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Korthagen NM, Houtman E, Boone I, Coutinho de Almeida R, Sivasubramaniyan K, Mahdad R, Nelissen RGHH, Ramos YFM, Tessari MA, Meulenbelt I. Thyroid hormone induces ossification and terminal maturation in a preserved OA cartilage biomimetic model. Arthritis Res Ther 2024; 26:91. [PMID: 38664820 PMCID: PMC11044551 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-024-03326-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/29/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To characterize aspects of triiodothyronine (T3) induced chondrocyte terminal maturation within the molecular osteoarthritis pathophysiology using the previously established T3 human ex vivo osteochondral explant model. DESIGNS RNA-sequencing was performed on explant cartilage obtained from OA patients (n = 8), that was cultured ex vivo with or without T3 (10 ng/ml), and main findings were validated using RT-qPCR in an independent sample set (n = 22). Enrichment analysis was used for functional clustering and comparisons with available OA patient RNA-sequencing and GWAS datasets were used to establish relevance for OA pathophysiology by linking to OA patient genomic profiles. RESULTS Besides the upregulation of known hypertrophic genes EPAS1 and ANKH, T3 treatment resulted in differential expression of 247 genes with main pathways linked to extracellular matrix and ossification. CCDC80, CDON, ANKH and ATOH8 were among the genes found to consistently mark early, ongoing and terminal maturational OA processes in patients. Furthermore, among the 37 OA risk genes that were significantly affected in cartilage by T3 were COL12A1, TNC, SPARC and PAPPA. CONCLUSIONS RNA-sequencing results show that metabolic activation and recuperation of growth plate morphology are induced by T3 in OA chondrocytes, indicating terminal maturation is accelerated. The molecular mechanisms involved in hypertrophy were linked to all stages of OA pathophysiology and will be used to validate disease models for drug testing.
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- N M Korthagen
- Department Biomedical Data Sciences, Section of Molecular Epidemiology, LUMC, Einthovenweg 20, Postzone S05-P, 2333 ZC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department Biomedical Data Sciences, Section of Molecular Epidemiology, LUMC, Einthovenweg 20, Postzone S05-P, 2333 ZC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department Biomedical Data Sciences, Section of Molecular Epidemiology, LUMC, Einthovenweg 20, Postzone S05-P, 2333 ZC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department Biomedical Data Sciences, Section of Molecular Epidemiology, LUMC, Einthovenweg 20, Postzone S05-P, 2333 ZC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Galapagos BV, Willem Einthovenstraat 13, Oegstgeest, 2342 BH, The Netherlands
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- Alrijne hospital, Simon Smitweg 1, Leiderdorp, 2353 GA, The Netherlands
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- Department Biomedical Data Sciences, Section of Molecular Epidemiology, LUMC, Einthovenweg 20, Postzone S05-P, 2333 ZC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department Biomedical Data Sciences, Section of Molecular Epidemiology, LUMC, Einthovenweg 20, Postzone S05-P, 2333 ZC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Galapagos BV, Willem Einthovenstraat 13, Oegstgeest, 2342 BH, The Netherlands
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- Department Biomedical Data Sciences, Section of Molecular Epidemiology, LUMC, Einthovenweg 20, Postzone S05-P, 2333 ZC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Vainieri ML, Lolli A, Kops N, D'Atri D, Eglin D, Yayon A, Alini M, Grad S, Sivasubramaniyan K, van Osch GJVM. Evaluation of biomimetic hyaluronic-based hydrogels with enhanced endogenous cell recruitment and cartilage matrix formation. Acta Biomater 2020; 101:293-303. [PMID: 31726249 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Biomaterials play a pivotal role in cell-free cartilage repair approaches, where cells must migrate through the scaffold, fill the defect, and then proliferate and differentiate facilitating tissue remodeling. Here we used multiple assays to test the influence of chemokines and growth factors on cell migration and cartilage repair in two different hyaluronan (HA)-based hydrogels. We first investigated bone marrow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (BMSC) migration in vitro, in response to different concentrations of platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB), chemokine ligand 5 (CCL5/RANTES) and stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1), using a 3D spheroid-based assay. PDGF-BB was selected as most favourable chemotactic agent, and MSC migration was assessed in the context of physical impediment to cell recruitment by testing Fibrin-HA and HA-Tyramine hydrogels of different cross-linking densities. Supplementation of PDGF-BB stimulated progressive migration of MSC through the gels over time. We then investigated in situ cell migration into the hydrogels with and without PDGF-BB, using a cartilage-bone explant model implanted subcutaneously in athymic mice. In vivo studies show that when placed into an osteochondral defect, both hydrogels supported endogenous cell infiltration and provided an amenable microenvironment for cartilage production. These processes were best supported in Fibrin-HA hydrogel in the absence of PDGF-BB. This study used an advanced preclinical testing platform to select an appropriate microenvironment provided by implanted hydrogels, demonstrating that HA-based hydrogels can promote the initial and critical step of endogenous cell recruitment and circumvent some of the clinical challenges in cartilage tissue repair. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: The challenge of articular cartilage repair arises from its complex structure and architecture, which confers the unique mechanical behavior of the extracellular matrix. The aim of our research is to identify biomaterials for implants that can support migration of endogenous stem and progenitor cell populations from cartilage and bone tissue, in order to permanently replace damaged cartilage with the original hyaline structure. Here, we present an in vitro 3D spheroid-based migration assay and an osteochondral defect model, which provide the opportunity to assess biomaterials and biomolecules, and to get stronger experimental evidence of the not well-characterized dynamic process of endogenous cells colonization in an osteochondral defect. Furthermore, the delicate step of early cell migration into biomaterials towards functional tissue engineering is reproduced. These tests can be used for pre-clinical testing of newly developed material designs in the field of scaffold engineering.
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- M L Vainieri
- AO Research Institute Davos, Davos Platz, Switzerland; Department of Orthopeadics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, CN Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Orthopeadics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, CN Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Orthopeadics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, CN Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
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- AO Research Institute Davos, Davos Platz, Switzerland.
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- ProCore Ltd., Weizmann Science Park, 7 Golda Meir St., Ness Ziona 70400, Israel.
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- AO Research Institute Davos, Davos Platz, Switzerland.
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- AO Research Institute Davos, Davos Platz, Switzerland.
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- Department of Orthopeadics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, CN Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Orthopeadics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, CN Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, CN Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Sivasubramaniyan K, Koevoet WJLM, Hakimiyan AA, Sande M, Farrell E, Hoogduijn MJ, Verhaar JAN, Chubinskaya S, Bühring HJ, van Osch GJVM. Cell-surface markers identify tissue resident multipotential stem/stromal cell subsets in synovial intimal and sub-intimal compartments with distinct chondrogenic properties. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2019; 27:1831-1840. [PMID: 31536814 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2019.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 08/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Synovium contains multipotent progenitor/stromal cells (MPCs) with potential to participate in cartilage repair. Understanding the identity of these MPCs will allow their therapeutic potential to be fully exploited. Hence this study aimed to identify primary synovial MPCs and characterize them in the context of cartilage regeneration. METHODS Primary MPC/MPC-subset specific markers in synovium were identified by FACS analysis of uncultured cells. MPC-subsets from human synovium obtained from patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty were FACS sorted, cultured, immunophenotyped and chondrogenically differentiated. The anatomical localization of MPCs in synovium was examined using immunohistochemistry. Finally, the presence of these MPC subsets in healthy synovium obtained from human organ donors was examined. RESULTS A combination of CD45, CD31, CD73 and CD90 can isolate two distinct MPC-subsets in synovium. These MPC-subsets, freshly isolated from synovium, did not express CD45 or CD31, but expressed CD73. Additionally, a sub-population of CD73+ cells also expressed CD90. CD45-CD31-CD73+CD90- cells were significantly more chondrogenic than CD45-CD31-CD73+CD90+ cells in the presence of TGFβ1. Interestingly, reduced chondrogenic ability of CD73+CD90+ cells could be reversed by the addition of BMP2, showing discrete chondrogenic factor requirements by distinct cell-subsets. In addition, these MPCs had distinct anatomical localization; CD73 was expressed both in intimal and sub-intimal region while CD90 was enriched in the sub-intimal region. We further demonstrated that these subsets are also present in healthy synovium. CONCLUSIONS We provide indications that primary MPCs in synovial intima and sub-intima are phenotypically and functionally distinct with different chondrogenic properties.
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- K Sivasubramaniyan
- Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Special Dental Care and Orthodontics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Hematology, University Clinic of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Harichandan A, Sivasubramaniyan K, Bühring HJ. Prospective isolation and characterization of human bone marrow-derived MSCs. Adv Biochem Eng Biotechnol 2014; 129:1-17. [PMID: 22825720 DOI: 10.1007/10_2012_147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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There is an increasing interest in adult stem cells, especially mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs), in hematology and regenerative medicine because of the simplicity of isolation and ex vivo expansion of these cells. Conventionally, MSCs are functionally isolated from tissue based on their capacity to adhere to the surface of culture flasks. This isolation procedure is hampered by the unpredictable influence of secreted molecules and interactions with co-cultured hematopoietic and other unrelated cells, as well as by the arbitrarily selected removal time of non-adherent cells prior to the expansion of MSCs. Finally, functionally isolated cells do not provide biological information about the starting population. To circumvent these limitations, several strategies have been developed to facilitate the prospective isolation of MSCs based on the selective expression or absence of surface markers. The isolation and ex vivo expansion of these cells require an adequate quality control of the source and product. Here we summarize the most frequently used markers and introduce new targets for antibody-based isolation and characterization of bone marrow-derived MSCs.
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- A Harichandan
- Division of Haematology, Immunology, Oncology, Rheumatology, and Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine II, University Clinic of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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