Abstract
Joint trauma is predisposing to the incidence of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. There is a limited knowledge on the impact of posttraumatic osteochondral defects on the whole joint. This study was designed to define a critical size osteochondral defect in the knee of rats and to investigate a possible association between osteochondral defects and degeneration of the surrounding joint surface. Cylindrical osteochondral defects of different sizes were created in the knee joint of rats. The natural course of these lesions was studied by macroscopic observation, histology, and immunohistochemistry. Gene expression of the articular cartilage surrounding the defects in vivo and of articular chondrocytes cultured in vitro in IL1β and fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) supplemented media was evaluated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). In defects of 0.9 mm diameter, spontaneous joint surface healing was observed but also upward advancing of the subchondral bone plate at 16 weeks. Larger 1.4 mm diameter defects were critical size, not resulting in successful healing at any time point. Importantly, the articular cartilage surrounding the defects expressed FGF2 and IL1β, but not ACAN and Col2. Chondrocytes cultured in IL1β...Continue Reading
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