. Furthermore, circulating CD34+ fibrocytes and MSCs either derived from the bone marrow, peripheral blood cells, or DD-associated ESC-like population, may serve as potential additional extra-palmar reservoirs that undergo endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition, eventually giving rise to the aberrant myofibroblasts. Further studies examining the relative roles of these stem cells and the precise regulatory pathways that govern them may lead to novel therapy that targets these populations.
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Tan K, Brasch HD, van Schaijik B, Armstrong JR, Marsh RW, Davis PF, Tan ST, Itinteang T. Expression and Localization of Cathepsins B, D, and G in Dupuytren's Disease. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN 2018; 6:e1686. [PMID: 29616179 PMCID: PMC5865920 DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000001686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND The pathogenesis of Dupuytren's disease (DD) remains unclear. An embryonic stem cell (ESC)-like population in the endothelium of the microvessels around tissues that expresses components of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been reported. This study investigated if this primitive population expresses cathepsins B, D, and G, that contribute to RAS bypass loops. METHODS 3,3-Diaminobenzidine immunohistochemical (IHC) staining for cathepsins B, D, and G was performed on sections of formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded DD cords (n = 10) and nodules (n = 10). Immunofluorescence IHC staining was utilized to demonstrate co-expression of these cathepsins with ESC markers. Protein and gene expression of these cathepsins was investigated in snap-frozen DD cords (n = 3) and nodules (n = 3) by Western blotting and NanoString analysis, respectively. Enzymatic activity of these cathepsins was investigated by enzymatic activity assays. RESULTS 3,3-Diaminobenzidine IHC staining demonstrated expression of cathepsins B, D, and G in DD cords and nodules. Gene expression of cathepsins B, D, and G was confirmed by NanoString analysis. Western blotting confirmed expression of cathepsins B and D, but not cathepsin G. Immunofluorescent IHC staining demonstrated high abundance of cathepsins B and D on the OCT4+/angiotensin converting enzyme+ endothelium and the smooth muscle layer of the microvessels. Cathepsin G was localized to trypase+ cells within the stroma in DD cords and nodules with limited expression on the microvessels. Enzyme activity assays demonstrated functional activity of cathepsins B and D. CONCLUSIONS Cathepsins B, D, and G were expressed in the DD tissues, with cathepsins B and D localized to the primitive population in the endothelium of the microvessels, whereas cathepsin G was localized to phenotypic mast cells, suggesting the presence of bypass loops for the RAS.
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- Kirin Tan
- From the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand; Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- From the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand; Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- From the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand; Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- From the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand; Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- From the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand; Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- From the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand; Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- From the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand; Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- From the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute, Wellington, New Zealand; Wellington Regional Plastic, Maxillofacial & Burns Unit, Hutt Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand; and University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Zhou C, Hovius SER, Pieters AJ, Slijper HP, Feitz R, Selles RW. Comparative Effectiveness of Needle Aponeurotomy and Collagenase Injection for Dupuytren's Contracture: A Multicenter Study. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY-GLOBAL OPEN 2017; 5:e1425. [PMID: 29062633 PMCID: PMC5640330 DOI: 10.1097/gox.0000000000001425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Although the efficacy of collagenase clostridium histolyticum (CCH) injections has been demonstrated by randomized clinical trials, the relative effectiveness of CCH remains uncertain. Our aim was to compare the outcomes of CCH with those of percutaneous needle aponeurotomy (PNA) in daily clinical practice. METHODS We analyzed data from patients undergoing PNA or CCH between 2011 and 2014 at 7 practice sites in the Netherlands. We examined the degree of improvement in contracture and adverse effects at 6-12 weeks after surgery or the last injection. Additionally, we invited patients to complete the Michigan Hand Questionnaire before and at 6-12 months follow-up. To minimize the risk of bias, we used propensity score matching. RESULTS Among 130 matched patients (93% Tubiana I or II) undergoing PNA (n = 46) and CCH (n = 84), improvement in contracture was similar: 26 degrees (65% improvement from baseline) for PNA versus 31 degrees (71%) for CCH for affected metacarpophalangeal joints (P = 0.163). This was 16 degrees (50% improvement) versus 17 degrees (42%) for affected proximal interphalangeal joints (P = 0.395), respectively. No serious adverse effects occurred in either of the 2 treatment groups. Of the mild adverse effects, only skin fissures and sensory disturbances were seen in both groups. Through 1-year follow-up, patients reported similar improvements in the overall Michigan Hand Questionnaire score (PNA 5.3 points versus CCH 4.9 points; P = 0.912). CONCLUSIONS In patients with mild contractures (Tubiana I or II), CCH was as effective as PNA in reducing contractures. Both treatments were safe and improved hand function to a similar extent in daily practice.
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- Chao Zhou
- From the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Hand and Wrist Center, Xpert Clinic, Hilversum, The Netherlands; and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Hand and Wrist Center, Xpert Clinic, Hilversum, The Netherlands; and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Hand and Wrist Center, Xpert Clinic, Hilversum, The Netherlands; and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Hand and Wrist Center, Xpert Clinic, Hilversum, The Netherlands; and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Hand and Wrist Center, Xpert Clinic, Hilversum, The Netherlands; and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- From the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Hand and Wrist Center, Xpert Clinic, Hilversum, The Netherlands; and Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Riester SM, Arsoy D, Camilleri ET, Dudakovic A, Paradise CR, Evans JM, Torres-Mora J, Rizzo M, Kloen P, Julio MKD, van Wijnen AJ, Kakar S. RNA sequencing reveals a depletion of collagen targeting microRNAs in Dupuytren's disease. BMC Med Genomics 2015; 8:59. [PMID: 26446724 PMCID: PMC4597401 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-015-0135-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 09/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Dupuytren’s disease is an inherited disorder in which patients develop fibrotic contractures of the hand. Current treatment strategies include surgical excision or enzymatic digestion of fibrotic tissue. MicroRNAs, which are key posttranscriptional regulators of genes expression, have been shown to play an important regulatory role in disorders of fibrosis. Therefore in this investigation, we apply high throughput next generation RNA sequencing strategies to characterize microRNA expression in diseased and healthy palmar fascia to elucidate molecular mechanisms responsible for pathogenic fibrosis. Methods We applied high throughput RNA sequencing techniques to quantify the expression of all known human microRNAs in Dupuytren’s and control palmar fascia. MicroRNAs that were differentially expressed between diseased and healthy tissue samples were used for computational target prediction using the bioinformatics tool ComiR. Molecular pathways that were predicted to be differentially expressed based on computational analysis were validated by performing RT-qPCR on RNA extracted from diseased and non-diseased palmar fascia biopsies. Results A comparison of microRNAs expressed in Dupuytren’s fascia and control fascia identified 74 microRNAs with a 2-fold enrichment in Dupuytren’s tissue, and 32 microRNAs with enrichment in control fascia. Computational target prediction for differentially expressed microRNAs indicated preferential targeting of collagens and extracellular matrix related proteins in control palmar fascia. RT-qPCR confirmed the decreased expression of microRNA targeted collagens in control palmar fascia tissues. Discussion Control palmar fascia show decreased expression of mRNAs encoding collagens that are preferentially targeted by microRNAs enriched in non-diseased fascia. Thus alterations in microRNA regulatory networks may play an important role in driving the pathogenic fibrosis seen in Dupuytren’s disease via direct regulatory effects on extracellular matrix protein synthesis. Conclusion Dupuytren’s fascia and healthy palmar fascia can be distinguished by unique microRNA profiles, which are predicted to preferentially target collagens and other extracellular matrix proteins. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12920-015-0135-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Scott M Riester
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Mayo Clinic Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
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