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Elevated marrow inflammatory cells and osteoclasts in subchondral osteosclerosis in human knee osteoarthritis

Geurts, Jeroen and Patel, Amit and Hirschmann, Michael T. and Pagenstert, Geert I. and Müller-Gerbl, Magdalena and Valderrabano, Victor and Hügle, Thomas. (2016) Elevated marrow inflammatory cells and osteoclasts in subchondral osteosclerosis in human knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 34 (2). pp. 262-269.

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Abstract

Subchondral osteosclerosis, characterized by an increase of hypomineralized bone material, is a pathological hallmark of osteoarthritis. The cellular components in the subchondral marrow compartment that participate in this aberrant bone remodeling process remain to be elucidated. This study assessed the presence of marrow inflammatory cells and their relative abundance between nonsclerotic and sclerotic tissues in knee osteoarthritis. Bone samples from osteoarthritic knee tibial plateaus were stratified for histological analyses using computed tomography osteoabsorptiometry. Immunohistological analysis revealed the presence of CD20 (B-lymphocyte) and CD68 (macrophage), but not CD3 (T-lymphocyte) immunoreactive mononuclear cells in subchondral marrow tissues and their relative abundance was significantly increased in sclerotic compared with nonsclerotic bone samples. Multinucleated osteoclasts that stained positive for CD68 and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase, predominantly associated with CD34-positive blood vessels and their abundance was strongly increased in sclerotic samples. Bone-specific alkaline phosphatase activity in outgrowth osteoblasts was induced by conditioned medium from nonsclerotic, but not sclerotic, bone pieces. These results suggest that an interaction between bone-resident cells and marrow inflammatory cells might play a role in aberrant bone remodeling leading to subchondral osteosclerosis. Elevated osteoclast activity in sclerotic bone suggests that bone formation and resorption activities are increased, yet uncoupled, in human knee osteoarthritis.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine
UniBasel Contributors:Hirschmann, Michael Tobias
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley
ISSN:0736-0266
e-ISSN:1554-527X
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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