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ArticleAsian spine journal2023

Novel Biomarkers of Health and Degeneration in Human Intervertebral Discs: In-depth Proteomic Analysis of Collagen Framework of Fetal, Healthy, Scoliotic, Degenerate, and Herniated Discs.

Shanmuganathan Rajasekaran, Dilip Chand Raja Soundararajan, Sharon Miracle Nayagam, Chitraa Tangavel, Muthuraja Raveendran, Sri Vijay Anand K S, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi Mugesh Kanna

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Article in Asian spine journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shanmuganathan RajasekaranDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Dilip Chand Raja SoundararajanDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Sharon Miracle NayagamGanga Research Centre, Coimbatore, India.
Chitraa TangavelGanga Research Centre, Coimbatore, India.
Muthuraja RaveendranDepartment of Plant Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India.
Sri Vijay Anand K SDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Ajoy Prasad ShettyDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Rishi Mugesh KannaDepartment of Spine Surgery, Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Ganga Hospital · INTamil Nadu Agricultural University · IN

Funding

Ganga Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation GOREF 2021-09
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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designProfiling proteins expressed in the nucleus pulposus (NP) of intervertebral discs (IVDs) in five different biological states. PURPOSE: To evaluate the molecular complexity of the collagen (COL) framework and its role in the health and disease of human IVDs. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Changes in COL composition have been linked to degenerative disk disease (DDD). Despite the fact that humans have 28 different types of COLs, most of the literature focuses solely on COL-1 and COL-2. This study used high-end proteomic technology to examine the entire COL composition of the human IVD across fetal (developmental-FD), normal (healthy-ND), scoliotic (early degeneration-SD), herniated (degenerate-DH), and degenerated (DD) disk phenotypes.

methodsForty NP tissues were snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen (-196°C) immediately before being subjected to proteomic and bioinformatic analyses from five different disk phenotypes (eight each).

resultsTandem mass spectrometric analysis revealed a total of 1,050 proteins in FDs, 1,809 in ND, 1,487 in SD, 1,859 in DH, and 1,538 in the DD group. Of 28 major collagens reported in the human body, this study identified 24 different collagens with 34 subtypes in NP. Fibril-forming collagens (COL-1, 2, and 11A1) and fibril-associated collagens with interrupted triple helices (COL-9A1, 12A1, and 14A1) were abundantly expressed in FDs, representing their role in the development of NP. Multiplexin (COL-15), a hybrid proteoglycan-collagen molecule, was discovered only in FDs. Degeneration was associated with COL2A1 downregulation and COL-10A1 upregulation.

conclusionsCOL10 was discovered to be a new biomarker for disk degeneration. Besides COL-1 and 2, other important COLs (6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15) with anabolic potential and abundant expression in the fetal phenotype could be investigated for tissue engineering and novel DDD therapy.

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CollagenDegenerative disk diseaseExtracellular matrixIntervertebral discProteomics

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PMID35421910
PMCPMC9977988
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