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ArticleScientific reports2024

Mode of injury and level of synovitis alter inflammatory chondrocyte gene expression and associated pathways.

Megan L Libke, Daniel J Cunningham, Bridgette D Furman, John S Yi, Jonathan M Brunger, Virginia B Kraus, Farshid Guilak, Amy L McNulty, Steven A Olson

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  2. Novel Biomaterial-Based Synovial Fluid Analysis Reveals Protective microRNA Signatures in a Mouse Model of Acute Synovitis-Driven Osteoarthritis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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9 authors.

Megan L Libke *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Daniel J Cunningham *Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Bridgette D FurmanDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
John S YiDepartment of Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Jonathan M BrungerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Virginia B KrausDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Farshid GuilakWashington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Amy L McNultyDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Steven A OlsonDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. steven.olson@duke.edu.

Funding

Resource Core 3 - Metabolomics CoreP30AG028716 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CATHLEEN S COLON-EMERIC, Susan Nicole Hastings · 2006 to 2026
$24.6M
OBESITY, BIOMECHANICS, AND INFLAMMATION IN OSTEOARTHRITISR01AG046927 · NIA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GUILAK, FARSHID · 2013 to 2023
$3.2M
Duke CTSA (Composite)TL1TR001116 · NCATS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI BOULWARE, LEIGH E, KRAFT, MONICA · 2013 to 2017
$1.2M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001116NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028716NIA NIH HHS R01 AG046927
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although various joint injuries result in post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA), differences in chondrocyte response to specific injuries, such as blunt compression or fracture, are unclear. Furthermore, the role of underlying joint inflammation, or synovitis, is often not considered. We investigated how injury mechanisms and underlying synovitis affect chondrocyte gene expression using osteochondral injury models with synovial co-culture. We hypothesized that the state of synovitis as well as the mechanism of biomechanical cartilage injury differentially alter the gene expression of chondrocytes and that these responses are regulated by the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 1 (IL-1). The mechanism of injury and level of synovial inflammation both significantly regulated chondrocyte gene expression and associated pathways, uncovering distinct characteristics of fracture and compression injury mechanisms. Targeting IL-1 following injury reduced the inflammatory response and could have clinical implications. The results from this study show that crosstalk between biomechanics and inflammation in the context of synovitis and cartilage injury mechanism is an important consideration for PTOA.

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ChondrocytesSynovitisAnimalsCartilage, ArticularCoculture TechniquesGene Expression RegulationHumansInflammationInterleukin-1OsteoarthritisSignal TransductionInterleukin-1

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PMID39572571
PMCPMC11582678

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