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ArticleJournal of experimental orthopaedics2019

The role of intra-articular administration of Fetuin-A in post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis: an experimental study in a rat model.

Eleni Pappa, Savvas Papadopoulos, Laskarina-Maria Korou, Despina N Perrea, Spiridon Pneumaticos, Vasileios S Nikolaou

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Article in Journal of experimental orthopaedics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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Eleni Pappa"KAT" General Hospital of Athens, Nikis 2, 14561, Kifisia, Greece. helenapp27@yahoo.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2214-5625
Savvas PapadopoulosDepartment of Pathology, "Hygeia" General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Laskarina-Maria KorouLaboratory of Experimental Surgery and Research "N.S. Christeas", Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Despina N PerreaLaboratory of Experimental Surgery and Research "N.S. Christeas", Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
Spiridon Pneumaticos3rd Department of Orthopaedics, KAT Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Vasileios S Nikolaou2nd Department of Orthopaedics, Agia Olga Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Athens Medical Center · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRHygeia Hospital · GRKAT General Hospital of Attica · GR

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Abstract

backgroundThe purpose of this study is to investigate the possible attenuating role of the intra-articular administration of Fetuin-A in post-traumatic secondary osteoarthritis in rats, and also its effect on the systematic levels of interleukins (ILs)-2,4,7, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) 2, 4, 7, C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and Fetuin-A.

methodsThirty male Sprague Dawley rats were separated in two groups where post-traumatic osteoarthritis was induced surgically by Anterior Cruciate Ligament Transection and the transection of the Medial Collateral Ligament of the right knee. In the Control Group, only the surgical intervention took place. In Fetuin Group, along with the induction of osteoarthritis, a single dose of bovine fetuin was administrated intra-articularly, intra-operatively. Both groups were examined for 8 weeks. The levels of interleukins, bone morphogenetic proteins, Fetuin-A and C-Reactive Protein were evaluated by ELISA of peripheral blood in three time periods: preoperatively, 5 and 8 weeks post-operatively. Osteoarthritic lesions of the knee were classified according to the Osteoarthritis Research Society International Grading System and the Modified Mankin Score, by histologic examination.

resultsIL-2 levels were significantly decreased in the Fetuin Group. No statistical difference was signed on the levels of IL-7, BMP-2,4,7 and Fetuin-A between the two groups. CRP levels were significantly increased in the Fetuin Group in 5 weeks of the experiment. Fetuin Group signed better scores according to the OARSI classification system and Modified Mankin Score, without any statistical significance.

conclusionsIntra-articular administration of Fetuin-A restrictively affected the progression of post-traumatic arthritis in rats, as only the levels of IL-2 were decreased as well as limited osteoarthritic lesions were observed on the Fetuin Group.

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