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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2024

An Advanced Mechanically Active Osteoarthritis-on-Chip Model to Test Injectable Therapeutic Formulations: The SYN321 Case Study.

Cecilia Palma, Stefano Piazza, Roberta Visone, Rune Ringom, Ulf Björklund, Antonio Bermejo Gómez, Marco Rasponi, Paola Occhetta

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Cecilia PalmaDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 34/5, Milan, 20133, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9517-1803
Stefano PiazzaBiomimX Srl, Viale Decumano 41, MIND - Milano Innovation District, Milan, 20157, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-0915-3065
Roberta VisoneBiomimX Srl, Viale Decumano 41, MIND - Milano Innovation District, Milan, 20157, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9077-1922
Rune RingomRecipharm OT Chemistry AB, Virdings allé 18, Uppsala, 754 50, Sweden.
Ulf BjörklundUB-consulting AB, Trädgårdsgatan 7A, Uppsala, 753 09, Sweden.
Antonio Bermejo GómezSynartro AB, Dalgatan 16A, Uppsala, 752 18, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-1333-7740
Marco RasponiDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 34/5, Milan, 20133, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2904-8652
Paola OcchettaDepartment of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via Ponzio 34/5, Milan, 20133, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5758-2019

Funding

Fondazione Cariplo 2021-1564
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current treatments for osteoarthritis (OA) often fail to address the underlying pathophysiology and may have systemic side effects, particularly associated with long-term use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Thus, researchers are currently directing their efforts toward innovative polymer-drug combinations, such as mixtures of hyaluronic acid viscoelastic hydrogels and NSAIDs like diclofenac, to ensure sustained release of the NSAID within the joint following intra-articular injection. However, the progress of novel injectable therapies for OA is hindered by the absence of preclinical models that accurately represent the pathology of the disease. The uBeat® MultiCompress platform is here presented as a novel approach for studying anti-OA injectable therapeutics on human mechanically-damaged OA cartilage microtissues, in a physiologically relevant environment. This platform can accommodate injectable therapeutic formulations and is successfully tested with SYN321, a novel diclofenac-sodium hyaluronate conjugate under development as a treatment for knee OA. Results indicate the platform's effectiveness in evaluating therapeutic potential, showing downregulation of inflammatory markers and reduction in matrix degradation in OA cartilage micro-tissues treated with SYN321. The uBeat® MultiCompress platform thus represents a valuable tool for OA research, offering a bridge between traditional in vitro studies and potential clinical applications, with implications for future drug discovery.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalDiclofenacHyaluronic AcidOsteoarthritisCartilage, ArticularHumansHydrogelsInjections, Intra-ArticularLab-On-A-Chip DevicesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalDiclofenacHyaluronic AcidHydrogelscartilageorgan‐on‐chiposteoarthritistherapy

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PMID39318108
PMCPMC11670293

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