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ArticleAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2021

Hydrogel-Guided, rAAV-Mediated IGF-I Overexpression Enables Long-Term Cartilage Repair and Protection against Perifocal Osteoarthritis in a Large-Animal Full-Thickness Chondral Defect Model at One Year In Vivo.

Johanna Maihöfer, Henning Madry, Ana Rey-Rico, Jagadeesh K Venkatesan, Lars Goebel, Gertrud Schmitt, Susanne Speicher-Mentges, Xiaoyu Cai, Weikun Meng, David Zurakowski and 3 more

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Article in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 88 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Johanna MaihöferCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Henning MadryCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Ana Rey-RicoCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Jagadeesh K VenkatesanCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Lars GoebelCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Gertrud SchmittCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Susanne Speicher-MentgesCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Xiaoyu CaiCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Weikun MengCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
David ZurakowskiDepartments of Anesthesia and Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
Michael D MengerInstitute for Clinical and Experimental Surgery, Saarland University, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Matthias W LaschkeInstitute for Clinical and Experimental Surgery, Saarland University, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Magali CucchiariniCenter of Experimental Orthopaedics, Saarland University and Saarland University Medical Center, D-66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0323-8922
Saarland University · DEBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

Division of Experimental MedicineHarvard Institutes of Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterThe Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The regeneration of focal articular cartilage defects is complicated by the reduced quality of the repair tissue and the potential development of perifocal osteoarthritis (OA). Biomaterial-guided gene therapy may enhance cartilage repair by controlling the release of therapeutic sequences in a spatiotemporal manner. Here, the benefits of delivering a recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector coding for the human insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) via an alginate hydrogel (IGF-I/AlgPH155) to enhance repair of full-thickness chondral defects following microfracture surgery after one year in minipigs versus control (lacZ/AlgPH155) treatment are reported. Sustained IGF-I overexpression is significantly achieved in the repair tissue of defects treated with IGF-I/AlgPH155 versus those receiving lacZ/AlgPH155 for one year and in the cartilage surrounding the defects. Administration of IGF-I/AlgPH155 significantly improves parameters of cartilage repair at one year relative to lacZ/AlgPH155 (semiquantitative total histological score, cell densities, matrix deposition) without deleterious or immune reactions. Remarkably, delivery of IGF-I/AlgPH155 also significantly reduces perifocal OA and inflammation after one year versus lacZ/AlgPH155 treatment. Biomaterial-guided rAAV gene transfer represents a valuable clinical approach to promote cartilage repair and to protect against OA.

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Cartilage, ArticularDependovirusHydrogelsInsulin-Like Growth Factor IOsteoarthritisAlginatesAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansSwineSwine, MiniatureAlginatesHydrogelsInsulin-Like Growth Factor Ialginate hydrogelcartilage repairIGF-Iperifocal osteoarthritisrAAV

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PMID33734514
PMCPMC11468525
OpenAlexW3136224130

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