Periodic knee injections of BMP-7 delay cartilage degeneration induced by excessive running in rats
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Periodic knee injections of BMP-7 delay cartilage degeneration induced by excessive running in rats
Abstract
Strenuous running of rats enhances mechanical stress on the knee, thereby inducing degeneration of articular cartilage. Bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP-7) has an inhibitory effect on cartilage degeneration, suggesting its usefulness for human osteoarthritis patients. However, its mode of administration should be investigated. We examined whether weekly knee injections of BMP-7 delayed the progression of cartilage degeneration. Wistar rats were forced to run 30 km in 6 weeks on a rodent treadmill, and BMP-7 was injected weekly into the knee. Macroscopically and histologically, this strenuous running regimen induced cartilage degeneration. Weekly injections of 250 ng BMP-7 delayed the progression of cartilage degeneration. Immunohistochemically, in the control knee, type II collagen expression decreased, while BMP-7 expression in chondrocytes slightly increased. Interestingly, weekly injection of BMP-7 increased BMP-7 expression even 9 days after the final injection. Disulfate disaccharide keratan sulfate in serum transiently increased in the control group, while it remained at a low level in the BMP-7 group. Weekly BMP-7 injection increased BMP-7 expression in chondrocytes and its effect seemed to last more than 7 days. The effect of BMP-7 could be monitored by serum keratan sulfate concentration. Periodical injections of BMP-7 delayed progression of cartilage degeneration induced by excessive running in rats.
Copyright 2009 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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