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ArticleScientific reports2016

Imaging of Osteoarthritic Human Articular Cartilage using Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy Combined with Multivariate and Univariate Analysis.

J Oinas, L Rieppo, M A J Finnilä, M Valkealahti, P Lehenkari, S Saarakkala

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J OinasResearch Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland.
L RieppoResearch Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland.
M A J FinniläResearch Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland.
M ValkealahtiMedical Research Center, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Finland.
P LehenkariMedical Research Center, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Finland.
S SaarakkalaResearch Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland.

Funding

European Research Council 336267
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The changes in chemical composition of human articular cartilage (AC) caused by osteoarthritis (OA) were investigated using Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy (FTIR-MS). We demonstrate the sensitivity of FTIR-MS for monitoring compositional changes that occur with OA progression. Twenty-eight AC samples from tibial plateaus were imaged with FTIR-MS. Hyperspectral images of all samples were combined for K-means clustering. Partial least squares regression (PLSR) analysis was used to compare the spectra with the OARSI grade (histopathological grading of OA). Furthermore, the amide I and the carbohydrate regions were used to estimate collagen and proteoglycan contents, respectively. Spectral peak at 1338 cm(-1) was used to estimate the integrity of the collagen network. The layered structure of AC was revealed using the carbohydrate region for clustering. Statistically significant correlation was observed between the OARSI grade and the collagen integrity in the superficial (r = -0.55) and the deep (r = -0.41) zones. Furthermore, PLSR models predicted the OARSI grade from the superficial (r = 0.94) and the deep (r = 0.77) regions of the AC with high accuracy. Obtained results suggest that quantitative and qualitative changes occur in the AC composition during OA progression, and these can be monitored by the use of FTIR-MS.

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Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredBiological FactorsCarbohydratesCartilage, ArticularCollagenHumansKnee JointOsteoarthritisBiological FactorsCarbohydratesCollagen

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PMCPMC4956759

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