In vitro investigation and biomechanical modeling of the effects of PLF-68 on osteoarthritis in a three-dimensional model


Kavas A., Ozdemir M., Gürses S., Keskin D., Tezcaner A.

BIOMECHANICS AND MODELING IN MECHANOBIOLOGY, cilt.10, ss.641-650, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10237-010-0262-2
  • Dergi Adı: BIOMECHANICS AND MODELING IN MECHANOBIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.641-650
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Osteoarthritis, Pluronic F-68, Collagen, Proteoglycan, Kelvin model, ARTICULAR-CARTILAGE, HYDROSTATIC-PRESSURE, CHONDROCYTES, GROWTH, COMPRESSION, COLLAGEN, VISCOELASTICITY, POLOXAMER-188, SURFACTANTS, MEMBRANES
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, it was hypothesized that Pluronic F-68 (PLF-68) increases matrix synthesis of osteoarthritis (OA) chondrocytes in addition to its well-documented cell survival effect. To test this hypothesis, rat articular chondrocytes were embedded in agarose discs and were exposed to 5-azacytidine (Aza-C) to induce OA-like alterations. Chondrocytes were then treated with PLF-68 (8 and 12 mg/ml) for 10 days. Aza-C-exposed and PLF-68-untreated chondrocytes and Aza-C-unexposed and PLF-68-untreated chondrocytes were used as negative and positive control groups, respectively. Dynamic hydrostatic pressure (max 0.2 MPa, 0.1 Hz) was applied to discs for 30 min/day (5 days/week). Cell viability, collagen and proteoglycan deposition in discs were determined. Unconfined compression stress relaxation tests were performed to determine peak stress and material parameters of discs-namely spring constants (k (1) and k (2)), damping coefficient (eta), instantaneous modulus (E (0)) and relaxed modulus (E (a)) using Kelvin model to evaluate the functional coherence of the matrix. PLF-68 treatment significantly increased the collagen deposition in discs and viability of OA-like chondrocytes. A dose-dependent increase was also observed for elastic stiffness parameters (k (1), k (2), E (0) and E (a)). Same positive effect of PLF-68 was not observed for proteoglycan deposition. However, dose-dependent increase in eta suggests that PLF-68 treatment resulted with the deposition of functional matrix. This is the first study which reports that PLF-68 has also positive effect on collagen synthesis of OA cells. As a conclusion, our results suggest that PLF-68 has a potential for recovery from OA-like alterations, which should be further analyzed.