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Intraarticular Ligament Degeneration Is Interrelated with Cartilage and Bone Destruction in Osteoarthritis. Cells 2019; 8:cells8090990. [PMID: 31462003 PMCID: PMC6769780 DOI: 10.3390/cells8090990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 08/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA) induces inflammation and degeneration of all joint components including cartilage, joint capsule, bone and bone marrow, and ligaments. Particularly intraarticular ligaments, which connect the articulating bones such as the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscotibial ligaments, fixing the fibrocartilaginous menisci to the tibial bone, are prone to the inflamed joint milieu in OA. However, the pathogenesis of ligament degeneration on the cellular level, most likely triggered by OA associated inflammation, remains poorly understood. Hence, this review sheds light into the intimate interrelation between ligament degeneration, synovitis, joint cartilage degradation, and dysbalanced subchondral bone remodeling. Various features of ligament degeneration accompanying joint cartilage degradation have been reported including chondroid metaplasia, cyst formation, heterotopic ossification, and mucoid and fatty degenerations. The entheses of ligaments, fixing ligaments to the subchondral bone, possibly influence the localization of subchondral bone lesions. The transforming growth factor (TGF)β/bone morphogenetic (BMP) pathway could present a link between degeneration of the osteochondral unit and ligaments with misrouted stem cell differentiation as one likely reason for ligament degeneration, but less studied pathways such as complement activation could also contribute to inflammation. Facilitation of OA progression by changed biomechanics of degenerated ligaments should be addressed in more detail in the future.
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Minami T, Koga H, Sekiya I, Watanabe T, Horie M, Katagiri H, Otabe K, Ohara T, Katakura M, Muneta T. Posteriorly inserted anterior cruciate ligament in knees with discoid lateral meniscus corresponding to bony morphological characteristics of femoral lateral condyle. J Orthop Sci 2018; 23:350-355. [PMID: 29102413 DOI: 10.1016/j.jos.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 09/25/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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PURPOSE Discoid meniscus often causes mechanical problems and needs surgical treatment at an early age. However, many aspects of its morphological development and changes remain unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the insertion of the femoral anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) via the behind-ACL approach and the morphology of the lateral femoral condyle to which the ACL attaches to clarify the morphological characteristics of the knee with discoid lateral meniscus (DLM). METHOD Sixty-six patients with meniscus injury who underwent arthroscopic surgery were retrospectively reviewed. Preoperative plane radiographs were reviewed. To evaluate the shape of the femoral condyle, the ratio of the medial and lateral condyles, obliquity of the inter-epicondylar line, and the prominence ratio were assessed. From the arthroscopic observation using the behind-ACL approach, the insertion of the femoral ACL was classified as low, middle, and high based on the height from the deepest area of the articular surface to the direct insertion, including fibrous extension from the joint surface at 90° flexion. RESULTS Twenty-nine patients had DLM (DLM group), and 37 patients had a semilunar meniscal injury (non-DLM group). The ratio of the lateral femoral condyle, obliquity of the inter-epicondylar line, and prominence ratio in the DLM group were significantly smaller than those in the non-DLM group. On the other hand, no significant difference in the ratio of the medial femoral condyle was observed. Arthroscopic evaluation revealed that the femoral ACL was significantly inserted lower in the DLM group than in the non-DLM group. CONCLUSION The femoral ACL with DLM was inserted close to the femoral joint surface with morphological abnormality in the knees with DLM related to hypoplasic of the lateral femoral condyle.
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Affiliation(s)
- Takao Minami
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1, Kimiidera, Wakayama City, Wakayama 641-8509, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital of Medicine, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan; National Hospital Organization Disaster Medical Center, 3256 Midori, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-0014, Japan.
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