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Sloan SR, Lintz M, Hussain I, Hartl R, Bonassar LJ. Biologic Annulus Fibrosus Repair: A Review of Preclinical In Vivo Investigations. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS 2018; 24:179-190. [PMID: 29105592 DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2017.0351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Lower back pain, the leading cause of workplace absences and disability, is often attributed to intervertebral disc degeneration, in which nucleus pulposus (NP) herniates through lesions in the annulus fibrosus (AF) and impinges on the spinal cord and surrounding nerves. Surgeons remove extruded NP via discectomy when indicated by local/radicular pain supported by radiographic evidence; however, current interventions do not alter the underlying disease or seal the AF. The reported rates of recurrent herniation or pain following discectomy cases range from 5% to 25%, which has pushed spine research in recent years toward annular repair and closure strategies. Synthetic implants designed to mechanically seal the AF have been subject to large animal and clinical trials, with limited success in preventing recurrent herniation. Like gold standard interventions, purely mechanical devices fail to promote tissue integration, long-term healing, or restore native biomechanical function to the spine. Biological repair strategies utilizing principles of tissue engineering have demonstrated success in overcoming the inadequacies of current interventions and mechanical implants, yet, none has reached clinical or proof-of-concept trials in humans. In this review, we will discuss annular repair strategies promoting biological healing that have been implemented in small and large animal models in vivo, and ways to enhance the efficacy of these treatments.
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- Stephen R Sloan
- 1 Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York
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- 1 Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York
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- 2 Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center , New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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- 2 Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Brain and Spine Center , New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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- 1 Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York.,3 Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York
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Zhu D, Tapadia MD, Palispis W, Luu M, Wang W, Gupta R. Attenuation of Robust Glial Scar Formation Facilitates Functional Recovery in Animal Models of Chronic Nerve Compression Injury. J Bone Joint Surg Am 2017; 99:e132. [PMID: 29257018 DOI: 10.2106/jbjs.17.00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Late surgery for chronic nerve compression injuries usually improves sensation but rarely reverses motor atrophy. We hypothesized that a persistent glial scar after chronic nerve compression injury might account for poor motor recovery and that degradation of the glial scar as an adjunct to surgical decompression would improve functional recovery. METHODS A previously described model of chronic nerve compression injury was created in C57BL/6 mice and Sprague-Dawley rats, and the nerves were harvested early or late after electrophysiological confirmation of the injury. Western blot, polymerase chain reaction, and quantitative immunohistochemical analyses were performed to determine levels of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans and extracellular matrix molecules. Subsets of mice were treated either with surgical decompression alone or with decompression coupled with intraepineurial injection of a low dose (0.1 μgμL) or a high dose (0.2 μg/μL) of chondroitinase ABC at 6 weeks after injury. RESULTS Aggrecan showed the greatest change in mRNA and protein levels at the early and late time points following creation of the chronic nerve compression injury. Quantitative immunohistochemical analysis revealed early aggrecan upregulation localized primarily to the endoneurium and late upregulation localized to the perineurium and epineurium (p < 0.0105). Quantitative immunohistochemical analysis for collagen IV, laminin-α2, and fibronectin also showed early upregulation with perineurial scarring. Quantitative immunohistochemical analysis and Western blot analysis for aggrecan demonstrated a marked increase in the endoneurium at the early time points and upregulation of expression in the epineurium and perineurium at the late time points. Decompression along with intraepineurial injection of high-dose chondroitinase ABC at 6 weeks after creation of the compression injury resulted in marked attenuation of decorin and aggrecan expression with functional improvement in nerve conduction velocity. CONCLUSIONS Significant upregulation of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans and other extracellular matrix components contributes to the pathogenesis of compression neuropathies in murine models. The administration of chondroitinase ABC degrades these chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans and improves functional recovery after chronic nerve compression injury; thus, it can be considered as a possible therapeutic adjunct.
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- Diana Zhu
- Peripheral Nerve Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Peripheral Nerve Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Peripheral Nerve Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Peripheral Nerve Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Peripheral Nerve Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Peripheral Nerve Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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Gullbrand SE, Malhotra NR, Schaer TP, Zawacki Z, Martin JT, Bendigo JR, Milby AH, Dodge GR, Vresilovic EJ, Elliott DM, Mauck RL, Smith LJ. A large animal model that recapitulates the spectrum of human intervertebral disc degeneration. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2017; 25:146-156. [PMID: 27568573 PMCID: PMC5182186 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Revised: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to establish a large animal model that recapitulates the spectrum of intervertebral disc degeneration that occurs in humans and which is suitable for pre-clinical evaluation of a wide range of experimental therapeutics. DESIGN Degeneration was induced in the lumbar intervertebral discs of large frame goats by either intradiscal injection of chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) over a range of dosages (0.1U, 1U or 5U) or subtotal nucleotomy. Radiographs were used to assess disc height changes over 12 weeks. Degenerative changes to the discs and endplates were assessed via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), semi-quantitative histological grading, microcomputed tomography (μCT), and measurement of disc biomechanical properties. RESULTS Degenerative changes were observed for all interventions that ranged from mild (0.1U ChABC) to moderate (1U ChABC and nucleotomy) to severe (5U ChABC). All groups showed progressive reductions in disc height over 12 weeks. Histological scores were significantly increased in the 1U and 5U ChABC groups. Reductions in T2 and T1ρ, and increased Pfirrmann grade were observed on MRI. Resorption and remodeling of the cortical boney endplate adjacent to ChABC-injected discs also occurred. Spine segment range of motion (ROM) was greater and compressive modulus was lower in 1U ChABC and nucleotomy discs compared to intact. CONCLUSIONS A large animal model of disc degeneration was established that recapitulates the spectrum of structural, compositional and biomechanical features of human disc degeneration. This model may serve as a robust platform for evaluating the efficacy of therapeutics targeted towards varying degrees of disc degeneration.
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- S E Gullbrand
- Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA, United States
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- Comparative Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA, United States
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- Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Penn State Hershey Bone and Joint Institute, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
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- Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States; McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States; Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
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Gantenbein B, Illien-Jünger S, Chan SCW, Walser J, Haglund L, Ferguson SJ, Iatridis JC, Grad S. Organ culture bioreactors--platforms to study human intervertebral disc degeneration and regenerative therapy. Curr Stem Cell Res Ther 2016; 10:339-52. [PMID: 25764196 DOI: 10.2174/1574888x10666150312102948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2015] [Revised: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/01/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In recent decades the application of bioreactors has revolutionized the concept of culturing tissues and organs that require mechanical loading. In intervertebral disc (IVD) research, collaborative efforts of biomedical engineering, biology and mechatronics have led to the innovation of new loading devices that can maintain viable IVD organ explants from large animals and human cadavers in precisely defined nutritional and mechanical environments over extended culture periods. Particularly in spine and IVD research, these organ culture models offer appealing alternatives, as large bipedal animal models with naturally occurring IVD degeneration and a genetic background similar to the human condition do not exist. Latest research has demonstrated important concepts including the potential of homing of mesenchymal stem cells to nutritionally or mechanically stressed IVDs, and the regenerative potential of "smart" biomaterials for nucleus pulposus or annulus fibrosus repair. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about cell therapy, injection of cytokines and short peptides to rescue the degenerating IVD. We further stress that most bioreactor systems simplify the real in vivo conditions providing a useful proof of concept. Limitations are that certain aspects of the immune host response and pain assessments cannot be addressed with ex vivo systems. Coccygeal animal disc models are commonly used because of their availability and similarity to human IVDs. Although in vitro loading environments are not identical to the human in vivo situation, 3D ex vivo organ culture models of large animal coccygeal and human lumbar IVDs should be seen as valid alternatives for screening and feasibility testing to augment existing small animal, large animal, and human clinical trial experiments.
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- Benjamin Gantenbein
- Institute for Surgical Technology & Biomechanics, Medical Faculty, University, Stauffacherstrasse 78, CH-3014 Bern, Switzerland.
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Mechanics and biology in intervertebral disc degeneration: a vicious circle. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2015; 23:1057-70. [PMID: 25827971 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2015.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 539] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Revised: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Intervertebral disc degeneration is a major cause of low back pain. Despite its long history and large socio-economical impact in western societies, the initiation and progress of disc degeneration is not well understood and a generic disease model is lacking. In literature, mechanics and biology have both been implicated as the predominant inductive cause; here we argue that they are interconnected and amplify each other. This view is supported by the growing awareness that cellular physiology is strongly affected by mechanical loading. We propose a vicious circle of mechanical overloading, catabolic cell response, and degeneration of the water-binding extracellular matrix. Rather than simplifying the disease, the model illustrates the complexity of disc degeneration, because all factors are interrelated. It may however solve some of the controversy in the field, because the vicious circle can be entered at any point, eventually leading to the same pathology. The proposed disease model explains the comparable efficacy of very different animal models of disc degeneration, but also helps to consider the consequences of therapeutic interventions, either at the cellular, material or mechanical level.
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Nisolle JF, Neveu F, Hontoir F, Clegg P, Kirschvink N, Vandeweerd JM. CT-guided injection technique into intervertebral discs in the ovine lumbar spine. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2013; 22:2760-5. [PMID: 23934381 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-013-2936-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Revised: 07/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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PURPOSE Disc injection to create intervertebral (IVD) disc degeneration (IVDD) has been reported in ovine models, but the techniques have not been thoroughly described. The current ex vivo study aimed to evaluate a computed tomography (CT)-guided injection technique into IVDs in the ovine lumbar spine. METHODS Insertion of needles into the nucleus pulposus was assessed by gross anatomic dissection in two lumbar segments (group A), and injection of liquid within the disc was assessed by discography in six segments (group B). RESULTS The pathway of the needle was simulated on computer after an initial CT scan, followed by control of the insertion process via a laser beam and monitoring scans. In group A, 20 insertions were assessed and 17 needles (85 %) were successfully positioned in the nucleus pulposus. In group B of 30 injections, the rate of success was 90 %. CONCLUSIONS The current study provides useful clinical information that will help surgeons working with an ovine model for research on IVDD. This model could also be useful to train less experienced surgeons or radiologists to disc injection. This CT-guided injection seems to offer several advantages such as ease of use, good success rate and safety to important nervous and vascular structures.
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- Jean Francois Nisolle
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Mont Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium
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Chan SCW, Bürki A, Bonél HM, Benneker LM, Gantenbein-Ritter B. Papain-induced in vitro disc degeneration model for the study of injectable nucleus pulposus therapy. Spine J 2013; 13:273-83. [PMID: 23353003 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2012] [Revised: 09/27/2012] [Accepted: 12/09/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT Proteolytic enzyme digestion of the intervertebral disc (IVD) offers a method to simulate a condition of disc degeneration for the study of cell-scaffold constructs in the degenerated disc. PURPOSE To characterize an in vitro disc degeneration model (DDM) of different severities of glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and water loss by using papain, and to determine the initial response of the human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) introduced into this DDM. STUDY DESIGN Disc degeneration model of a bovine disc explant with an end plate was induced by the injection of papain at various concentrations. Labeled MSCs were later introduced in this model. METHODS Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS control) or papain in various concentrations (3, 15, 30, 60, and 150 U/mL) were injected into the bovine caudal IVD explants. Ten days after the injection, GAG content of the discs was evaluated by dimethylmethylene blue assay and cell viability was determined by live/dead staining together with confocal microscopy. Overall matrix composition was evaluated by histology, and water content was visualized by magnetic resonance imaging. Compressive and torsional stiffness of the DDM were also recorded. In the second part, MSCs were labeled with a fluorescence cell membrane tracker and injected into the nucleus of the DDM or a PBS control. Mesenchymal stem cell viability and distribution were evaluated by confocal microscopy. RESULTS A large drop of GAG and water content of the bovine disc were obtained by injecting >30 U/mL papain. Magnetic resonance imaging showed Grade II, III, and IV disc degeneration by injecting 30, 60, and 150 U/mL papain. A cavity in the center of the disc could facilitate later injection of the nucleus pulposus tissue engineering construct while retaining an intact annulus fibrosus. The remaining disc cell viability was not affected. Mesenchymal stem cells injected into the protease-treated DDM disc showed significantly higher cell viability than when injected into the PBS-injected control disc. CONCLUSIONS By varying the concentration of papain for injection, an increasing amount of GAG and water loss could be induced to simulate the different severities of disc degeneration. MSC suspension introduced into the disc has a very low short-term survival. However, it should be clear that this bovine IVD DDM does not reflect a clinical situation but offers exciting possibilities to test novel tissue engineering protocols.
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- Samantha C W Chan
- Tissue & Organ Mechanobiology, Institute of Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
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Bae WC, Masuda K. Emerging technologies for molecular therapy for intervertebral disk degeneration. Orthop Clin North Am 2011; 42:585-601, ix. [PMID: 21944594 PMCID: PMC4029337 DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2011.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Intervertebral disks are biologically regulated by the maintenance of a balance between the anabolic and catabolic activities of disk cells. Therapeutic agents, initially evaluated using in vitro studies on disk cells and explants, have been used as intradiscal injections in preclinical settings to test in vivo efficacy. These include anabolic growth factors, other biostimulatory agents, and antagonistic agents against matrix-degrading enzymes and cytokines. Additional work is needed to identify patient populations, using methods such as MRI, and to better understand the mechanism of healing. Clinical trials are underway for a few of these agents and other promising candidates are on the horizon.
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- Won C. Bae
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Farkas B, Boldizsar F, Tarjanyi O, Laszlo A, Lin SM, Hutas G, Tryniszewska B, Mangold A, Nagyeri G, Rosenzweig HL, Finnegan A, Mikecz K, Glant TT. BALB/c mice genetically susceptible to proteoglycan-induced arthritis and spondylitis show colony-dependent differences in disease penetrance. Arthritis Res Ther 2009; 11:R21. [PMID: 19220900 PMCID: PMC2688253 DOI: 10.1186/ar2613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2008] [Revised: 01/31/2009] [Accepted: 02/16/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Introduction The major histocompatibility complex (H-2d) and non-major histocompatibility complex genetic backgrounds make the BALB/c strain highly susceptible to inflammatory arthritis and spondylitis. Although different BALB/c colonies develop proteoglycan-induced arthritis and proteoglycan-induced spondylitis in response to immunization with human cartilage proteoglycan, they show significant differences in disease penetrance despite being maintained by the same vendor at either the same or a different location. Methods BALB/c female mice (24 to 26 weeks old after 4 weeks of acclimatization) were immunized with a suboptimal dose of cartilage proteoglycan to explore even minute differences among 11 subcolonies purchased from five different vendors. In vitro-measured T-cell responses, and serum cytokines and (auto)antibodies were correlated with arthritis (and spondylitis) phenotypic scores. cDNA microarrays were also performed using spleen cells of naïve and immunized BALB/cJ and BALB/cByJ mice (both colonies from The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA), which represent the two major BALB/c sublines. Results The 11 BALB/c colonies could be separated into high (n = 3), average (n = 6), and low (n = 2) responder groups based upon their arthritis scores. While the clinical phenotypes showed significant differences, only a few immune parameters correlated with clinical or histopathological abnormalities, and seemingly none of them affected differences found in altered clinical phenotypes (onset time, severity or incidence of arthritis, or severity and progression of spondylitis). Affymetrix assay (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA, USA) explored 77 differentially expressed genes (at a significant level, P < 0.05) between The Jackson Laboratory's BALB/cJ (original) and BALB/cByJ (transferred from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA). Fourteen of the 77 differentially expressed genes had unknown function; 24 of 77 genes showed over twofold differences, and only 8 genes were induced by immunization, some in both colonies. Conclusions Using different subcolonies of the BALB/c strain, we can detect significant differences in arthritis phenotypes, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and a large number of differentially expressed genes, even in non-immunized animals. A number of the known genes (and SNPs) are associated with immune responses and/or arthritis in this genetically arthritis-prone murine strain, and a number of genes of as-yet-unknown function may affect or modify clinical phenotypes of arthritis and/or spondylitis.
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- Balint Farkas
- Section of Molecular Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1735 W, Harrison Street, Cohn Research Building, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Masuda K. Biological repair of the degenerated intervertebral disc by the injection of growth factors. EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE EUROPEAN SPINE SOCIETY, THE EUROPEAN SPINAL DEFORMITY SOCIETY, AND THE EUROPEAN SECTION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE RESEARCH SOCIETY 2008; 17 Suppl 4:441-51. [PMID: 19005698 DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0749-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2008] [Revised: 07/29/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The homeostasis of intervertebral disc (IVD) tissues is accomplished through a complex and precise coordination of a variety of substances, including cytokines, growth factors, enzymes and enzyme inhibitors. Recent biological therapeutic strategies for disc degeneration have included attempts to up-regulate the production of key matrix proteins or to down-regulate the catabolic events induced by pro-inflammatory cytokines. Several approaches to deliver these therapeutic biologic agents have been proposed and tested in a preclinical setting. One of the most advanced biological therapeutic approaches to regenerate or repair a degenerated disc is the injection of a recombinant growth factor. Abundant evidence for the efficacy of growth factor injection therapy for the treatment of IVD degeneration can be found in preclinical animal studies. Recent data obtained from animal studies on changes in cytokine expression following growth factor injection illustrate the great potential for patients with chronic discogenic low back pain. The first clinical trial for growth factor injection has been initiated and the results of that study may prove the usefulness of growth factor injection for treating the symptoms of patients with degenerative disc diseases. The focus of this review article is the effects of an in vivo injection of growth factors on the biological repair of the degenerated intervertebral disc in animal models. The effects of growth factor injection on the symptoms of patients with low back pain, the therapeutic target of growth factor injection and the limitations of the efficacy of growth factor therapy are also reviewed. Further quantitative studies on the effect of growth factor injection on pain generation and the long term effects on the endplate and cell survival after an injection using large animals are needed. An international academic-industrial consortium addressing these aims, such as was achieved for osteoarthritis (The Osteoarthritis Initiative), may further the development of biological therapies for degenerative disc diseases.
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- Koichi Masuda
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, Mail Code 0630, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0630, USA.
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The effect of relative needle diameter in puncture and sham injection animal models of degeneration. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2008; 33:588-96. [PMID: 18344851 DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e318166e0a2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Biomechanical study and literature review. OBJECTIVES To quantify the acute effect of needle diameter on the in vitro mechanical properties of cadaver lumbar discs in the rat and sheep. To review published in vivo animal studies and evaluate disc changes with respect to the relative needle size. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA There are many cases where a disc needle puncture or injection is applied to animal models: puncture injuries to induce degeneration, chemonucleolysis to induce degeneration, and delivery of disc therapies. It is not clear what role the size of the needle may have in the outcome. METHODS Mechanics were measured after sham phosphate buffered saline injection with a 27 G or 33 G needle in the rat and with a 27 G needle in the sheep. A literature review was performed to evaluate studies in which animal discs were treated with a needle puncture or a sham injection. For each study, the ratio of the needle diameter to disc height (needle:height) was calculated. RESULTS When the rat was injected with a 27 G needle (52% of disc height), the compression, tension, and neutral zone stiffnesses were 20% to 60% below preinjected values and the neutral zone length was 130% higher; when injected with a 33 G needle (26% of disc height), the only affected property was the neutral zone length, which was only 20% greater. When the sheep was injected with a 27 G needle (10% of disc height), none of the axial properties were different from intact, the torsion stiffness was not different, and the torque range was 15% smaller. Twenty-three in vivo studies in the rat, rabbit, dog, or sheep were reviewed. The disc changes depended on the ratio of needle diameter to disc height as follows: significant changes were not observed for needle:height less than 40%, although between 25% and 40% results were variable and some minor nonsignificant effects were observed, disc changes were universal for needle:height over 40%. CONCLUSION A needle puncture may directly alter mechanical properties via nucleus pulposus depressurization and/or anulus fibrosus damage, depending on the relative needle size. As more basic science research is aimed at treating disc degeneration via injection of therapeutic factors, these findings provide guidance in design of animal studies. Such studies should consider the relative needle size and include sham control groups to account for the potential effects of the needle injection.
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Chiba K, Masuda K, Andersson GBJ, Momohara S, Thonar EJ. Matrix replenishment by intervertebral disc cells after chemonucleolysis in vitro with chondroitinase ABC and chymopapain. Spine J 2007; 7:694-700. [PMID: 17526432 DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2006] [Revised: 09/21/2006] [Accepted: 09/22/2006] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND CONTEXT One of the advantages of chemonucleolysis for the treatment of a herniated intervertebral disc is the potential for the disc to self-repair. It has been suggested that the enzymes used for chemonucleolysis differentially affect the potential of the disc cells to promote repair. PURPOSE To test the ability of nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus cells to repair the extracellular matrix degraded in vitro by either chondroitinase ABC or chymopapain. STUDY DESIGN An alginate cell culture system was used to monitor the progress of matrix repair after chemonucleolysis in vitro. METHODS Rabbit nucleus pulposus or anulus fibrosus cells precultured for 10 days in alginate gel were briefly exposed to low concentrations of chondroitinase ABC or chymopapain and then returned to normal culture conditions for up to 4 weeks. At each time point, the contents of DNA and matrix macromolecules and proteoglycan synthesis were measured. RESULTS The DNA content of enzyme-treated alginate beads during the following 4 weeks of culture was higher in the chondroitinase ABC group than in the chymopapain group (NP, p<.01, and AF, p<.05). The content of proteoglycan in beads containing nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus cells in the chondroitinase ABC group was higher than that in the chymopapain group (NP and AF, p<.001). The rate of proteoglycan synthesis and the content of collagen did not, however, differ between those two groups. CONCLUSIONS Intervertebral disc cells exposed to chondroitinase ABC reestablish a matrix richer in proteoglycan than cells exposed to chymopapain. This may be because of differences in the substrate spectrum of each enzyme. Although these results cannot be translated directly to the in vivo situation, they suggest the possibility that cells in discs subjected to chondroitinase ABC-induced chemonucleolysis retain a greater ability to replenish their extracellular matrix with proteoglycans than cells in discs exposed to chymopapain.
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- Kazuhiro Chiba
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Hoogendoorn RJ, Wuisman PI, Smit TH, Everts VE, Helder MN. Experimental intervertebral disc degeneration induced by chondroitinase ABC in the goat. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007; 32:1816-25. [PMID: 17762288 DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e31811ebac5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN In 2 studies, the injection of chondroitinase ABC into intervertebral discs of mature goats was evaluated as an experimental disc degeneration model. The first study analyzed the development of degeneration in time; the second study determined the optimal enzyme concentration. OBJECTIVES To develop reproducible, slowly progressive disc degeneration in a large animal model. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Currently available, small animal models of intervertebral disc degeneration have shortcomings in the comparability to humans in terms of size, geometry, and cell population. Also, the methods to induce degeneration in the current models do not mimic human degeneration, which starts with the loss of proteoglycans. Injecting the enzyme chondroitinase ABC into the nucleus pulposus mimics the loss of proteoglycans. METHODS In Study 1, lumbar intervertebral discs of 17 goats were injected with chondroitinase ABC (0.25 U/mL) or phosphate-buffered saline. Degeneration was analyzed with radiograph analysis, MR imaging, and macroscopic and histologic scoring at 5 different time points (4, 8, 12, 18, and 26 weeks). Six control goats were analyzed. The second study used 6 goats in which 4 different concentrations of chondroitinase ABC (0.2-0.35 U/mL) or phosphate-buffered saline were injected. After 12 weeks, similar analyses as in Study 1 were performed. RESULTS After 12 weeks, degenerative signs were observed in all parameters in Study 1. The degeneration increased up to 18 weeks and leveled off after 26 weeks. The variability, however, was high. The second study showed a concentration dependent effect of chondroitinase ABC with all analyzed parameters. The injection of 0.25 U/mL chondroitinase ABC resulted in disc degeneration after 12 weeks without signs of severe degeneration. CONCLUSION Injection of chondroitinase ABC in the caprine intervertebral disc results in mild, slowly progressive disc degeneration. This effect was optimal at a concentration of 0.25 U/mL. This is a promising model of disc degeneration that deserves further study.
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- Roel J Hoogendoorn
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Imai Y, Okuma M, An HS, Nakagawa K, Yamada M, Muehleman C, Thonar E, Masuda K. Restoration of disc height loss by recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 injection into intervertebral discs undergoing degeneration induced by an intradiscal injection of chondroitinase ABC. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2007; 32:1197-205. [PMID: 17495776 DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e3180574d26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN In vivo study of the effect of an injection of recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 into degenerated discs induced by chondroitinase ABC. OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of an injection of recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 to induce the recovery of disc height, and biochemical and histologic repair, in discs degenerated through enzymatic digestion by chondroitinase ABC. SUMMARY OF THE BACKGROUND DATA Chondroitinase ABC is currently proposed as a chemonucleolysis agent; however, postchemonucleolysis degeneration is currently unavoidable. Recombinant human OP-1 has been shown to promote extracellular matrix repair in vitro and in vivo. METHODS Fifty-four adolescent New Zealand white rabbits were used. Four weeks after an initial injection of chondroitinase ABC (10 mU/disc), 5% lactose (10 microL/disc) or recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 (100 microg in 10 microL lactose/disc) was injected. Disc heights were monitored radiographically at 2-week intervals, and rabbits were killed at 6, 8, 12, and 16 weeks after the initial chondroitinase ABC injections. The intervertebral discs were subjected to histologic and biochemical analyses. RESULTS Significant disc space narrowing was observed in both groups 2 weeks after the injection of chondroitinase ABC. In the chondroitinase ABC/lactose group, this narrowing progressed after the vehicle injection and was sustained for up to 16 weeks. In the chondroitinase ABC/recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 group, the disc height index showed a significant increase at 6 weeks (lactose vs. recombinant human osteogenic protein-1; P < 0.01); this recovery was sustained for up to 16 weeks. The proteoglycan content was higher in the chondroitinase ABC/recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 group than in the chondroitinase ABC/lactose group. However, histologic changes, after the recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 injection, were not observed. CONCLUSIONS A single injection of recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 into a rabbit disc dramatically reversed the decrease in disc height induced by chondroitinase ABC chemonucleolysis. The recovery was significant and sustained over the next 12 weeks. The therapeutic effects of both chondroitinase ABC chemonucleolysis and recombinant human osteogenic protein-1 injections should be further explored in higher animals before it is applied to humans.
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- Yoshiyuki Imai
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Yerramalli CS, Chou AI, Miller GJ, Nicoll SB, Chin KR, Elliott DM. The effect of nucleus pulposus crosslinking and glycosaminoglycan degradation on disc mechanical function. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2006; 6:13-20. [PMID: 16715318 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-006-0043-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 12/06/2005] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Altered mechanical loading, secondary to biochemical changes in the nucleus pulposus, is a potential mechanism in disc degeneration. An understanding of the role of this altered mechanical loading is only possible by separating the mechanical and biological effects of early nucleus pulposus changes. The objective of this study was to quantify the mechanical effect of decreased glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and increased crosslinking in the nucleus pulposus using in vitro rat lumbar discs. Following initial mechanical testing the discs were injected according to the four treatment groups: PBS control, chondroitinase-ABC (ChABC) for GAG degradation, genipin (Gen) for crosslinking, or a combination of chondroitinase and genipin (ChABC+Gen). After treatment the discs were again mechanically tested, followed by histology or biochemistry. Neutral zone mechanical properties were changed by approximately 20% for PBS, ChABC, and ChABC+Gen treatments (significant only for PBS in a paired comparison). These trends were reversed with genipin crosslinking alone. With ChABC treatment the effective compressive modulus increased and the GAG content decreased; with the combination of ChABC+Gen the mechanics and GAG content were unchanged. Degradation of nucleus pulposus GAG alters disc axial mechanics, potentially contributing to the degenerative cascade. Crosslinking is unlikely to contribute to degeneration, but may be a potential avenue of treatment.
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- C S Yerramalli
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 424 Stemmler Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6081, USA
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Despite the significant impairment associated with degenerative disc disease, a clear understanding of its pathogenesis is still lacking. Currently, no particular model parallels the complex nature of human disc degeneration. Naturally occurring animal models have the drawback that the basis for the high rate of disc degeneration is not known. Although the interventions in artificial animal models that create disc degeneration are known, the relationship of those to the events leading to disc degeneration in humans is not. With the recent progress in biomechanics, cell biology and molecular biology, an easily reproducible and valid animal model may help unlock the complex cascade of events surrounding human disc degeneration.
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- Kern Singh
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1725 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Bárdos T, Szabó Z, Czipri M, Vermes C, Tunyogi-Csapó M, Urban RM, Mikecz K, Glant TT. A longitudinal study on an autoimmune murine model of ankylosing spondylitis. Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64:981-7. [PMID: 15640265 PMCID: PMC1755557 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.029710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Proteoglycan aggrecan (PG)-induced arthritis (PGIA) is the only systemic autoimmune murine model which affects the axial skeleton, but no studies have been performed characterising the progression of spine involvement. OBJECTIVES To follow pathological events in experimental spondylitis, and underline its clinical, radiographic, and histological similarities to human ankylosing spondylitis (AS); and to determine whether the spondyloarthropathy is a shared phenomenon with PGIA, or an "independent" disease. METHODS Arthritis/spondylitis susceptible BALB/c and resistant DBA/2 mice, and their F1 and F2 hybrids were immunised with cartilage PG, and radiographic and histological studies were performed before onset and weekly during the progression of spondylitis. RESULTS About 70% of the PG immunised BALB/c mice develop spondyloarthropathy (proteoglycan-induced spondylitis (PGISp), and the progression of the disease is very similar to human AS. It begins with inflammation in the sacroiliac joints and with enthesitis, and then progresses upwards, affecting multiple intervertebral disks. In F2 hybrids of arthritis/spondylitis susceptible BALB/c and resistant DBA/2 mice the incidence of arthritis was 43.5%, whereas the incidence of spondylitis was >60%. Some arthritic F2 hybrid mice had no spondylitis, whereas others developed spondylitis in the absence of peripheral arthritis. CONCLUSIONS The PGISp model provides a valuable tool for studying autoimmune reactions in spondylitis, and identifying genetic loci associated with spondyloarthropathy.
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- T Bárdos
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Cohn Research Building, Room 708, 1735 W Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Sakuma M, Fujii N, Takahashi T, Hoshino J, Miyauchi S, Iwata H. Effect of chondroitinase ABC on matrix metalloproteinases and inflammatory mediators produced by intervertebral disc of rabbit in vitro. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2002; 27:576-80. [PMID: 11884904 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200203150-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Lumbar intervertebral discs in rabbit were cultured in the presence of chondroitinase ABC. The matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and inflammatory mediators produced in culture media were then analyzed. OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of chondroitinase ABC on MMPs and inflammatory mediators produced by intervertebral disc of rabbit in vitro. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The chemonucleolytic effect of chondroitinase ABC is caused by the decrease in the chondroitin sulfate, hyaluronan, and protein content of the nucleus pulposus in rabbit. The reason for the decreases in protein content remains unclear. METHODS Anulus fibrosus and nucleus pulposus were cultured for 72 hours with or without chondroitinase ABC stimulated or not stimulated by interleukin-1 after preculture for 4 days. Subsequently, the MMPs (gelatinases MMP-2, MMP-9, and collagenase) and inflammatory mediators (prostaglandin E2 and nitric oxide) produced in the culture media were analyzed. RESULTS In the anulus fibrosus chondroitinase ABC and interleukin-1 synergistically increased the collagenase activity, which was at a significantly higher level than the increment solely due to interleukin-1. In contrast, chondroitinase ABC counteracted the increase in nitric oxide production by interleukin-1. In the nucleus pulposus the collagenase and nitric oxide productions were not particularly affected by chondroitinase ABC and/or interleukin-1. In zymographic analysis MMP-2 was detected, but MMP-9 was only slightly detected in both tissues. There were no significant differences in both tissues for MMP-2 and prostaglandin E2 following incubation with or without chondroitinase ABC, whether stimulated by interleukin-1 or not. CONCLUSIONS The collagenase activity in the anulus fibrosus was increased by chondroitinase ABC with interleukin-1. This finding may support the hypothesis that some proteolytic activities are involved in the chemonucleolytic process by chondroitinase ABC treatment.
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- Makoto Sakuma
- Central Research Laboratories, Seikagaku Corporation, Tateno Higashiyamato, Tokyo, Japan.
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Brown MD. The rationale for and pre-clinical results of chondroitinase ABC in chemonucleolysis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0531-5131(01)00415-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Sasaki M, Takahashi T, Miyahara K. Effects of chondroitinase ABC on intradiscal pressure in sheep: an in vivo study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2001; 26:463-8. [PMID: 11242372 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200103010-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN In vivo intradiscal measurements of pressure in lumbar discs treated with chondroitinase ABC were performed. OBJECTIVE To determine the decrease in lumbar intradiscal pressure after chemonucleolysis by chondroitinase ABC in sheep. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA No previous study has assessed in vivo intradiscal pressure after chemonucleolysis. This study investigated the effect of chondroitinase ABC on intradiscal pressure in terms of a dose and time relation. It also included roentgenographic observations and evaluation of the correlation between disc space narrowing and decrease in intradiscal pressure. METHODS Chondroitinase ABC was injected in the lumbar intervertebral discs of sheep at doses of 1, 5, and 50 U. Phosphate buffered saline also was injected as a negative control measure. One week before injection, then 1 and 4 weeks afterward, intradiscal pressure was measured using a catheter microtip pressure transducer. Simultaneously, standard lateral roentgenographs were taken, and the disc height index was calculated. RESULTS The intradiscal pressure clearly was decreased 1 week after chondroitinase ABC injection. A further decrease was observed up to 4 weeks. This pressure decrease was dose dependent. The disc height indexes also decreased with time, but the state of the change was different from that of the changes in intradiscal pressure. No clear quantitative correlation was found between intradiscal pressure and disc height index. CONCLUSIONS Chondroitinase ABC can induce the reduction of intradiscal pressure in the lumbar spine.
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- Seikagaku Corporation, Central Research Laboratories, Higashiyamato City, Tokyo, Japan.
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Neurologic dysfunction is the most common clinical manifestation of intervertebral disk disease. This article is a comprehensive review of intervertebral disk disease emphasizing clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of cervical and thoracolumbar disk disease. Clinical signs are determined by neuroanatomic localization and severity of spinal cord injury. Myelography is most commonly used for determining the location and extent of the disk protrusion/extrusion; however, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are also common adjunctive and primary diagnostic techniques. Summaries from recent studies will give the clinician an improved understanding on how to confront controversial issues regarding prophylactic and therapeutic management and prognosis.
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- J R Coates
- Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA.
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Sumida K, Sato K, Aoki M, Matsuyama Y, Iwata H. Serial changes in the rate of proteoglycan synthesis after chemonucleolysis of rabbit intervertebral discs. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1999; 24:1066-70. [PMID: 10361654 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199906010-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN Serial changes in the rate of proteoglycan synthesis in rabbit discs after chemonucleolytic treatment with chymopapain and chondroitinase ABC were measured using an in vitro method. OBJECTIVES To determine the retained ability of the intervertebral disc to synthesize proteoglycans after chemonucleolytic treatment. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Most previous studies describe radiologic and histologic changes that occur after chemonucleolytic treatment. However, in humans it is not clear whether reconstitution of the disc space with normal nucleus proteoglycans can occur with time. METHODS Twenty-five rabbits were treated with chymopapain (10 units/0.1 mL/disc) and chondroitinase ABC (5 units/0.1 mL/disc) by intradisc injection. Five rabbits were killed at each interval, 1, 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks after injection. Radiologic changes in the disc height were noted, and the rate of proteoglycan synthesis was determined biochemically. RESULTS After injection, no significant recovery of disc height was seen in either enzyme group after the initial disc narrowing. The average rate of proteoglycan synthesis in control rabbit intervertebral discs, those which had not been surgically treated, was 27.1 (x 10(-6) mmols sulphate/hour/dry weight). Twelve weeks after injection, the values were 21.6 in the saline group, 8.9 in the chondroitinase ABC group, and 8.2 in the chymopapain group. CONCLUSIONS Doses within the therapeutic range can damage disc cells, at least in the rabbit, so that proteoglycan synthesis declined to 30% of control rates, and no significant recovery of disc height was observed.
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- K Sumida
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan.
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Lü DS, Shono Y, Oda I, Abumi K, Kaneda K. Effects of chondroitinase ABC and chymopapain on spinal motion segment biomechanics. An in vivo biomechanical, radiologic, and histologic canine study. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1997; 22:1828-34; discussion 1834-5. [PMID: 9280018 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199708150-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN The biomechanical effects of chondroitinase ABC and chymopapain related to spinal segmental instability were investigated using a canine model, as well by as radiologic and histologic analyses. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the biomechanical, radiologic, and histologic affects on the lumber intervertebral disc of chondroitinase ABC compared with chymopapain. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA No study on the biomechanical effects of chondroitinase ABC has been reported. METHODS Forty-eight lumbar intervertebral discs in eight beagles were randomly assigned to three groups and received one of three materials: chondroitinase ABC, chymopapain, or buffered saline, using a lateral percutaneous procedure. One week after injection, the animals were killed and the lumbar spinal motion segments were removed. Spinal segmental instability after chemonucleolysis was evaluated in spinal motion segments without posterior elements. Radiologic and histologic changes were also investigated. RESULTS Spinal segmental instability and disc space narrowing were more greater in the chymopapain group than in the chondroitinase ABC group. Destruction of nucleus and anulus proteoglycans, indicated by loss of safranin-O staining, was less intense in chondroitinase ABC-injected discs. CONCLUSIONS Chondroitinase ABC results in less spinal segmental instability, disc space narrowing, and destruction of proteoglycans in intervertebral disc matrix than chymopapain.
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- D S Lü
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Takahashi T, Nakayama M, Chimura S, Nakahara K, Morozumi M, Horie K, Fujita Y, Hirose T. Treatment of canine intervertebral disc displacement with chondroitinase ABC. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1997; 22:1435-9; discussion 1446-7. [PMID: 9231960 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199707010-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN This study demonstrated the therapeutic value of chemonucleolysis with chondroitinase ABC to canine intervertebral disc displacement. OBJECTIVES To determine the efficacy of Chondroitinase ABC in the management of canine intervertebral disc displacement. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA No previous study has assessed the chemonucleolysis with chondroitinase ABC in the displaced discs. The changes of intervertebral disc syndrome were evaluated in this study. METHODS Fifty-nine dogs with symptoms and signs of intervertebral disc displacement were treated with Chondroitinase ABC by a single intradisc injection. The changes in symptoms and signs of disc herniation in the dogs were followed from 7 days to 3 years after treatment. RESULTS Forty-eight dogs were evaluated for the efficacy of the chemonucleolytic treatment with chondroitinase ABC. At 1 week after injection, 45 of 48 dogs showed some improvement in symptoms and signs. No adverse reactions were observed. There was no recurrence of symptoms in nine dogs who were observed from 14 months to 3 years after injection. CONCLUSION Chemonucleolytic treatment with chondroitinase ABC is an effective and safe method for the management of canine intervertebral disc displacement.
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- T Takahashi
- Tokyo Research Institute, Seikagaku Corporation, Japan
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STUDY DESIGN Immunohistologic analysis was performed on surgically removed samples of herniated nucleus pulposus to examine the expression of stromelysin-1. We performed in vitro and in vivo experiments to determine whether recombinant human (rh) stromelysin-1 is capable of degrading nucleus pulposus. OBJECTIVE To analyze the production of stromelysin-1 in various types of herniated nucleus pulposus, and to examine the effects of this recombinant protein on nucleus pulposus tissues. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The authors previously demonstrated a progressive decrease in herniated nucleus pulposus size in some of the transligamentous and sequestration types of herniated nucleus pulposus using magnetic resonance imaging. An increased production of stromelysin-1, a cartilage proteoglycan degrading enzyme, in herniated nucleus pulposus was reported recently. The authors speculated that if stromelysin-1 is involved in the degradation of herniated nucleus pulposus, stromelysin-1 itself may be used as a chemonucleolytic agent. METHODS Immunohistologic analysis using streptoavidin-biotin method was performed on 20 herniated nucleus pulposus samples to investigate the expression of stromelysin-1. Five herniated nucleus pulposus samples were incubated in a tissue culture medium in the presence or absence of rh stromelysin-1. After 24 hours of incubation, their weight changes were measured, and the loss of proteoglycan was assessed by Safranin O staining. Rat nucleus pulposus tissues were obtained from coccygeal intervertebral discs, and autologous subcutaneous transplantation was performed. Rh stromelysin-1 was injected into the grafted materials, and the reduction in size was followed by two-dimensional measurements from the skin surface, using engineer's calipers. RESULTS Immunohistologic analysis demonstrated the production of stromelysin-1 in the granulation tissues of herniated nucleus pulposus. When stromelysin-1 was injected into the murine nucleus pulposus tissues, they reduced in size more rapidly than the control group. In addition, human herniated nucleus pulposus materials obtained at surgery showed significant weight loss when treated with stromelysin-1 in an organ culture system. Safranin O staining revealed extensive depletion of proteoglycan in these herniated nucleus pulposus samples. CONCLUSIONS Stromelysin-1 is a possible key enzyme in herniated nucleus pulposus resorption, and stromelysin-1 may be a good candidate for use in chemonucleolysis. Administration of human stromelysin-1 may physiologically facilitate the resorption process of herniated nucleus pulposus, increase the healing rate and decrease complications after chemonucleolysis.
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- H Haro
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Takahashi T, Kurihara H, Nakajima S, Kato T, Matsuzaka S, Sekiguchi T, Onaya M, Miyauchi S, Mizuno S, Horie K, Fujita Y, Hirose T. Chemonucleolytic effects of chondroitinase ABC on normal rabbit intervertebral discs. Course of action up to 10 days postinjection and minimum effective dose. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 1996; 21:2405-11. [PMID: 8923624 DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199611010-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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STUDY DESIGN This study demonstrated the chemonucleolytic effects of chondroitinase ABC and its histologic and biochemical background. OBJECTIVES To determine the course of chondroitinase ABC action on normal rabbit discs, and to find its minimum effective dosage. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA No previous study has assessed the chemonucleolytic action of chondroitinase ABC in a time- and dose-dependent manner. This study also investigated the biochemical causes of radiologic and histologic changes in the discs. METHODS Rabbits were injected with 4 U of pharmaceutical-grade chondroitinase ABC intradiscally. They were radiologically and histologically observed, and biochemical analyses of the discs were conducted on days 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 postinjection in the time course study. Different doses of chondroitinase ABC were injected, and radiologic observations and water content of the discs were measured in the dose-finding study. RESULTS The time course study revealed that the chondroitin sulfate content of discs significantly decreased from day 1 postinjection until the end of the experimental period. The weight and water content of the nucleus pulposus decreased on day 3, and disc space narrowing was observed from the day after injection. The dose-finding study showed that a dose of 0.0002 U/disc still induced disc space narrowing and a decrease in water content. CONCLUSIONS Chondroitinase ABC is estimated to have a chemonucleolytic effect at least by day 3 postinjection at a dose level of 0.0002 U/disc or higher in rabbits.
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- T Takahashi
- Tokyo Research Institute, Seikagaku Corporation, Japan
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Atilola MA, Cockshutt JR, Mclaughlin R, Cochrane SM, Pennock PW. COLLAGENASE CHEMONUCLEOLYSIS-A LONG TERM RADIOGRAPHIC STUDY IN NORMAL DOGS. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 1993. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1993.tb02012.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Miyabayashi T, Lord PF, Dubielzig RR, Biller DS, Manley PA. Chemonucleolysis with collagenase. A radiographic and pathologic study in dogs. Vet Surg 1992; 21:189-94. [PMID: 1320789 DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1992.tb00044.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Collagenase, a proteolytic enzyme, was injected intradiscally in nine clinically normal, middle-aged beagles. Calcium chloride diluent solution (control), 100 ABC units of collagenase, and 250 ABC units of collagenase, were injected in randomly selected intervertebral discs (T13-L1 to L5-L6). On day 11, the discs injected with collagenase were narrowed radiographically, but there was no significant change in myelograms. Grossly and histologically, there was dissolution of the intervertebral discs, mainly nucleus pulposus, and protrusion of nucleus material in the vertebral body through bony end-plates in discs injected with collagenase. Collagenase chemonucleolysis may be an alternative to spinal surgery for intervertebral disc protrusion in dogs.
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- T Miyabayashi
- Department of Surgical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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